Our latest thinking and thought leadership
Here you can find our latest thought leadership, blogs, webinars, podcasts and videos. Use the filters below to browse our insights based on topic, or format. If you have a topic you’d like to suggest then get in contact with us today.
In the spotlight
Less stress HRIS - Part two: Beyond basecamp
Learn the essential steps for setting up your HRIS for long-term success.
Less stress HRIS - Part one: The road to the Cloud
Our latest whitepaper, 'Less stress HRIS - The road to the Cloud,' will help you prepare for a successful HRIS implementation.
Becoming skills-powered
NEW CAMPAIGN
Are skills-based organisations the future of work? Join us on this journey to becoming skills-powered and unlock the potential of your people.
HR Shared Services Trends 2024 report
Our latest HR Shared Services Trends report outlines 2024 key trends including AI, service delivery technology and function capability.
CPOs: From HR to workforce transformation - whitepaper
Delve into workforce transformation, aligning HR for business success, and addressing critical aspects from leadership roles to data relevance.
HR’s ‘one big thing’ in 60 seconds
What is the most pressing strategic objective for senior HR professionals in the next 18 - 24 months? What are Chief People Officers (CPOs) most concerned about and what is keeping them up at night? How do they tackle these issues? In our latest 60 second video Chris...
Avoid the COVID19 crisis mistakes: INVEST MORE in technology and talent, not less
A recent article in CIO magazine suggested at a Gartner IT Symposium in Barcelona, that CIOs should be using the current recessionary period as an opportunity to use digital investment to deliver growth, focusing on ‘revolutionary work’ to empower the workforce,...
Making the move from in-house to HR consulting
In this week’s blog we hear from Emily Fryer, one of our amazing consultants at LACE. Prior to joining the team in September 2021 Emily worked ‘in-house’ at both UCL and Cath Kidson. In this blog Emily explains what motivated her move into consulting, the...
What can businesses do to enable effective inclusivity?
Chris and LACE managing director Cathy Acratopulo speak to Jim Macleod about enabling inclusivity and all things DE&I. Jim shares his stories about leading diversity and inclusion initiatives within the military space. They also discuss the important role culture...
Investment in your payroll function: All or nothing?
As the calendar years begins to draw to a close, attention turns to budgets – both setting and spending. In today’s blog Chris Kirby argues the case for investing in the payroll function to deliver real-time value to a business. The current financial climate has...
What is the role of a CPO? What does good look like?
Welcome to the latest episode of HR on the Offensive! In this insightful discussion, Aaron and Cathy delve deep into the realm of Chief People Officers (CPOs), shedding light on the qualities that define a remarkable CPO. In this latest episode of HR on the Offensive...
Why ‘transformation’ isn’t just a buzzword
In this week’s blog we hear from our CEO and Co-founder Aaron Alburey on the industry’s favourite non-buzzword. All signs point to many more years of HR and business transformation, but what does that really mean? Hear what Aaron has to say below. At LACE we are of...
Learning At Speed: Upskilling and reskilling your workforce at pace
Chris with Emma Leonis-Hughes speak to Nelson Sivalingam from HowNow and author of Learning At Speed, which you can check out here. Nelson gives a brief overview of the 3 sections covered in his book. Additionally, the book can help deconstruct and optimize learning...
Human capital process review
What is a human capital process review? The client was looking to review and optimise their current processes ahead of a period of growth which will see the current 400 employee base grow to approximately 700. To enable this, the client recognised the importance of...
Navigating the changing face of Payroll in a post pandemic world
We bring payroll professionals together on a regular basis to share ideas, best practice and insights at our discussion forums. If you’d like to join our growing community and take part in our next forum, drop Adam Morris or Chris Kirby a line. In the meantime, here...
The lost employee: Payroll’s costly problem
What is a lost employee? How does it impact payroll? The two Chris's speak to Daniel Greaves from Brown Brothers Harriman about this topic. Additionally, they share their own examples of how businesses have addressed this issue....
Reflections from the LACE Transformation Forum: October 22
Earlier in October we ran our first Transformation Directors forum, which brought together a collective of HR professionals from a variety of industries to discuss some of the most pressing questions they have across the different businesses they work in. Sian...