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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.
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.
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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.
Less stress HRIS - Part two: Beyond basecamp
Learn the essential steps for setting up your HRIS for long-term success.
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...
The power of management empowerment
When we talk about management empowerment, what do we mean? How can management empowerment effect the employee experience? Chris and Emma Leonis-Hughes chat with Yvonne Wilcock, CEO of Empowering People Group and AdviserPlus, on what businesses can do to empower their...
People Experience Forum October 2022
In this week’s blog we reflect on the takeaways from our recent PX Forum meet up. As many of you know, we are building our community of employee experience enthusiasts who meet regularly to network, share ideas and discuss hot topics in the industry. If you would like...
What is keeping CPO/CHROs up at night? HR’s ‘one big thing’
What is the single most pressing concerns on CPO/CHROs right now? What is the 'one big thing' they would like to fix in the next 12 - 18 months? Getting their employee value proposition right? The impact of flexible/hybrid working? Attracting and retaining talent?...
HR’s ‘One Big Thing’
What’s keeping CPOs up at night? What are the biggest challenges faced by HR leaders in the next 12 to 24 months? In 2022 LACE Partners asked 30 CPOs from a wide variety of industries and company sizes, to provide the answer to a simple question on “what their ‘one...
How closely are customer experience and employee experience related?
How can you accurately measure the correlation between employee experience and customer experience? How can you avoid survey fatigue? Chris and Emma are joined by Kevin Campbell from Qualtrics to talk about his perspective on the topic....