In this episode of the HR on the offensive podcast, Host Chris and Chris Horton welcome Donald H Taylor, Network Chair at Emerge Education, as a guest. As a part of the podcast, we discuss his Learning and Development Global Sentiment Survey and what it reveals. It...
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Investing in your people: Why more companies are prioritising internal talent over external hires
Our latest Talent Dinner gathered key players to discuss the challenges faced by HR and Talent leaders and, of course, to come up with some solutions. Here’s what we discussed, learned and absorbed. We regularly run networking dinners and have a number of different...
How can managers create a positive work environment?
How do you create a positive work environment for your employees? This was just one of the questions that this week’s podcast, where Chris from our team spoke to co-founder Aaron Alburey and Client Executive Director, Tim Ringo, as well as how this can lead to an...
Are compassionate redundancies possible?
In this week’s podcast we a joined by three brilliant guests; Yvonne Wilcock CPO of Empowering People Group (EPG), Caroline Moore Managing Director at Working Transitions and Rena Christou Director and Employment Lawyer at Halborns. With our guests we explore the...
Hybrid, talent, EVP: Where are we now?
A new series of videos has been launched to provide a deeper dive into the three core themes of our One Big Thing Campaign; hybrid working, employee value proposition (EVP) and talent. As part of this piece of research, we asked CPOs from a range of industries what...
Is it finally time to invest in corporate alumni relations to support business growth?
Talent featured heavily in our ‘One Big Thing’ whitepaper and campaign we ran in late 2022 and in to Q1 2023 this year. We are speaking to organisations regularly about how to solve their talent problems, and one often overlooked solution sits within alumni relations...
Why is hybrid working still something that keeps CPOs up at night?
In our third 'fireside chat video, Chris, Tim, Alice and Chris take some time to reflect on the second highest ranked 'one big thing' i.e. strategic issue that Chief People Officers (CPOs) are thinking that they would love to be able to fix if they could. Hybrid...
Reflections on ‘HR’s One Big Thing’ – how has it changed?
Over the last three months our team have been drilling down into some of the most pressing concerns of Chief People Officers / Chief Human Resources Officers to find out what HR's 'One Big Thing’ is. We’ve run a host of events, podcasts, as well as blogs and short...
How can businesses get hybrid working right?
Chris is joined by three LACErs, Adam Morris, Becky Jones, and Chris Horton to delve into the intricate realm of flexible working. On the pod, the team discuss the not just the frequency of employees’ physical presence in the office, but how productivity and employee...
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...
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...
Hybrid working and productivity – measuring outputs not inputs
This blog follows our One Big Thing research where we conducted interview with over 30 CPOs from different sectors and company sizes, to find out what the ‘one big thing’ was that was their big pressing concerns in the coming 12 – 18 months. One of the main challenges...
Diversity, equity and inclusion: how can organisations do better?
Increasingly businesses are recognising that their policies and culture need to promote the representation and participation of different employees; but how can they do this effectively? We speak to diversity, equity and inclusion expert and speaker Guilherme Klein...
How can businesses improve their DEI initiatives?
Increasingly businesses are recognising that their policies and culture need to promote the representation and participation of different employees; but how can they do this effectively? We speak to diversity, equity and inclusion expert and speaker Guilherme Klein...














