How can you build an in-house people consulting team to help you better deliver change projects? What can you do to identify the skills and capabilities needed for this? In this week’s blog we hear from James McLintic, one of our directors, for some actionable advice...
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Can the four-day workweek really work?
In today’s blog Evan from our team took a look at the impact of the proposed pilot of a four-day work week will have in the UK. Can it be more productive than the traditional five-day work week? What are the implications? How will businesses need to adapt their people...
The future of payroll – part two
On Friday we released a blog which was part one of a two-part series that looked at the future of the Payroll function from a ‘internal factors’ lens. In today’s blog Chris Kirby looks at the external factors that are leading to the conversations around the future of...
The future of payroll – part one
Today’s blog comes from our Payroll expert Chris Kirby, who heads up our payroll consultancy services at LACE. As a business we speak to a variety of organisations about how they can improve their payroll function or solve payroll challenges. This includes managing...
Creating an outcomes-driven performance culture
How can organisations use the performance management process to drive business outcomes, rather than use them merely as a ‘tick box’ exercise? In a recent HR on the Offensive podcast we discussed this with Roly Walter, founder of Appraisd and below is an overview of...
Stay interviews – what’s making your employees leave and, conversely, what’s making them stay?
In this week's blog we look at why employees may quit a job but also what makes other employees want to stay. Stay interviews are a great way to get that type of information. Should your business implement stay interviews, or does it depend on your pre-existing level...
The six shifts in candidate experience
Late in 2021 we spoke to HR industry influencer Merv Dinnen about a whitepaper he wrote in conjunction with SHL. In today’s blog we have summarised some of his thoughts and picked out some of the key talking points, which looked at the six shifts that are commonplace...
Reflections on the LACE employee experience forum – February 2022
In 2021 we hosted a forum to discuss employee experience with a group of EX practitioners. Chris and Aaron from LACE Partners recently sat down with Katie Wilde from Applaud to discuss the key points and discussions which were raised as part of this community session....
Catering for the needs of a remote and disparate workforce: easyJet
Chris Howard and Emma Leonis were recently joined by Simon Cunniffe from easyJet to discuss how they engage workers who are unconnected, remote or – by their very nature of the job they do – often difficult to reach. This was a follow-on podcast from the webinar held...
What are the hidden costs of the digital employee experience?
In 2021 Applearn produced a report looking at the Hidden Costs of the Digital Employee Experience. Chris and Emma from LACE Partners recently sat down on a podcast with Andrew Avanessian from Applearn to discuss the key findings and ways companies can actually go...
Why you should treat the causes of payroll problems rather than symptoms
In this week’s blog our in-house payroll ‘doctor’ Chris Kirby tells us how a holistic approach to payroll diagnosis can boost efficiency, experience and return on investment. Read on to learn about common misconceptions on the causes of payroll problems – and how you...
Benchmarking: Friend or foe of the HR Team?
We are often asked by clients or HR teams in our community about benchmarking and specifically about providing data on how HR teams are performing in their ‘space’. Today’s blog is an overview of some of the key considerations that teams should be thinking of when...
What is your digital adoption strategy? And are you asking the right questions?
Raj Sundarason, author of 'The DAP Strategy', recently spoke to Chris from LACE Partners on the HR on the Offensive podcast about his latest book, which makes some bold predictions about the digital adoption market between now and 2027. Today’s blog looks at some of...
How can you effectively measure DE&I? (Diversity, Equity & Inclusion)
What is best practice when it comes to using data metrics to measure and monitoring your diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I) practices? What are common data points companies are using? We explored this in one of the recent HR on the Offensive podcasts released...
What should be on every HRDs agenda in 2022?
At LACE, we’ve taken a look through an HR lens to explore the key trends shaping the year ahead after two years of significant change. We asked our team to share their top predictions for what HR teams should focus on in 2022—find them below! What do you think? Get in...














