At a time in which we are seeing plenty of media coverage around counteroffers like the CIPD’s summer Labour Market Outlook, which was widely reported in the HR press, in today’s blog we thought we would take some time to look at the root cause of the reason – are...
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The rise of globalised multijurisdictional payroll
At LACE we’re often talking to Payroll teams about the latest developments and, as part of the regular set of Payroll community events we run, there are common themes that often emerge. Today’s blog looks in a little more detail about one of those themes, which is why...
How do you maximise your ROI with HR technology?
In the third of our series of webinars focused on avoiding buyer’s remorse with your HR technology, some of our experienced LACE team hosted Daniel Balshaw from Oracle, as we looked to answer some of the key challenges that teams face when trying to effectively define...
Life @ LACE – Tiffany Nayler
Tiffany Nayler Consultant What is it like to work at LACE Partners? We’ve got a regular series of blogs in which we talk to different LACErs to find out. Today we talk to Tiffany Nayler, who's just joined LACE as a Consultant. What has your experience joining...
Exploring learning and development trends: Insights from the L&D Global Sentiment Survey 2023
Earlier this year we spoke to well-known and respected learning and development expert Donald Taylor, who publishes the L&D Global Sentiment Survey each year, to get an insight in to ‘what’s hot’ and ‘what’s not’ in the L&D space, based on his survey of over...
The art of talent acquisition: Creating a world-class candidate experience
On a recent episode of our podcast HR on the Offensive, LACErs Chris Howard and David Pacifico had a chat with Maggie Spong, the former Global Head of Talent Acquisition at AstraZeneca and Roche, about boosting the talent acquisition process and delivering a...
The inactive workforce: Revitalising our talent pools
We’ve seen (and written about) a number of articles in the press recently focusing on Protirees and other inactive workers, and discussing their desire or business’ need for them to return to work, including this recent article in The Times ‘Why Britain’s absent army...
How does poor wellbeing impact organisations?
LACErs Chris Howard and Evan Wynne have recently invited Deirdre O’Shea, Associate Professor of Work and Organisational Psychology at the University of Limerick, to our podcast HR on the Offensive, to give an academic perspective on the state of wellbeing in...
What causes buyer’s remorse for HR technology investments?
It was great to have so many people attend the first of our Summer Series on buyer's remorse in HR technology. The first webinar was on 'What are the causes of Buyers' remorse?', which is now available on-demand here or you can subscribe to the series here. Joined...
Aligning people analytics and workforce planning – reflections from our June forum
In late June, around 20 members of the People and Workforce community gathered for a dinner and shared experiences and lessons-learned from their organisations. In this blog we cover some of the discussion topics and views shared by the attendees. People...
Bringing your EVP to Life: Reflections from the Gartner Evanta CHRO summit
Recently some members of the LACE team took part in the Evanta CHRO Summit in London, bringing together just under 100 CHRO/CPOs from a wide variety of industry sizes and sectors. Today’s blog focuses on the boardroom discussion we were asked to lead on, which focused...
Unleashing the power of middle managers: A modern approach to leading people
How focused are businesses on the influence and importance of middle managers? Are we giving them the enough focus, to enable them to have a positive impact on their teams, the business and our overall experience of work? Middle managers are the connection between...
Benchmarking: A friendly foe
Recently we held the latest in a series of CPO forum events, hosted wonderfully by a fantastic team at Claridge’s. The event saw the return of a few long-standing friends of LACE, but we welcomed some new clients and new forum members into the mix. With far too many...
Reflections from the CIPD Festival of Work
In this week's blog we hear from our very own Chris Horton, who tell us about the highlights and insights from the CIPD Festival of work. Buzzing with energy and ideas, not to mention quite a lot of people on a warm London day, there were approximately 10,000...
What potential does AI bring to the learning and development space?
This week we are joined by Brian Murphy, Senior Director Employee Skilling at Microsoft, and Charles Jennings, Managing Director at Duntroon Consultants. Summarising a recent podcast about AI and the future of learning, this blog lays out the key takeaways from their...















