Podcast
HR on the offensive
Real voices. Fresh thinking.
The HR on the Offensive podcast launched in March 2020 to explore insights from LACE Partners’ first whitepaper, challenging HR to ‘step out of the shadows’ and become a strategic driver of competitive advantage.
Since then, it’s grown into a platform for fresh thinking on all things HR—from hybrid working and inclusive hiring to reimagining performance culture.
We’re joined by senior HR leaders and LACE experts, sharing real-world experiences and bold ideas shaping the future of the people function.
How challenging has it been to leverage your HR data since lockdown?
How have businesses and HR teams leveraged data and analytics since lockdown? Have they been efficient? Is there a danger for some businesses to over-elaborate in the way they interrogate data for areas like performance management? How do you collate data effectively...
What does HR need to know about the Job Support Scheme?
What does the change from the Job Retention Scheme (furlough) to the Job Support Scheme mean for HR teams and businesses? How will it impact contractual arrangements between employer and employee? Can employees on the scheme still undertake training? What are the...
The ever-changing world of the office workplace and how it is impacting culture and relationships
Carissa Kilgour from Co.Lab returns to discuss shifts in the office workplace and how businesses are rethinking their use of workspaces. How can companies foster collaboration when employees are remote? Will the trend of mass migration to big cities fade? How do you...
In the spotlight – How do you measure your business culture?
How can HR teams get better at bringing data to measure your business culture? How can you use culture as the ‘first line of defence’ in stamping out unproductive behaviours in a business? Check out this podcast - How do you make culture the hero for organisations? -...
In the Spotlight – How can you create a happy and productive organisation?
Doing things right or doing the right thing? Aaron Alburey from LACE Partners and Co-host Annette Andrews from the HR Guild, talk to Stephanie Davies from Laughology and Founder of the National Happiness Awards, about how you can create a happy and productive...
How are businesses thinking about digital adoption in 2020?
What does digital adoption in 2020 look like? On this Thursday's podcast, Aaron and Chris are joined by technology adoption expert Andy Barlow, VP of Innovation at Applearn. We talk to Andy about their recently released Digital Adoption Pulse Report, where they asked...
How has digital employee experience accelerated during the pandemic?
We sit down with employee experience expert Luka Winterborne and our HR Transformation Director Emma Leonis to talk about how Covid-19 has pushed many organisations to drastically change and advance their digital employee experiences. We explore the new focus on...
The power of ‘How’ – the role of digital adoption platforms in a post-lockdown world
Chris from LACE Partners talks to Raj Sundarason from WalkMe about the future of digital adoption platforms. Raj talks about the way in which DAPs can improve efficiency and speed up peoples lives. He also explains how digital adoption solutions can turn HR into...
How collaboration tools have changed the landscape – Workplace by Facebook
Chris and Aaron discuss the importance of teamwork tools in keeping workforces connected with Nazir Ul-Ghani, Head of Workplace by Facebook. People have quickly adapted to life during lockdown and how tools that enable online engagement with work colleagues have...
Digital adoption platforms and why they should matter to you
In this week's podcast we spoke to digital adoption expert Lily Oliver about what we mean by 'digital adoption platforms' or DAP. When implementing change in an organisation, one of the biggest challenges you can face is your employees embracing the change and really...
How has the talent management landscape shifted since Covid-19?
What are the biggest challenges that the global coronavirus pandemic has delivered for HR and resourcing teams when it comes to talent management? How are priorities going to need to shift in terms of the skillsets needed by businesses? How much impact will a second...
Your HR platform – have you bought a Ferrari but are riding a bike?
Kerry Nutley, Human Capital Management Strategy Director for Oracle, talks to Chris about how rapid change has driven the need for HR platforms and increased digitisation for HR teams. She highlights the essential impact of adopting technology properly, alongside...
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