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In the spotlight
Optimal payroll starts with the foundations
Laying the foundations for an optimal Payroll function.
The efficiency paradox
Boosting productivity in the face of economic constraints.
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.
Becoming skills-powered
NEW CAMPAIGN
Are skills-based organisations the future of work? Join us on this journey to becoming skills-powered and unlock the potential of your people.
Navigating the waves of change: The critical role of HR in business transformation
If your organisation hasn’t been through some form of transformation over the last few years, you are in the minority. According to research published last summer in Harvard Business Review, at any given time more than a third of large organisations have a...
Is AI the key to transforming the workplace?
What if AI didn’t just reshape jobs, but reshaped how we think about work itself? Many organisations are rethinking the way that work get's delivered, whether that's through skills-based approaches or changes in strategic workforce planning. AI is central to...
How can you unlock value in your HR Technology investment?
Ahead of our third whitepaper in our Less stress HRIS series, Louise Brown – one of the authors of the upcoming third whitepaper in the series – gave us an overview of what is soon to come. She also recapped the overall journey that organisations go through,...
How can HR solve the business efficiency paradox?
In today’s evolving business climate, efficiency can no longer be synonymous with cost-cutting and headcount reduction. In our opinion, that's an outdated view risks undermining both performance and resilience. In our latest whitepaper The efficiency paradox, we...
Navigating successful strategic workforce planning
We recently hosted an insightful workshop on strategic workforce planning (SWP), bringing together industry leaders to discuss the future of workforce management, specifically the impact that SWP can have on organisations looking to future-proof their business models,...
Key approaches to strategic workforce planning
Organisations everywhere are being faced with the challenge: does your current workforce have the skills it needs, both now and in the future? Answering this question lies in strategic workforce planning (SWP), and today's blog from Jo Clarke de Dromantin unpacks...
The global skills map: Navigating cultural nuances in talent acquisition
Navigating the evolving world of global talent acquisition is no easy task—it's complex, fast-moving, and full of unexpected challenges. That’s why this episode of the HR on the Offensive podcast, Chris and Pavan Bilkhoo speak to Monika Lubczak-Pufelska, author of...
What are sunrise and sunset skills and how do you use them?
Forty years ago, mastering a skill had a “half-life” of at least a decade. Ten years ago, that timeframe shrank to around four years. Today, due to rapid advancements in digital technology and artificial intelligence, a skill’s relevance might last just two years...
Proactive people transformation
SAP HR Connect 2025
HR Connect 2025: brings customers, partners, and prospects together to showcase great customer stories, innovations and provide our partner ecosystem with a platform to demonstrate how we can make every customer a success story. Payroll transformations are often...
People 1st MENA
Join our team at LACE as Headline Partners on May 8 in Dubai for People 1st 2025, an essential gathering for HR, talent, reward, L&D and global mobility leaders. This event is about embracing a People 1st approach amidst a rapidly changing workplace. Industry...
The TRUSTED Framework: How to effectively navigate AI implementation
Part 1: Technology and regulation Organisations currently find themselves at a crossroads. Macro-economic pressures are pushing more organisations to consider the use of AI to solve their People Function and workforce challenges. But for People Functions they face the...
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