Our latest thinking and thought leadership
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HR Shared Services Trends 2026 Report
Our latest bi-annual survey of the HR shared services marketplace, with perspectives from CPOs, GBS and HR shared service leaders across 45 global businesses.
Business restructuring. What it takes in practice.
How to deliver change at pace and ensure it performs beyond go-live.
Becoming skills-powered
How to build a skills-based organisation that drives agility, performance and talent mobility.
From implementer to influencer
Discover how HR is evolving from a reactive support function to a strategic influencer in business transformation.
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
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...
Optimal payroll starts with the foundations – Whitepaper
Learn how to build optimal payroll foundations. Download our new whitepaper now.
The efficiency paradox – Whitepaper
What's the efficiency paradox? Boosting productivity in the face of economic constraints. Read how to do more with less.
AI is transforming HR and changing how businesses manage their workforce
For today’s blog we have brought together two of our AI and technology champions we have at LACE, to talk about AI’s role in transforming HR through a framework we have developed. Reach out to Martin and/or Charlie if you’d like to discuss more. As organisations face...
How to modernise your workforce strategy to tackle skills gaps
The World Economic Forum's Future of Jobs Report for 2025 highlights a massive transformation in the global job market and workforce strategy. An estimated 170 million new jobs will be emerging in the next decade, alongside the displacement of around 92 million roles....
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