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Less stress HRIS - Part three: Beyond launch
Part three of our Less stress series focuses towards optimising your HR technology system.
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
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Are skills-based organisations the future of work? Join us on this journey to becoming skills-powered and unlock the potential of your people.
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...
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....
How do skills approaches fit into the employee lifecycle?
Creating a skills-based organisation isn’t just an initiative for L&D or top-talent programmes. It’s about integrating skills into every part of your people strategy, embedding them across the employee journey so they deliver lasting value. Some experience areas...
How can HR strategically address the impact of rising NICs?
What do you do when your business is hit with rising costs, regulatory changes, and mounting pressure to deliver more with less? In this episode of HR on the Offensive, Chris is joined by Simon Fowler, CEO at Empowering People Group, to discuss how HR leaders can...
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