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.
How do you elevate people experience at the board level?
The goal for our employee experience revolution campaign is to empower Chief People Officers (CPOs) to have commercial conversations about performance and experience. The relationship between employee experience (EX), productivity and business outcomes is well...
The importance of human interactions in delivering amazing experiences
In our latest podcast episode, Anna Rasmussen, founder of Openblend, engages in a compelling conversation with LACErs Chris Horton and Chris Howard about the pivotal role of individual 1-2-1s in crafting extraordinary experiences for individuals. This conversation...
How can you drive innovation in your business?
How can an organisation drive innovation? What are the successful components of an innovative organisation? These are just a few questions we debated on a recent HR on the Offensive podcast with Chris Howard and Ed Sparkes from our team. In 2023, one of the regularly...
Payroll’s People Revolution – SD Worx webinar
SD Worx webinar: Payroll’s People Revolution SD Worx, in collaboration with LACE Partners, JGA Recruitment and Cintriq, launched the fifth webinar in the HR & Payroll Foundations series, which discussed the transformation of the payroll function from a...
Is the traditional LMS dead?
In a recent HR on the Offensive podcast, Chris engages in a thought-provoking discussion with Nelson Sivalingam, the CEO of HowNow, exploring the concept of "The Death of the LMS" as presented in HowNow's latest whitepaper. HowNow is a platform dedicated to seamlessly...
Why employee listening is key to good experience
In this week’s blog LACE co-founder Cathy Acratopulo speaks with Simon Smith, the CPO at Aston Martin, about employee listening strategy. Read on to learn what approaches are most effective and what role they play in optimising employee experience – or listen to their...
Buyer’s remorse webinar: Future-proofing your investments
In this webinar, Chris is joined by one of our Partners and clients alongside, Aaron Alburey, Founder of LACE Partners, Tim Ringo, Executive Director LACE Partners and Andrew Hall, Global Head of P&C Product Management at Philip Morris International, to discuss...
Does HR have a branding problem?
Chris and LACE Manager Georgina Sutton speak to guest Jocelynne Thompson, Director of People Strategy and Transformation at Virgin Media O2 to discuss if HR has a branding problem. The conversation centres around the perception of HR within the business world and...
Buyer’s remorse webinar: How to maximise your ROI with HR tech
In the third of our series of webinars ran in 2023, our host Chris Horton was joined by fellow LACErs Rebecca Addison and Sian Beacham, along with Daniel Balshaw from Oracle, to talk about how to make the most of any HR technology. The team looked at the importance of...
Understanding and overcoming buyer’s remorse in HR technology investments
This week’s blog ends our Buyer’s remorse with HR technology series and shares takeaways from our recent panel discussion. We were joined by Sian Beacham, Client Executive Director at LACE Partners, Joanna Murphy, President HCM EMEA at Rizing, and Rob Mooney, Head of...
Pay transparency: What challenges should organisations be aware of?
In the latest HR On the Offensive podcast, Chris and LACE Director Pavan Bilkhoo speak with their guest, Michelle Gyimah, who is a keynote speaker and a consultant specialising in gender and ethnicity pay gaps. The discussion revolves around the challenges and...
Life @ LACE: Meet our Commercial Analysts Joe and Olivia!
In this week's blog we hear from our team of commerical analysts, new to LACE in September 2023! Joe and Olivia share what it was like joining and their experiences so far becoming embedded in the team. Read now to learn what it's like being a LACEr as part of our...
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