Our latest thinking and thought leadership
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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
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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.
People Experience Forum October 2022
In this week’s blog we reflect on the takeaways from our recent PX Forum meet up. As many of you know, we are building our community of employee experience enthusiasts who meet regularly to network, share ideas and discuss hot topics in the industry. If you would like...
What is keeping CPO/CHROs up at night? HR’s ‘one big thing’
What is the single most pressing concerns on CPO/CHROs right now? What is the 'one big thing' they would like to fix in the next 12 - 18 months? Getting their employee value proposition right? The impact of flexible/hybrid working? Attracting and retaining talent?...
HR’s ‘One Big Thing’
What’s keeping CPOs up at night? What are the biggest challenges faced by HR leaders in the next 12 to 24 months? In 2022 LACE Partners asked 30 CPOs from a wide variety of industries and company sizes, to provide the answer to a simple question on “what their ‘one...
How closely are customer experience and employee experience related?
How can you accurately measure the correlation between employee experience and customer experience? How can you avoid survey fatigue? Chris and Emma are joined by Kevin Campbell from Qualtrics to talk about his perspective on the topic....
HR Shared Service trends in 60 seconds!
In our latest 60 second video Chris and Emma talk about some of the key takeaways from the latest LACE Partners research, launched in July 2022, looking at some of the key trends that senior HR Shared Services professionals told us were top of their agenda right now....
Hybrid working and productivity – measuring outputs not inputs
This blog follows our One Big Thing research where we conducted interview with over 30 CPOs from different sectors and company sizes, to find out what the ‘one big thing’ was that was their big pressing concerns in the coming 12 – 18 months. One of the main challenges...
Where does HR fit into the DEI agenda?
Chris and fellow LACEr Rebecca Addison talk to Ewart Campbell about a few of the DEI initiatives he’s spearheaded; they also discuss what businesses can do to address their unconscious bias and why it's necessary to maintain DEI initiatives long-term....
What are Gen Z looking for in the workplace?
This blog includes one of the the topics discussed in our recent One Big Thing research. Click here to learn more. Why are some employers finding it challenging to recruit Gen Z workers? How have attitudes and needs around the workplace developed over the last few...
The Cost Of Living Crisis: How can businesses help?
As part of a collaboration for financial wellbeing week Chris and Adam Morris from LACE speak to Therese Procter, global advisor at Wagestream about their The Cost of Living Report 2022; which you can download here. What can businesses do to help their employees...
The quiet quitting phenomenon and how to tackle it
As we ended 2021 the big talking point was the impact of the post pandemic ‘Great Resignation’, where the economy opened back up and employees began reconsidering their own career prospects. In 2022 the focus has been on ‘quiet quitting’, so we caught up with Cathy...
What can businesses do to become more inclusive?
Ahead of national inclusion week, Chris is joined by two LACErs Rebecca Addison and Eve Edmonds to discuss inclusivity in the workplace and why it's important. How can larger businesses create a more inclusive work environment?...
What are the six key drivers that impact payroll performance? SD Worx webinar
In September 2022 LACE Partners were asked to join the team at SD Worx to talk about the recent whitepaper they released which focused on the six key drivers that impact payroll performance. This is an on demand webinar featuring Chris Kirby, Senior Manager - Payroll...
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