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In the spotlight
From implementer to influencer
Discover how HR is evolving from a reactive support function to a strategic influencer in business transformation.
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.
What’s all the fuss about with AI and why should HR care?
As the big tech firms scramble to try to deliver the next evolution of how AI will impact businesses following the rapid rise to prominence of ChatGPT from Tech firm OpenAI, HR professionals that we speak to are starting to ask us how the application of it could help...
Are compassionate redundancies possible?
In this week’s podcast we a joined by three brilliant guests; Yvonne Wilcock CPO of Empowering People Group (EPG), Caroline Moore Managing Director at Working Transitions and Rena Christou Director and Employment Lawyer at Halborns. With our guests we explore the...
What are the key people and workforce analytics trends? 60-second video
In our latest 60-second video, Chris and Nancy discuss our recent whitepaper Market pulse check: Seven common themes in People Analytics, outlining some of the key findings that we gathered from a range of interviews from people analytics experts, about some of the...
What are you doing to plug your skills gaps?
During 2022 we launched a campaign looking at HR’s ‘one big thing’ and one of the biggest challenges Chief People Officers (CPOs) said they were facing was the talent attraction and retention issue. This issue has been a longstanding one for organisations. ...
What are the benefits of a happy workforce?
Our host Chris is joined by Chris Horton as they speak with this week's guest Tracy Brower, Vice President of Workplace Insights at Steelcase. Tracy is a published author and a regular contributor to Forbes magazine. In this podcast she has come onto discuss an...
Redefining workforce productivity
Since the global pandemic and the fundamental shifts that have occurred in the world of work, emphasis has focused on how organisations can create value with what they already have, with one word being constantly re-iterated in the media and in boardrooms across all...
What does the role of a Chief People Officer look like in 2023?
In this week’s blog we ask our founders Aaron Alburey and Cathy Acratopulo what the key objectives and responsibilities of a Chief People Officer (CPO) or Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO) are. With combined decades of experience working closely to these roles...
Restructuring and change: How to navigate difficult journeys
The show's host Chris is joined by Chris Horton as this week's guest is Cat Paterson, Director, HR Business Partner at Elastic. Elastic is a cloud platform that helps organisations find what they need faster, while keeping applications running smoothly, and protecting...
What is a CPO healthcheck and how can it help you?
In this latest 60 second video Debbie Mitchell talks about LACE's CPO healthcheck, which is designed to support Chief People Officers (CPO) as they join a new business. The healthcheck can help with those first 100 days and Debbie gives an overview of it in our latest...
What are some of the biggest challenges facing People and Workforce Analytics Teams?
In March this year we launched our new People and Workforce Analytics service offering, which has been set up to support the people analytics community in driving forward the value it can deliver to businesses through leveraging people analytics. To launch the service...
Hybrid, talent, EVP: Where are we now?
A new series of videos has been launched to provide a deeper dive into the three core themes of our One Big Thing Campaign; hybrid working, employee value proposition (EVP) and talent. As part of this piece of research, we asked CPOs from a range of industries what...
Getting the balance right – identifying challenges in digital employee experience
A key challenge for HR teams and Chief People Officers (CPOs) is the digital employee experience (EX). But does HR even own it? And how best can the digital EX be monitored and managed? Along with new partners Actual Experience, Dave Page and Cathy Acratopulo,...
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