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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.
What are the key traits for success in HR benchmarking and how can businesses embrace them?
Recently we held the latest in a series of CPO forum events in which we discussed the topic of HR benchmarking and its relevance in the current business landscape. The host, Chris, was joined by Cathy Acratopulo, Aaron Alburey, and Debbie Mitchell, to reflect on our...
What are the ten traits of a successful People function?
In our latest 60 seconds video, we talk to Debbie from our team about a framework we have put together that identifies the top traits that we have observed from the best performing People functions. We've got ten traits in total and the video below explains what the...
What causes buyer’s remorse for HR technology investments?
It was great to have so many people attend the first of our Summer Series on buyer's remorse in HR technology. The first webinar was on 'What are the causes of Buyers' remorse?', which is now available on-demand here or you can subscribe to the series here. Joined...
How can companies navigate the future of talent acquisition and improve candidate experience?
The latest HR on the Offensive podcast focuses on talent acquisition and the candidate experience. Host Chris, alongside fellow LACEr David Pacifico, introduce guest speaker, Maggie Spong, the former Global Head of Talent Acquisition at AstraZeneca and Roche. What...
Aligning people analytics and workforce planning – reflections from our June forum
In late June, around 20 members of the People and Workforce community gathered for a dinner and shared experiences and lessons-learned from their organisations. In this blog we cover some of the discussion topics and views shared by the attendees. People...
How does investment in wellbeing drive productivity and performance?
Our latest podcast focuses on wellbeing and productivity. Joining Chris is fellow LACEr and published author Tim Ringo. The conversation revolves around Tim's book, "Solving the Productivity Puzzle," which explores the impact of wellbeing on productivity. Tim’s book...
What are the causes of buyer’s remorse?
In the first of our summer webinar series hosted earlier on this year, we looked at the causes of buyer's remorse when it comes to HR technology implementation projects. Why does technology fail and what are the common 'watch out' challenges that businesses should be...
What are the biggest challenges faced by People Analytics professionals? With Céline Ingenegeren
In the first of our mini series of video interviews focused on some of the findings from our Market pulse check: Seven common themes in people analytics, Céline Ingenegeren, Global People Analytics Consultancy Lead at ING, talks to Julian Holmes from our team about...
Bringing your EVP to Life: Reflections from the Gartner Evanta CHRO summit
Recently some members of the LACE team took part in the Evanta CHRO Summit in London, bringing together just under 100 CHRO/CPOs from a wide variety of industry sizes and sectors. Today’s blog focuses on the boardroom discussion we were asked to lead on, which focused...
How has change management been reinvented?
In the latest episode of the HR on the Offensive podcast, hosted by Chris, the focus is on change management and change analytics. Joining Chris are two LACE change experts Ed Sparks and Liz Bailey, as well as a special guest, Colin Sloman, the Chief Strategy Officer...
Unleashing the power of middle managers: A modern approach to leading people
How focused are businesses on the influence and importance of middle managers? Are we giving them the enough focus, to enable them to have a positive impact on their teams, the business and our overall experience of work? Middle managers are the connection between...
Benchmarking: A friendly foe
Recently we held the latest in a series of CPO forum events, hosted wonderfully by a fantastic team at Claridge’s. The event saw the return of a few long-standing friends of LACE, but we welcomed some new clients and new forum members into the mix. With far too many...
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