Our latest thinking and thought leadership
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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.
What is the state of financial wellbeing in the UK?
How has the global pandemic shifted businesses approach to how the look at financial wellbeing? What more can employers be doing to support employees? How can employees and employers work together to make employees feel less vulnerable when it comes to financial...
How you can boost employee experience in a flexible working world
Our latest blog looks at how organisations can design their flexible working policies to create positive experiences for employees. If you’d like to talk to us about how you differentiate your people experiences, we can help, so get in touch using the contact form...
What is the Resilience Factor for CPOs?
In this week's podcast, we speak to Zellis about their recent report 'The Resilience Factor: CPOs - Post-COVID Boardroom Insights 2021'. We discuss what changes businesses have made and how that has impacted Chief People Officers in their roles. How does resilience...
Is cyber security HR’s problem?
Hybrid and remote working more prevalent, more and more businesses are re-evaluating how much focus cyber security should have. In today’s blog we explore just how much focus HR should have. Is it HR’s top priority and should it be? Evan from our team explores this....
The secret ingredient in your HR Model – HR Change Agents
How can you build an in-house people consulting team to help you better deliver change projects? What can you do to identify the skills and capabilities needed for this? In this week’s blog we hear from James McLintic, one of our directors, for some actionable advice...
Reflections on our latest HR tech event ‘Bridging the gap’
In case you missed it, we recently hosted an event focused entirely on HR technology implementation where we asked panellists Mark Corden from Parkdean resorts and Alastair Logan and Ceridian to tell us what their key lessons learned were from projects they have...
Bridging the gap: Learnings from a HR tech implementation
In April 2022 Aaron Alburey spoke to Mark Corden from Parkdean Resorts, as well as Alastair Logan from Ceridian, about some the challenges businesses face when implementing a new HCM system. Who are the key stakeholders that you need to get buy in from? How did...
Can the four-day workweek really work?
In today’s blog Evan from our team took a look at the impact of the proposed pilot of a four-day work week will have in the UK. Can it be more productive than the traditional five-day work week? What are the implications? How will businesses need to adapt their people...
What does the future hold for the Payroll function?
What changes are we likely to see in the payroll function? What impact will things like blockchain have? Which function should Payroll sit within - HR or Finance? We explore this and more in the latest HR on the Offensive podcast with Chris Kirby and Chris Howard....
The future of payroll – part two
On Friday we released a blog which was part one of a two-part series that looked at the future of the Payroll function from a ‘internal factors’ lens. In today’s blog Chris Kirby looks at the external factors that are leading to the conversations around the future of...
The future of payroll – part one
Today’s blog comes from our Payroll expert Chris Kirby, who heads up our payroll consultancy services at LACE. As a business we speak to a variety of organisations about how they can improve their payroll function or solve payroll challenges. This includes managing...
How can HR make a difference in championing neurodiverse talent?
What is neurodiversity and why aren't employers tapping in to this important talent pool at a time of talent shortages we ware seeing? What are some of the strengths and challenges that exist within a neurodiverse workforce? We explore this and more with Mel Francis,...
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