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Why you should treat the causes of payroll problems rather than symptoms
In this week’s blog our in-house payroll ‘doctor’ Chris Kirby tells us how a holistic approach to payroll diagnosis can boost efficiency, experience and return on investment. Read on to learn about common misconceptions on the causes of payroll problems – and how you...

How can you engage your unconnected workforce?
Chris Howard and Emma Leonis are joined by Simon Cunniffe from EasyJet to discuss how they engage workers who are unconnected, remote or - by their very nature of the job they do - often difficult to engage with. There is also a reference to the Future of HR Shared...

Benchmarking: Friend or foe of the HR Team?
We are often asked by clients or HR teams in our community about benchmarking and specifically about providing data on how HR teams are performing in their ‘space’. Today’s blog is an overview of some of the key considerations that teams should be thinking of when...

What are the simple steps to transitioning to ‘business as usual’ in your HR tech project?
Chris and Max from LACE Partners reflect on a blog that was written pre-pandemic about the key steps you need to take to ensure that your HR tech implementation project can seamlessly transition in to 'business as usual'. Has the advice changed much since the global...

What is your digital adoption strategy? And are you asking the right questions?
Raj Sundarason, author of 'The DAP Strategy', recently spoke to Chris from LACE Partners on the HR on the Offensive podcast about his latest book, which makes some bold predictions about the digital adoption market between now and 2027. Today’s blog looks at some of...

Engaging the unconnected workforce – LACE webinar
Emma Leonis hosted Henry Victor from BP and Sharon Benson from Edison Young People in the latest LACE Partners webinar, which looked at how you can engage those unconnected workforce from across your business. The trio discussed: What main challenges are ‘unconnected’...

Complexity – The elephant in the payroll room
Chris Kirby and Chris Howard talk about complexity and its impact on payroll transformation programmes, following the blog that Chris Kirby wrote in December 2021, in the latest 60 second video from LACE Partners. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tXz0OyD-i0

How can you effectively measure DE&I? (Diversity, Equity & Inclusion)
What is best practice when it comes to using data metrics to measure and monitoring your diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I) practices? What are common data points companies are using? We explored this in one of the recent HR on the Offensive podcasts released...

What trends should HRDs be aware of for 2022?
Aaron, Chris and Max from LACE Partners reflect on what the key trends of 2022 might be for HR teams, from refining EVP, more talent fluidity in the HR market, M&A activity and an increase in those looking to the Cloud for their HR tech solutions....

What should be on every HRDs agenda in 2022?
At LACE, we’ve taken a look through an HR lens to explore the key trends shaping the year ahead after two years of significant change. We asked our team to share their top predictions for what HR teams should focus on in 2022—find them below! What do you think? Get in...

What are the hidden costs of the digital employee experience?
How do businesses avoid 'navigation burn'? What can HR teams do to minimise the time wasted on switching between different platforms? Why are so few businesses measuring their productivity and the success of their newly implemented tech after two years? We look at...

What innovations have payroll providers delivered in 2021?
As a technology agnostic business, we’re often asked to provide our thoughts on the evolution of the payroll provider market and what has changed. As the year draws to an end, we thought we would reflect on some of the key developments and share. One of our resident...
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