Our latest thinking and thought leadership
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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.
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,...
Creating an outcomes-driven performance culture
How can organisations use the performance management process to drive business outcomes, rather than use them merely as a ‘tick box’ exercise? In a recent HR on the Offensive podcast we discussed this with Roly Walter, founder of Appraisd and below is an overview of...
What is keeping HR shared services directors up at night?
What is keeping HR Shared Services directors up at night? How good are HRSS professionals at managing change? What are the tools needed to be successful? We explore this in the latest HR on the Offensive podcast, with Sunila Jethwa from Ceridian joining Chris Howard...
Stay interviews – what’s making your employees leave and, conversely, what’s making them stay?
In this week's blog we look at why employees may quit a job but also what makes other employees want to stay. Stay interviews are a great way to get that type of information. Should your business implement stay interviews, or does it depend on your pre-existing level...
How can you create an outcomes-driven performance culture?
In the latest podcast Chris and Emma Leonis-Hughes talk to Appraisd Founder Roly Walter about how to create a an outcomes-driven performance culture. The trio discuss the distinction between an 'output-based culture' and an 'outcome-driven' culture - How does one...
What are the symptoms and causes of an unsuccessful payroll transformation? And how can you tackle them?
Chris Kirby and Chris Howard discuss a recent blog on some of the common challenges Payroll Teams come to LACE Partners with, when their payroll transformation programme isn't quite going to plan. We've also written a blog on the subject here....
The six shifts in candidate experience
Late in 2021 we spoke to HR industry influencer Merv Dinnen about a whitepaper he wrote in conjunction with SHL. In today’s blog we have summarised some of his thoughts and picked out some of the key talking points, which looked at the six shifts that are commonplace...
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