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In the spotlight
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 is your employee value proposition and how is it evolving?
What is your employee value proposition (EVP) and how has it evolved over time? Has the global pandemic changed it? Why should you be looking to constantly review and refresh it? What is 'the deal' you offer your employees and how well do you communicate it? These are...
What is your employee value proposition and how it is evolving?
What is your employee value proposition (EVP) and how has it changed over time? Has the global pandemic changed it? What is 'the deal' you offer your employees and how well do you communicate it? These are just a few of the questions Cathy Acratopulo our Co-Founder...
How can leaders stay truly connected to their people in 2021?
Executive Director - HR Transformation, Emma Leonis sat down recently to (virtually) talk to Steve Bernard from Connectwell about leadership in 2021. Relationships in the workplace have never looked quite like this; how leaders can stay connected to their teams?...
How can leaders truly connect to their people?
How can leaders connect to people? What are the pressure points that leaders should think of? What are the short and long term impacts on productivity and happiness? What are the biggest risks you see for 2021? Emma and Chris from LACE Partners talk to Steve Bernard,...
The Future of HR Shared Services – Contact your way
In our latest webinar held in February 2021, Emma Leonis from LACE Partners spoke to Darren Cornish from Aviva, as well as Iwan Roberts from Facebook, on their views of the future of the HR Shared Services function. https://youtu.be/tyNN06Hsm8k Check out these...
LACE Partners – who we are and our values
Find out about who LACE Partners is, what it is like to work with us and what makes us tick. We're a lively bunch who consider ourselves a family. https://youtu.be/nSn5hGqfLV8 Check out these additional resources: What makes LACE fundamentally different? LACE...
Never just a number, always supported and cared for – working as an Associate at LACE Partners
Today’s Life @ LACE Partners blog is from one of our Associates, Abi East, who has worked with the team on a number of exciting projects. We wanted to get some insight into how she found out about LACE Partners, what she enjoys about being an Associate in general, as...
In the Spotlight – Leadership and the value of getting out of your comfort zone
In this 'In the Spotlight' episode, Aaron and Annette Andrews from the Guild of HR Professionals talk to Keri Garrod about her career, what she's learnt from her experience both in the UK and working in the Middle East, as well as the importance of developing her...
Don’t stop me now! – HR Accelerating through 2021
(Predicting where we will all be spending our time in HR in 2021) We’re all hoping for a better year and, whilst optimism may be a little low during the current lockdown period, there is hope that a form of normality can gradually return from Spring. But what will the...
Is 2021 the year of employee empowerment?
Which trends will drive 2021, and will this year empower employees? Which HR tech platforms dominated focus for shared services teams in 2020, and how has that shifted in 2021? Has the debate over HR’s value in organizations finally ended? Chris and Emma from LACE...
Why are we here? HR’s big questions for 2021
In today’s blog we are reflecting on the comments from our recent podcast featuring HR influencer and author Kevin Green, Aaron Alburey and Annette Andrews from the Guild of HR Professionals. The trio talk about… Will businesses ask themselves the right questions in...
What does the future hold for HR Shared Services teams?
How do HR Shared Services Teams evolve? What are the characteristics of successful HRSS consultants? What can HRSS teams learn from other front-line functions like Customer Services? In this latest podcast, Chris and Emma from LACE Partners talk about the latest...
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