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In the spotlight
Where M&A value is won or lost
Most deals don’t fail on paper, they fail in execution. A three-phase framework for CPOs to protect deal value through the people side of M&A.
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.
The HR budget 2021 – what HR teams need to know
Explore more insightful content here: HR budgeting for 2022 – what should you be thinking about? Understanding and overcoming buyer’s remorse in HR technology investments Investment in your payroll function: All or nothing?
HR’s rapid pandemic response
In the latest LACE Partners blog we’re featuring a summary of our latest podcast where Aaron Alburey and Annette Andrews from the Guild of HR Professionals who talk with Maire Sloman, Vice President of Global HR Operations at Colt, about her career in HR and how the...
International Women’s Day: Celebrating women in LACE and beyond
Since the 1900s, International Women’s Day (IWD) has been recognised and celebrated, a movement born of the unfair mistreatment of women and the discrimination they face. We celebrate those who paved the way for us, fighting for women’s rights to vote, work, and to be...
To ‘best of breed’ or ‘enterprise’ platform, that is the question…
Should organisations look to commit to a single end-to-end ‘enterprise’ platform or hand pick a selection of the latest ‘best of breed’ bleeding edge vertical technologies from across the employee life cycle? Should you commit to one approach or is there a middle...
Does your HR team need a rebrand? What’s in a name?
Why has HR historically been seen as a second-class citizen? What can HR teams do to change that? Should your HR team re-brand itself so that it is seen like a strategic people function, rather than just a HR operations team? We look at these questions and more in the...
How do you continuously improve your digital employee experience?
How to improve your digital employee experience? In the latest podcast Andrew Hall from Philip Morris International joins Chris and Emma at LACE Partners to discuss the types of HR tech that organisations are using. What is the right channel management strategy? How...
Is 2021 the year of employee empowerment?
In a recent HR on the Offensive podcast Emma Leonis and Chris Howard spoke to Lisa Dennis from SPX Flow about the key lessons her team learned in 2020, as well as discussing the debate over HR demonstrating the value to the rest of the business – has the debate truly...
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...
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