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In the spotlight
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.
Less stress HRIS - Part three: Beyond launch
Part three of our Less stress series focuses towards optimising your HR technology system.
Optimal payroll starts with the foundations
Laying the foundations for an optimal Payroll function.
Is HR trying to be the ‘Jack of all trades’?
Is HR the 'Jack of all trades'? Emma Leonis and Chris Howard from LACE Partners explore one of the key themes from the HR on the Offensive whitepaper, most notably whether HR tries to take on too much and therefore is unable to focus on the core strategic business...
In the Spotlight – HR’s rapid pandemic response
Maire Sloman from Colt talks to Aaron Alburey and Annette Andrews from the Guild of HR Professionals about her teams response to the global pandemic, how HR in general has evolved and the lessons we can all take as we look to exit this pandemic period....
How will AI and blockchain affect my HR Team in 2020?
How will AI and blockchain impact HR teams in 2020? How much do you need to know about and what’s on the horizon? Aaron Alburey from LACE Partners provides a quick overview, as well as some of the practical ways in which these two very different technologies will...
Here’s why you need to ask whether you have ‘people’ managers or ‘line’ managers
I was in the pub the other day with a friend of mine. He works in the charity sector and was recounting his challenges with his current line manager. She’d been somebody who had been in the organisation for between six to eight years and it was the first company she’d...
Feedback from Oracle OpenWorld
Last week Oracle hosted its annual OpenWorld conference in London and as a tech agnostic HR consultancy, LACE Partners met with key leaders in Oracle’s HCM team to understand the latest developments and updates that Oracle have in store from its customers. As an HR...
Launch podcast – is HR the jack of all trades?
Does HR try to be all things to all people? Is that hindering HR’s ability to be successful? Do HR need to focus on core business priorities? Emma Leonis from LACE Partners talks about some of the core priorities that HR Directors have spoken to LACE Partners about....
Top tips for implementing your HR tech project
Pip Anderson from LACE Partners gives some insights into the process each HR team should go through when implementing HR tech, including what should be considered and what LACE Partners does to support the process. https://youtu.be/8c_GYQFEUkU
Digital Adoption Solutions – what you need to know ahead of time…
Rachel Mawson, Practice Lead from LACE Partners gives us an overview of Digital Adoption Solutions (DAS) and why you should be clueing yourself up on them now. What is adoption? At LACE, when we talk about ‘adoption’, we mean a measurable state of behaviour that is...
In the Spotlight – Learnings from a new entrant in a senior HR position
Aaron and Annette from the Guild of HR Professionals talk to Darren Cornish of Aviva about his transition in to the world of HR and the challenging first year he had in the function. They also discuss the value of peer-to-peer networking groups and the Guild's...
Why your HR Tech roadmap is so important – 2020
Celine from LACE Partners sat down with Chris from the Marketing Team to talk through the importance of getting your HR tech roadmap right. It is the beginning of your journey and every HR team should focus on this stage of the process as a key priority. But what...
How closely are you looking at AI for your HR team (you probably should…)?
AI's potential in the HR world At the beginning of this year a few of the LACE Partners team made some 2020 predictions for HR. As part of his predictions Aaron identified AI as a hot topic. Whilst many experts have talked up AI for some time, it is fair to say that...
Life @ LACE – Fostering a culture of innovation
Having just celebrated my ‘half birthday’ at LACE Partners (that’s a thing, right? I mean, I get Prezzo offers of Prosecco for my actual birthday, so surely a ‘half work anniversary’ counts too?), I thought I would provide an ‘insider’s view’ on working within what we...
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