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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.
PeopleTech 2017 – Be More Human
One week on and the dust has settled on our inaugural PeopleTech event. It was a great morning: full of excitement, inspiring and innovative technology, and lots of interesting conversations. The event was held at the RSA and our day began with breakfast, giving our...
Happy days: LACE commended at the 2017 National Happiness Awards!
Last Friday some of our LACE team donned their glad rags and attended the Laughology National Happiness Awards at the CIPD in Wimbledon. It was a fantastic evening: inspiring, thought-provoking and a moving celebration of one of the things we do best, being happy. We...
Match customer and employee experiences or brace for the consequences
Disengaged and demotivated employees cost organisations money. One reason for this cost is when an organisation tries to create a customer experience that isn’t a reality for employees. It’s simple, if you can’t get the experience right with your own people then it’s...
I Love You Baby…My First Two Weeks at LACE
My first two weeks can be described as nothing less than a whirlwind! From a welcome breakfast on London Bridge to meeting one of our clients in Southampton, I’ve definitely had an all round LACE experience. In my first week I found myself sitting in on the Leadership...
VR & AR: They’re real, in the workplace, and growing
It wasn’t long ago that Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR) were perceived as being just for gamers. Despite these technologies revolutionising training within the fields of engineering and medicine, many of us still don’t see how VR and AR will affect us...
Unmissable insights from LACE’s inaugural survey
At LACE, we’re committed to understanding our industry, inside out. Our founders have been at the cutting edge of HR for over 25 years. But we’re not content to rely on our own experience alone. Our eyes are firmly trained on the future. That’s why we commissioned our...
HR Tech: A millennial’s experience
My second HR Tech – this time London – promised to be an interesting experience. Paris had left an underwhelming aftertaste, so I wanted to see if the conversation about my generation had evolved since then. Here’s a millennial’s tale of two cities. In a nutshell,...
75% of tech adoption programmes fail – make sure yours doesn’t
75% of all technology programmes fail to deliver. Sounds like an HR horror movie, doesn’t it? In fact, it’s an HR reality. Let’s not shy away from the truth: tech adoption is risky. Without the right guidance, it’s downright terrifying. If your target audience don’t...
Investing in people and performance tech, the LACE-way
Investing in new tech is never a simple choice. All sorts of factors, many existing outside the technology itself, will have an impact on whether it’s viable for you. There’s a bigger picture, and if you can’t see it, you’re putting your business at risk. Here’s our...
Shopping for HR tech: A quick guide
With the possible exception of the HR function in The White House, no part of HR is moving and changing as swiftly as the HR tech market for SMEs. The breadth of choice is stunning, and can be intimidating. So, how do you navigate the new landscape? My advice? Think...
Shaping the future of work, with neuroscience
Over the past couple of years, there’s been increasing interest in how the brain works and how that knowledge can be applied to business. Neuroscience is all set to shape the future of work. But what difference will it make, and how should it be applied? Neuroscience...
Some thoughts on People Change, the LACE-way
In HR, the word ‘transformation’ gets thrown about here, there, and everywhere. But what does contemporary, innovative and genuine transformation look like? Buzzwords don’t help anybody, but real, meaningful change can help businesses survive and thrive, in tough...
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