In the latest episode of the HR on the Offensive podcast, hosts Chris and Chris Horton welcome Aaisha Knights, Chief People Officer of LMAX Group, to discuss how HR leaders can support and develop their teams during uncertain times. The LMAX Group is a company that...
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Why do we need to redefine workforce productivity? Fireside chat
In our latest 'fireside chat' video Chris Howard, Debbie Mitchell, Adam Morris and Chris Horton talk about our latest campaign focused on why businesses need to redefine the narrative around workforce productivity. The team look at why it is a dated term, why we feel...
The enforced return to the office – positive or pitfall?
In our weekly blogs, we’ve talked a lot about the different types of approaches businesses are taking to hybrid working. Each organisation is working through what is most relevant for them, as evidenced by our ‘silver bullet’ series we produced at the beginning of...
Why CPOs should own employee experience company-wide
We recently ran our latest Chief People Officer (CPO) forum, in which we discussed a manner of different topics from CPOs from a variety of industry sectors and sizes. The discussion was great and included fascinating debate around who should own employee experience,...
Why employee happiness may be the answer to productivity challenges
In our latest blog we speak with Dr Tracy Brower. Sociologist, author and VP of Workplace Insights at Steelcase. Dr Brower talks with Lace Partners’ Chris Howard and Chris Horton about the complexities surrounding the concepts of productivity and happiness at work....
Why you should stay positive in a climate of economic uncertainty
In this week’s blog we hear from published author and LACE Client Executive Director Tim Ringo about why we should stay positive about life, work and moving forwards in the global economy. He tells us what we have to be optimistic about in a time of relentless change...
Investing in your people: Why more companies are prioritising internal talent over external hires
Our latest Talent Dinner gathered key players to discuss the challenges faced by HR and Talent leaders and, of course, to come up with some solutions. Here’s what we discussed, learned and absorbed. We regularly run networking dinners and have a number of different...
How can managers create a positive work environment?
How do you create a positive work environment for your employees? This was just one of the questions that this week’s podcast, where Chris from our team spoke to co-founder Aaron Alburey and Client Executive Director, Tim Ringo, as well as how this can lead to an...
What’s all the fuss about with AI and why should HR care?
As the big tech firms scramble to try to deliver the next evolution of how AI will impact businesses following the rapid rise to prominence of ChatGPT from Tech firm OpenAI, HR professionals that we speak to are starting to ask us how the application of it could help...
Are compassionate redundancies possible?
In this week’s podcast we a joined by three brilliant guests; Yvonne Wilcock CPO of Empowering People Group (EPG), Caroline Moore Managing Director at Working Transitions and Rena Christou Director and Employment Lawyer at Halborns. With our guests we explore the...
What are you doing to plug your skills gaps?
During 2022 we launched a campaign looking at HR’s ‘one big thing’ and one of the biggest challenges Chief People Officers (CPOs) said they were facing was the talent attraction and retention issue. This issue has been a longstanding one for organisations. ...
What are the benefits of a happy workforce?
Our host Chris is joined by Chris Horton as they speak with this week's guest Tracy Brower, Vice President of Workplace Insights at Steelcase. Tracy is a published author and a regular contributor to Forbes magazine. In this podcast she has come onto discuss an...
What does the role of a Chief People Officer look like in 2023?
In this week’s blog we ask our founders Aaron Alburey and Cathy Acratopulo what the key objectives and responsibilities of a Chief People Officer (CPO) or Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO) are. With combined decades of experience working closely to these roles...
Hybrid, talent, EVP: Where are we now?
A new series of videos has been launched to provide a deeper dive into the three core themes of our One Big Thing Campaign; hybrid working, employee value proposition (EVP) and talent. As part of this piece of research, we asked CPOs from a range of industries what...
Getting the balance right – identifying challenges in digital employee experience
A key challenge for HR teams and Chief People Officers (CPOs) is the digital employee experience (EX). But does HR even own it? And how best can the digital EX be monitored and managed? Along with new partners Actual Experience, Dave Page and Cathy Acratopulo,...















