With large numbers of people working from home during the global pandemic, how can you maintain business continuity in your culture, your people and your processes? Aaron Alburey and Cathy Acratopulo look at this issue, as well as the impact that technology is playing...
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Are your line managers good ‘people’ managers?
We all know what it feels like to be managed well, but how many of us have been trained to be better people managers? How many companies have effective processes in place to help line managers become better people managers? Cathy Acratopulo from LACE Partners shares...
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....
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...
Building capability: It’s time HR put itself first
As part of our ongoing blog series focusing on some of the key findings from the HR on the Offensive whitepaper released in June 2019, Emma Leonis looks at one of the key elements of the report - building HR's capability. One of the most frequent challenges HR...
Kevin Green interview – Competitive People Strategy
Kevin Green, author of 'Competitive People Strategy' talks to LACE Partners' Chris Howard about some of the key takeaways from his book https://youtu.be/JD6kIH5xeTc
How much do you value people management?
Today’s blog is a follow on from a previous piece written by LACE Co-Founder Cathy Acratopulo after LACE Partners’ annual people_tech event in October. In the previous blog (which you can find here) Cathy talked about the capability of people managers, whether ’good...
HR on The Offensive – HR must ‘step out of the shadows’
HR needs to think the unthinkable and reinvent the very nature of what it does and why it does it. The HR profession is at a tipping point. Unprecedented turbulence, driven by tech innovation, hyper-competitiveness and market disruption, has created levels of...
Aaron Alburey – People_tech Interview
Listen to LACE Partners CEO, Aaron Alburey, discuss all things people_tech at this year's event. https://youtu.be/QTOJjok6A2A
Revolutionising consulting: More experience, for less money
Working for 23 years in two of the most dynamic consulting businesses in the world, during one of the most exciting periods of change for HR, has been thrilling. And it’s been an eye opener. My experience of over 40 client engagements has led me to a major conclusion:...
Recruitment Directors: This is your call to arms
Anyone working in recruitment right now is either extremely excited or very worried. Or a bit of both. Here’s what Recruitment Directors need to be thinking about as the pace of change quickens. Change is everywhere, and denial is dangerous. Recruitment is on the move...