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...
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Redefining workforce productivity: Is it possible?
Can we redefine the word “productivity”? In addition to the host Chris, fellow LACErs Tim Ringo and Chris Horton are also on hand to provide their perspectives. We recently launched a campaign called "Redefining workforce productivity." As part of the campaign, we...
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...
How do we solve the productivity puzzle? 60 second video
In our latest 60 second video, Tim Ringo award-winning author and speaker, joins Chris Howard to discuss his book 'Solving the the Productivity Puzzle' as part of our redefining workplace productivity campaign. Watch the video below. If you would like to find our more...
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...
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. ...
Redefining workforce productivity
Since the global pandemic and the fundamental shifts that have occurred in the world of work, emphasis has focused on how organisations can create value with what they already have, with one word being constantly re-iterated in the media and in boardrooms across all...
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...
Restructuring and change: How to navigate difficult journeys
The show's host Chris is joined by Chris Horton as this week's guest is Cat Paterson, Director, HR Business Partner at Elastic. Elastic is a cloud platform that helps organisations find what they need faster, while keeping applications running smoothly, and protecting...
What is a CPO healthcheck and how can it help you?
In this latest 60 second video Debbie Mitchell talks about LACE's CPO healthcheck, which is designed to support Chief People Officers (CPO) as they join a new business. The healthcheck can help with those first 100 days and Debbie gives an overview of it in our latest...
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,...
Is it finally time to invest in corporate alumni relations to support business growth?
Talent featured heavily in our ‘One Big Thing’ whitepaper and campaign we ran in late 2022 and in to Q1 2023 this year. We are speaking to organisations regularly about how to solve their talent problems, and one often overlooked solution sits within alumni relations...
Why is hybrid working still something that keeps CPOs up at night?
In our third 'fireside chat video, Chris, Tim, Alice and Chris take some time to reflect on the second highest ranked 'one big thing' i.e. strategic issue that Chief People Officers (CPOs) are thinking that they would love to be able to fix if they could. Hybrid...
HR’s one big thing – focusing on solving the ‘talent’ question
In the second of our series of 'fireside chat' videos, Chris, Tim, Alice and Chris sit down to discuss one of the top three issues given to us by CPOs as being their 'one big thing' i.e. the biggest challenge that is keeping them up at night that - if they could -...














