Our latest thinking and thought leadership
Here you can find our latest thought leadership, blogs, webinars, podcasts and videos. Use the filters below to browse our insights based on topic, or format. If you have a topic you’d like to suggest then get in contact with us today.
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Less stress HRIS - Part two: Beyond basecamp
Learn the essential steps for setting up your HRIS for long-term success.
Less stress HRIS - Part one: The road to the Cloud
Our latest whitepaper, 'Less stress HRIS - The road to the Cloud,' will help you prepare for a successful HRIS implementation.
Becoming skills-powered
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Are skills-based organisations the future of work? Join us on this journey to becoming skills-powered and unlock the potential of your people.
HR Shared Services Trends 2024 report
Our latest HR Shared Services Trends report outlines 2024 key trends including AI, service delivery technology and function capability.
CPOs: From HR to workforce transformation - whitepaper
Delve into workforce transformation, aligning HR for business success, and addressing critical aspects from leadership roles to data relevance.
HR Shared Service trends in 60 seconds!
In our latest 60 second video Chris and Emma talk about some of the key takeaways from the latest LACE Partners research, launched in July 2022, looking at some of the key trends that senior HR Shared Services professionals told us were top of their agenda right now....
Hybrid working and productivity – measuring outputs not inputs
This blog follows our One Big Thing research where we conducted interview with over 30 CPOs from different sectors and company sizes, to find out what the ‘one big thing’ was that was their big pressing concerns in the coming 12 – 18 months. One of the main challenges...
Where does HR fit into the DEI agenda?
Chris and fellow LACEr Rebecca Addison talk to Ewart Campbell about a few of the DEI initiatives he’s spearheaded; they also discuss what businesses can do to address their unconscious bias and why it's necessary to maintain DEI initiatives long-term....
What are Gen Z looking for in the workplace?
This blog includes one of the the topics discussed in our recent One Big Thing research. Click here to learn more. Why are some employers finding it challenging to recruit Gen Z workers? How have attitudes and needs around the workplace developed over the last few...
The Cost Of Living Crisis: How can businesses help?
As part of a collaboration for financial wellbeing week Chris and Adam Morris from LACE speak to Therese Procter, global advisor at Wagestream about their The Cost of Living Report 2022; which you can download here. What can businesses do to help their employees...
The quiet quitting phenomenon and how to tackle it
As we ended 2021 the big talking point was the impact of the post pandemic ‘Great Resignation’, where the economy opened back up and employees began reconsidering their own career prospects. In 2022 the focus has been on ‘quiet quitting’, so we caught up with Cathy...
What can businesses do to become more inclusive?
Ahead of national inclusion week, Chris is joined by two LACErs Rebecca Addison and Eve Edmonds to discuss inclusivity in the workplace and why it's important. How can larger businesses create a more inclusive work environment?...
What are the six key drivers that impact payroll performance? SD Worx webinar
In September 2022 LACE Partners were asked to join the team at SD Worx to talk about the recent whitepaper they released which focused on the six key drivers that impact payroll performance. This is an on demand webinar featuring Chris Kirby, Senior Manager - Payroll...
Digital talent: how can you attract, grow and retain great employees
This blog includes one of the the topics discussed in our recent One Big Thing research. Click here to learn more. In this week’s blog we spoke to Mervyn Dinnen about a new book he has written with Matt Alder called ‘Digital Talent’. Read on to understand the core...
Why championing the Payroll function is important – 90 second video
In our latest video Chris' Howard and Kirby discuss why it is vital that during National Payroll Week we take the time to recognise the vital work that the Payroll function delivers across all industries and companies of all shapes and sizes. Interested in finding out...
In which conditions can the Payroll function thrive?
Today marks the final day of National Payroll Week, a specific week in the year designed to champion those individuals who are so pivotal to how a business functions. To celebrate this we’ve been doing our bit this week to make noise about the profession, through some...
How can businesses improve employee motivation and productivity?
In this podcast we are joined by our HR Transformation Senior Manager Debbie Mitchell to talk about a book she wrote, called 50 Top Tools for Employee Engagement. The book discusses how you don't need expensive interventions to improve employee motivation. Chris...