LACE Partners

LACE Partners LACE Partners is a leading independent HR boutique – for transformation, technology, change and adopt LACE Partners is fundamentally different. Why?

We're a global consultancy, where we combine the on-demand expertise of top HR change specialists, with the market leaders in progressive HR technologies. Our passion and belief that people hold the key to unlocking company value is at the heart of everything we do. We provide a flexible, bespoke service to help you solve your business and technology challenges. Our unique operating model allows u

s to drive innovation, quality and collaboration whilst ensuring great value at a competitive price point. But that’s enough about us. Now we want to hear about you.

🚨Navigating the waves of change: The critical role of HR in business transformation: https://www.lacepartners.com/naviga...
31/10/2025

🚨Navigating the waves of change: The critical role of HR in business transformation: https://www.lacepartners.com/navigating-the-waves-of-change-the-critical-role-of-hr-in-business-transformation/

If your organisation hasn’t been through some form of transformation over the last few years, you are in the minority. According to research published last summer in Harvard Business Review, at any given time more than a third of large organisations have a transformation programme underway, with about half of CEOs reporting that their company has undergone two or more major change efforts in the past five years – and about 20% reporting three or more.

At LACE, we’ve has been investigating the real role that HR leaders play in helping drive business transformation, both across the people workstream and beyond. Through a series of roundtable events with HR leaders and an exclusive survey with C-suite business leaders from a range of functions and organisations, we’ve been asking:
#️⃣Why are people workstreams so critical to transformation?
#️⃣How is, and how should, HR shape the business transformation agenda?
#️⃣What are the barriers preventing HR from playing a more strategic, leading role in transformation?
#️⃣Ultimately, how do we redefine HR’s role in business transformation?

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🟢 HR on the Offensive Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcTaaoXoMO5gTI71RI0NkGQiUXBARgIsj

Move Fast or Miss Out: Why HR Transformation Can’t Wait: https://hrnews.co.uk/move-fast-or-miss-out-why-hr-transformatio...
31/10/2025

Move Fast or Miss Out: Why HR Transformation Can’t Wait: https://hrnews.co.uk/move-fast-or-miss-out-why-hr-transformation-cant-wait/

There’s no doubt about it; UK organisations are under pressure to modernise their HR systems. Companies are undertaking business-wide transformations of which HR must be a part.
.UK transformation is patchy. While some organisations are moving forward, recognising the productivity gains and cost reductions that transformation brings, others are held back by system limitations and integration challenges. These delays are dangerous...

[Editorial Team - HR News]

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🟢 HR on the Offensive Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcTaaoXoMO5gTI71RI0NkGQiUXBARgIsj

🚨‘Can a machine do this?’ HR’s focus must shift from the workforce to the work: https://hrexecutive.com/can-a-machine-do...
30/10/2025

🚨‘Can a machine do this?’ HR’s focus must shift from the workforce to the work: https://hrexecutive.com/can-a-machine-do-this-hrs-focus-must-shift-from-the-workforce-to-the-work-gartner-says/

When it comes to workforce planning around artificial intelligence, many organizations are running before they can walk.

Before we can answer questions about the workforce, we need to answer questions about the work, because work is changing.

HR must rethink its role entirely. In the AI era, HR has a new mandate: shift the focus from the workforce to the work...

[Jill Barth - HR Executive]

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🟢 HR on the Offensive Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcTaaoXoMO5gTI71RI0NkGQiUXBARgIsj

🚨Reflections from the conference room floor: UNLEASH 2025: https://www.lacepartners.com/reflections-from-the-conference-...
30/10/2025

🚨Reflections from the conference room floor: UNLEASH 2025: https://www.lacepartners.com/reflections-from-the-conference-room-floor-unleash-2025/

AI owned the air at UNLEASH Paris 2025. “GenAI.” “Copilot.” “Assistant.” And the ever-present: “Buy or build?” You couldn’t queue for coffee without hearing at least one story of a pilot gone right – or wrong.

But this year felt different. The success stories sounded more like lessons learned. The big theme wasn’t capability; it was choice. Yes, the well-worn line about AI pilots failing to take off still held true. But the question everyone’s now asking is, what happens when they do? How do you move from pilot to practice? How do you fold AI into the day-to-day, keep people engaged, and make it part of how the business really runs?..

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🟢 HR on the Offensive Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcTaaoXoMO5gTI71RI0NkGQiUXBARgIsj

AI in the Workplace: Beyond the Hype: https://www.hrleader.com.au/tech/27401-ai-in-the-workplace-beyond-the-hypeAI shoul...
30/10/2025

AI in the Workplace: Beyond the Hype: https://www.hrleader.com.au/tech/27401-ai-in-the-workplace-beyond-the-hype

AI shouldn’t be a bolt-on. The real opportunity is to create product lines that are centred around AI, rather than decorated by it.

In HR technology, especially, AI doesn’t make decisions – it makes recommendations. Our role is to make both employees' and employers' lives easier, but it’s ultimately up to humans to accept or reject AI’s outputs...

[Josh McKenzie - HR Leader]

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🟢 HR on the Offensive Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcTaaoXoMO5gTI71RI0NkGQiUXBARgIsj

🚨Key approaches to strategic workforce planning: https://www.lacepartners.com/key-approaches-to-strategic-workforce-plan...
29/10/2025

🚨Key approaches to strategic workforce planning: https://www.lacepartners.com/key-approaches-to-strategic-workforce-planning/

Organisations everywhere are being faced with the challenge: does your current workforce have the skills it needs, both now and in the future?

Answering this question lies in strategic workforce planning (SWP), and today’s blog from Johanna Clarke de Dromantin unpacks three key approaches to SWP, including when and where to use them...

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🟢 HR on the Offensive Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcTaaoXoMO5gTI71RI0NkGQiUXBARgIsj

10 ways CHROs can strengthen people strategy in a changing workplace: https://hrexecutive.com/10-ways-chros-can-strength...
29/10/2025

10 ways CHROs can strengthen people strategy in a changing workplace: https://hrexecutive.com/10-ways-chros-can-strengthen-people-strategy-in-a-changing-workplace/
.transformation is fundamentally about people..

As organizations face rapid change, CHROs are uniquely positioned to ensure transformation centers on people, not just AI, tech tools or processes.

From workforce planning to reskilling, HR leaders have multiple levers to guide employees through uncertainty while shaping long-term business outcomes...

[Jill Barth - HR Executive]

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🟢 HR on the Offensive Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcTaaoXoMO5gTI71RI0NkGQiUXBARgIsj

🚨What are HR Leaders’ Top Priorities for Resilience?https://businesschief.com/news/gartner-what-are-hr-leaders-top-prior...
28/10/2025

🚨What are HR Leaders’ Top Priorities for Resilience?
https://businesschief.com/news/gartner-what-are-hr-leaders-top-priorities-for-resilience

As business leaders continue to navigate uncertainty, transform workforces and adopt emerging technologies, HR has become more than a support function - it's now central to driving growth and resilience...the top priorities reflect a clear mandate: reimagine HR for a future defined by AI, agility and adaptability.

Leading the list is building a purpose-driven AI strategy tailored to HR.

This is followed closely by workforce redesign in the human-machine era, equipping leaders for sustained change and embedding culture into everyday performance...

[Sophie Brooks - Business Chief]

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🟢 HR on the Offensive Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcTaaoXoMO5gTI71RI0NkGQiUXBARgIsj

🚨Can HR play a role in driving business transformation?: https://www.lacepartners.com/can-hr-play-a-role-in-driving-busi...
28/10/2025

🚨Can HR play a role in driving business transformation?: https://www.lacepartners.com/can-hr-play-a-role-in-driving-business-transformation/

What does it really take for HR to become a driving force in business transformation?

In this episode of the HR on the Offensive podcast, Chris Howard and founder of LACE Partners, Aaron Alburey, dive into findings from our latest research into HR’s role in large-scale organisational change...

🟢Full Podcast: https://soundcloud.com/user-539831783/can-hr-play-a-role-in-driving-business-transformation

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🟢 HR on the Offensive Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcTaaoXoMO5gTI71RI0NkGQiUXBARgIsj

The Metrics Paradox: https://www.thehrdirector.com/features/future-of-work/the-metrics-paradox/Workplaces today are over...
28/10/2025

The Metrics Paradox: https://www.thehrdirector.com/features/future-of-work/the-metrics-paradox/

Workplaces today are overflowing with data but starving for meaning.

HR metrics capture activity, not intent, rewarding what looks productive instead of what builds trust and growth.

The real challenge for leaders is to move beyond measurement and design systems that understand human purpose...

[Dmitry Zaytsev - theHRDIRECTOR]

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🟢 HR on the Offensive Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcTaaoXoMO5gTI71RI0NkGQiUXBARgIsj

🚨How can CPOs drive business success through people-first leadership?: https://www.lacepartners.com/how-can-cpos-drive-b...
27/10/2025

🚨How can CPOs drive business success through people-first leadership?: https://www.lacepartners.com/how-can-cpos-drive-business-success-through-people-first-leadership/

What does it really mean to be a Chief People Officer today?

For many, the title has a different meaning depending on the business and the requirements (the scope also differs depending on which ‘hat’ a CPO wears – more in our previous blog here: https://www.lacepartners.com/the-four-hats-of-the-cpo/), often seen as just another corporate rebrand of HR. Yet, as Kathryn Kendall, CPO at Saltus, explains in this episode of the HR on the Offensive podcast, the role is complex and nuanced. It’s about creating the conditions where people thrive so organisations can perform at their best. She discusses with host Chris Howard that the modern CPO is embedded in the business, understanding its culture, and championing its people strategy at every level...

🟢Full Podcast: https://soundcloud.com/user-539831783/how-can-cpos-drive-business-success-through-people-first-leadership

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🟢 HR on the Offensive Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcTaaoXoMO5gTI71RI0NkGQiUXBARgIsj

Cognitive Workforce Twins In HRtech: Simulating Skills, Culture, And Change: https://techrseries.com/featured/cognitive-...
27/10/2025

Cognitive Workforce Twins In HRtech: Simulating Skills, Culture, And Change: https://techrseries.com/featured/cognitive-workforce-twins-in-hrtech-simulating-skills-culture-and-change/

The Cognitive Workforce Twin is an AI-generated digital copy of a company’s workforce that is meant to mimic skills, teamwork, decision-making patterns, and even cultural dynamics.

The Cognitive Workforce Twin is a new way of thinking about workforce intelligence. It’s a place where data turns into behavior and behavior turns into foresight. It helps leaders see the complicated web of interactions that make up an organization’s “mind,” which helps them understand how teams learn, adapt, and respond to different situations. HR leaders can now test strategies in simulated futures instead of making decisions based on past trends...

[Editorial Team - HRTech Series]

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🟢 HR on the Offensive Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcTaaoXoMO5gTI71RI0NkGQiUXBARgIsj

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