In this week's podcast Chris speaks with Emma Leonis about her new whitepaper, HR Shared Services Trends 2022 Report. They briefly talk about some of the key statistics from the report.

How valuable can employee network groups/employee resource groups (ENG/ERGs) be to businesses who are looking to get an accurate pulse of the thoughts and feelings of their diverse workforce? In the latest podcast Chris Howard and Emma Scriven from LACE Partners talk to Kate Nash from Purple Space about the value they bring.

How much of the gender pay gap discussion is related to pay? And why should businesses focus on more than just pay? How much of the gender pay gap challenge is industry-specifically related? How much does size and geography play in issues surrounding the gender pay gap? In this latest LACE Partners podcast we talk to Josh Harmston-Gething, who undertook extensive work in his previous employment and shares our story.

In this week’s podcast, we spoke to Mervyn Dinnen about a new book he has written with Matt Alder called ‘Digital Talent’. Chris sat down with Mervyn and discussed some of the core themes, including how to continuously develop employees, as well as leaders, to ensure that the organization has the skills it needs both for today and the future.

In this week's podcast we spoke to Christian Voelkl from HR Pepper about a book they have recently released called 'Human Business Design'. Aaron and Chris chat with him on some of the core themes, including how organisations need to embrace change and the importance of understanding who is involved in that change and what they need to buy in to it.

Amanda Coulson from SVC Solutions speaks to Chris Howard from LACE Partners about how the relationship between the HR function and recruitment teams - both internal and external agencies - has changed and is constantly evolving.

What are the biggest challenges the Payroll function faces when it comes to attracting talent? Has the skills required to succeed in payroll changed pre and post pandemic? We explore this in the latest HR on the Offensive podcast, with Sam Field from Oakleaf Partnership.

How can businesses leverage people data to improve on their approach to predicting attrition, improving culture and identifying the key talent levers in a business? Chris and Aaron explore this in the latest HR on the Offensive podcast.

Tim Ringo, author of 'Solving the Productivity puzzle' joins Aaron and Chris from LACE to discuss how businesses can solve their own challenges with the productivity of their own people through giving autonomy, purpose and mastery to their own people. They also explore some of the five trends to turbocharge future success.

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How has the global pandemic shifted businesses approach to how the look at financial wellbeing? What more can employers be doing to support employees? How can employees and employers work together to make employees feel less vulnerable when it comes to financial wellbeing? We explore this in the latest podcast, based on a whitepaper Wagestream have produced which you can download here -https://wagestream.com/en/state-of-financial-wellbeing-2022/