Wendy Muirhead from Ceridian talks about how Ceridian try to drive innovation in their business through the culture that they have developed. As a technology-focused business, the expectation is that Ceridian are innovative in its culture, but how do they achieve that? And what tips do they have?

How capable is your HR function? What is stopping your team from reaching your strategic objectives? In 2019 LACE Partners spoke to a series of HRDs as part of the HR on the Offensive whitepaper and to follow on from the findings, Emma Leonis talks about the importance of HR moving from the transactional side of the business, to that of a strategic ‘people consultant’.

How do you make the world of work more engaging for your people? How do you bring your workplaces back into sync with better engagement and how can you break down the existing constructs of the workplace to improve the overall efficiency of your business? Chris talks to Cecile from Ultimate Software about her book ‘From Dissonance to Resonance’

In such a time of uncertainty and both personal and professional challenges, how can HR teams keep their line managers positively engaged, especially when so many are remote managing (possibly for the first time)? Danny Harmer from Aviva and Steph Davies from Laughology talk to the LACE Partners team on what they've seen in recent months.

What is agile leadership? How do you identify companies that deliver it and what types of characteristics do they have? Stephen Sidebottom and Clare Harvey explore this in the latest edition of 'In the Spotlight', a HR podcast brought to you by the Guild of HR Professionals, in association with LACE Partners.

What legal considerations do you need to make when bringing back furloughed workers? How much notice do you need to give to inform a furloughed worker of a return date? What can furloughed workers do when on leave and what are the logistics of part-time working? What about holiday pay or the process of redundancy? We look at all of these questions in the latest podcast, featuring Paul Griffin from Norton Rose Fulbright.

How have businesses reacted to their resource plans during the global pandemic? How important will employer brand be post the current crisis? What creativity in resourcing has this global pandemic delivered?

Andrew Wilkinson from Peoplescout and Sally Talbot from Per Ardua give their take in the latest HR Guild podcast.

How has the covid-19 crisis impacted the search for leaders? How have views on leadership and identifying leaders changed during this time? Is 'trust' the new frontier for businesses when it comes to empowering their leaders and line managers? Which leaders have developed the most during this difficult time?

These questions and more are answered by Steve Bernard from Connectwell and Emma Leonis from LACE Partners, in the latest HR on the offensive podcast

How do you adapt the workplace to meet your colleagues' needs in this current climate? Do you have a hybrid wellbeing offering? How do you make home-based workers feel fully included in wellbeing programmes? What are your plans for holiday rollover and how do you deal with that?

These are just a few questions that we look at in the latest HR Guild 'In the Spotlight' podcast featuring Mark McLane and Nikki Squelch, members of the HR Guild.

How much of what the government has set out for returning to work are 'rules' and how much are 'guidelines' for HR teams and employers to deliver on? What happens to those people with childcare arrangements that are concerned with going back to work? Chris and Cathy from LACE Partners spoke to Paul Griffin from law firm Norton Rose Fulbright to get answers to some of the common questions HR teams are asking right now.