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Welcome to the LACE CPO Network

We bring together a hand-selected cohort of diverse influential HR leaders, who want share insights, resolve challenges together and give back to the HR community – accessible exclusively by LACE invitation, ensuring our membership profile is credible, authentic and challenging.

This small group of approximately 60 innovative HR professionals, alongside selected LACE experts, exchanges knowledge, provides insights, resolves problems, offers each other a confidential listening ear, and shares practical advice.

Our agenda is set by our members - we deliver events, insights and discussions on topics at the heart of your business. We use the expertise and experience of all our members, alongside our LACE specialists, to stretch our thinking, find solutions for the problems you and your organisation are facing and generate ideas to help shape the progressive HR practices of the of the future.

Current members include:
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Your Network benefits

Preparing your successor

Latest exclusive CPO Network whitepaper

Robust succession planning for the Chief People Officer role is now a business-critical priority. As the influence of HR continues to expand, today’s CPOs are expected to operate as enterprise leaders - shaping culture, enabling workforce transformation, driving AI adoption, and partnering closely with the CEO and board.

This paper provides a practical framework for identifying, developing, and readying future CPOs. It examines the evolving responsibilities of the role, the capabilities required to operate credibly in the C‑suite, and the common challenges faced by first‑time CPOs. It also offers clear guidance on assessing readiness, developing internal and cross‑functional successors, and executing an effective handover to protect momentum and minimise risk.

 

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Preparing your successor

CPO Network virtual session

30th April 2026
4pm - 5pm

Join us for this interactive, online session that focuses on the role of the HRBP in current HR teams.

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