OzHR #4 - Employees vs Management

This week our host is Adam Axon who is active on twitter as @adamaxon. If you don't follow him yet, then please do, because he's a wonderful person to have a chat to. Thanks Adam, this is going to be a fabulous week! - Sarah

Employees vs. Management, the great organisational divide. As Human Resources professionals we often find ourselves in the unique position of being exposed to both sides of this divide, but what responsibility does this place on our shoulders? Is it our job to try and bridge the divide and bring both sides closer together or do our loyalties lie with only one side?

This week we're going to take a closer look at the divide. We'll look into what causes it, talk about the impacts it can have on organisations & the people within, and then finally we'll discuss how to reduce the divide, and who's responsibility it is to do so. Hope you can join in!

The chat will be Thursday 26 September, starting at 7pm AEST, 6:30pm ACST and 5pm AWST. Just make sure to pop a #OzHR in your tweet so we can see it, and be sure to invite others along for the ride!

This week's questions are:

1. What are the major contributors behind the divide between employees & management?

2. What impacts can this divide have on our organisations? Is it important that we try and minimise it?

3. Whose responsibility should it be to do this? What role does HR have to play?

4. What are some of the key actions that HR/Management/Employees can take in order to try and minimise the divide?

See you then,

Adam