Wednesday, December 4, 2013

OzHR #14 - HR and Internal Communications, Friends With Benefits

Internal communications are such a vital part to an organisation's health, and yet, it's often done terribly, not valued by leaders already in the know, or not done at all.

HR is all about working with people and it's a little hard not to fold communications in to the mix. But are HR pros really the best for doing the internal communications? Does their expertise even go near crafting a message?

There's no change without an announcement, but who makes that announcement, how should it be done, and most importantly, what do you like best?

The chat will be Thursday 5 December starting at 7pm AEDT. Now we're in daylight savings time, find your city (or corresponding time zone) below, for the starting time:

7pm - Sydney, Canberra, Hobart, Melbourne (AEDT)
6:30pm - Adelaide (ACDT)
6:00pm - Brisbane (AEST)
5:30pm - Darwin (ACST)
4:00pm - Perth (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!

The questions are:

1) Does HR have any role in internal communications? Please place your answer in the context of the organisation's size.

2) Can people really not be trusted with internal social media, or is that just risk avoidance?

3) SoMe has moved media from 'talking at' to 'talking with' us. Should the same happen with employer's communications?

4) Do you find organisations can often do external communications better than internal communications? What makes it better?

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