How the HR and change management functions can work together better

How the HR and change management functions can work together better

From HR Leader Podcast Network by Momentum Media

April 29, 2026 · 20 min

About this episode

The episode discusses the collaboration between HR and change management functions and the benefits of understanding their differences.

Oftentimes, HR doesn't understand what the change management function does. Better appreciating its purpose and working more collaboratively with that function will ultimately benefit the entire workplace. In this week's episode of The HR Leader Podcast, host Jerome Doraisamy speaks with 437 Consulting director and founder Sudesh Dahiya about her background as a programmer and what it taught her about empathy in the workplace, the differences between the HR and change management functions and why they're separate, the challenges that exist in the relationship between HR and change, and how pressing such differences are for HR to help address. Dahiya also delves into how HR and change are approaching transformation differently, the consequences of HR and change not working in sync, the questions HR needs to ask itself in order to bridge the divide and practical steps to implement, overcoming inherent challenges, and why such an improvement in the relationship will benefit all.

People in this episode

Host: Jerome Doraisamy

Guest: Sudesh Dahiya

Topics covered

  • HR
  • change management
  • collaboration
  • workplace empathy
  • transformation
  • challenges in HR

Keywords

  • HR
  • change management
  • collaboration
  • workplace
  • transformation
  • empathy
  • challenges

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: 437 Consulting

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