The Great Divide: The Inaugural Report on Australians' Attitudes to Work

. “There is no geographic feature that looms as large in the history of Australian Economic Development as the Great Dividing Range”

Launched on 8th November 2006, “The Great Divide” is 1st Executive’s inaugural report into Australians’ attitudes to work. It reveals a great divide between the attitudes of employers and employees.

“It is difficult to say whether this is a crisis for management yet or not.  The inevitable truth though is that the overall lack of employee engagement should concern all employers.  The real potential for commercial harm to many organizations lies in the relationship between this lack of employee engagement and the demographic destiny of the workforce. It is getting older and the participation rate will decline for many years to come.  Employees, especially the skilled and the talented will exercise more and more choice about where they work.  Organisations that do nothing to keep their best talent and their strategic skills will suffer.”

More Information

• The reports’ key findings are outlined in our Executive Summary (free pdf)
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• Read the press releases related to the report in our Media Centre