Protecting Employees: Australian Employer’s Guide To Domestic Violence And Coercive Control

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As an employer, it is your duty of care to create a safe and supportive workplace for your employees. Unfortunately, domestic violence (DV) and coercive control are becoming all too common in society and must be addressed by employers to ensure the safety and wellbeing of their employees. This guide will discuss the importance of recognising the signs of domestic … Read More

How the Workplace Resilience Movement Lost its Way and How to Save it

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The psychological resilience movement promised to emancipate us from suffering and empower us to overcome whatever adversities life threw our way. However, increasingly it’s seen as a tool that enables worker exploitation. How did it come to this? As we will see, the seeds of the movement’s decline were sown long ago. Fortunately for all of us, a new generation … Read More

The Great Procrastination: Hybrid work and the Mysterious Case of the Lollygaggers

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Not everyone is thriving while working from home. For some employees, their productivity has plummeted and with it their sense of self-worth. In this month’s piece, we look into the deeper drivers of chronic procrastination, how hybrid work is exacerbating it for some, how individuals can regain control of their time, as well as what managers can do to better … Read More

The Wrong Way And The Right Way To Do Hybrid Work

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With the panic of the pandemic fading, employers and employees are trying to settle on a new way of working. All signs point to some type of hybrid arrangement which permits flexible working, greater work life balance, and a better employee experience. However, hybrid work is not without risk. In many cases, company culture will be irrevocably changed. Productivity is … Read More

How to create a Psychological Health and Safety strategy (you’re proud of!)

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John Holt and Nick Watts, our resident Psychological Health & Safety Management experts discuss the fundamentals of building and implementing an effective Psychological Health and Safety Management system. If you’d like their guidance click here to schedule a free discovery call. John: So Nick, I appreciate that we have a new standard and code of practice, but is this actually … Read More

What Everybody Ought to Know About Psychological Health & Safety

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An Expert Starting Point: Psychological Health and Safety – Part 1 It’s been a long time coming, but thanks to a slew of new international standards and updated government regulations, Psychological Health and Safety is now rapidly becoming the area of focus for improving workplace mental health and wellbeing. As a society, it seems we’re finally starting to recognise that … Read More

Mind the Gap when you Return to Work

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Getting back into the office offers an opportunity for us to rethink how we socialise with colleagues and make the most of our work relationships. This is our chance to improve our wellbeing as well as how we work in the 21st century. You are what you need. As a human, I miss you. I miss being near you. When … Read More

Exploit the Powerful Invisible Forces of Ethos and Environment

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This post is part of our series on The 5 Evidence-based Foundations of a Mentally Healthy Workplace. What do ethos and environment mean in a workplace context? Ethos and environment are broad terms though can be boiled down in a professional context to workplace culture. Workplace ethos, environment and culture refer to the overarching values, beliefs, expectations and practices of … Read More