Join us for an insightful webinar on the crucial role of mentoring in creating a safer and more productive workplace. In collaboration with Annette Gray Consulting, a leader in mentoring and coaching, we will explore how structured mentoring programs can transform workplace culture and enhance Health, Safety, and Environment (HSE) outcomes. Key Takeaways: - Understand the fundamental principles of effective mentoring and its impact on workplace safety. - Learn practical strategies to implement a...
Jul 18, 2024•56 min•Ep. 216
In this webinar we take a people centred approach to psychosocial risk management in the complex landscape of workplace safety. Amidst important discussions around risk assessment, legislation and legal requirements, it's crucial not to lose sight of the ultimate goal: creating healthier and more productive workplaces for our people. This session is designed for leaders hoping to refine their approach to articulating and enhancing psychosocial safety within their organisations. Join Anthony Gibb...
Jul 04, 2024•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 215
Join us for an engaging and informative webinar showcasing the incredible ease of QR codes and the powerful functionality of the Viking Platform App. Discover how to capture safety management data seamlessly, both online and offline, transforming the way you manage safety in the field. By leveraging QR codes and mobile apps, organisations can transform their safety management practices, ensuring a safer, more efficient, and compliant workplace. Learn how QR codes and mobile apps: - Boost Efficie...
Jun 28, 2024•41 min•Ep. 214
We often hear the catch-all term “complacency” but do we really understand what it means? Complacency is usually defined as “having done a task many times without incident so that the person is no longer attentive to the dangers involved”. For instance, if every time we moved looking at our phone we ran into a pole, we wouldn’t remain complacent for long, and we would change our behaviour to a safer habit (for example, looking where we are going). Over the last 50 years, we have managed safety i...
Jun 13, 2024•1 hr 17 min•Ep. 213
Join Director and Founder of Better Being, Greg Stark and psychologist and co-founder of Connect Psych Services, Dr Natalie Flatt to explore the concept of stress. Learn the ins and outs of stress, how to combat burnout and build a resilient workforce. Uncover findings from Better Being’s 2023 Wellbeing Index Report on employee wellbeing and gain practical insights into identifying and mitigating common workplace stressors. Discover how leadership can support employee wellbeing and understand th...
May 31, 2024•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 212
Join us as we celebrate International Women's Month 2024 for a unique exploration into fostering diversity, inclusion, and workplace safety through the lens of 88 women from 19 countries who came together in Antarctica. Discover how creating a sense of belonging is essential for women in the workplace and the impact it has on building supportive networks. Our webinar will delve into the challenges faced by women of various ages and explore the common human fear of rejection and exclusion. Learn ...
Mar 14, 2024•54 min•Ep. 211
Join industry injury prevention experts, Dr Jenny Legge and Zac Lowth from Staunch Technology, as they discuss opportunities for change in our approach to reducing injury risk in our ageing workforce, particularly with the emerging focus on psychosocial factors contributing to musculoskeletal injury workers compensation claims. Together, they will discuss some of the latest technologies and research for identifying, managing and reviewing our approach for a sustainable workforce of the future. P...
Nov 09, 2023•50 min•Ep. 209
The integrity and success of most critical risk management systems are often determined by the quality of safety leadership within the business. Not only do leaders need to ensure that the frontline workforce is adequately enabled to implement the appropriate critical controls at the task level, but they also need to support their workers through regular in-field reviews and verifications to ensure controls are present and effective. These infield interactions require leaders to have a mix of te...
Nov 09, 2023•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 208
Learn from the Director of Better Being Greg Stark, as he shares the key elements of a successful wellbeing program, with practical tools and strategies for promoting wellbeing in your workplace, regardless of its unique characteristics. – How an evidence-based approach to wellbeing can be adapted across work environments – The importance of human-centred design – Why innovation is important in proactively managing risk
Oct 27, 2023•44 min•Ep. 207
Presented by Greg Stark, Founder and Director, Better Being What’s covered? Leaders and managers play a critical role in driving success and fostering a culture of high performance. However, amidst their responsibilities, burnout has emerged as a pressing issue. It is essential for leaders and managers to prioritise their own well-being to sustain their effectiveness. Join the Director of Better Being, Greg Stark, and discover: - What is high performance? - Why the task-orientated mindset is key...
Sep 21, 2023•44 min•Ep. 206
Presented by Adam Clampett, Associate Director, FEFO Consulting and Luke Bonner, General Manager Health, Safety, Environment & Heritage What’s covered? Often organizations, teams, and individuals feel so busy, they forget to stop, reflect, and learn from others. Both internal and external benchmarking is a great to compare performance and find new innovative ways to learn and improve. Join us to learning more about benchmarking: What are key attributes of effective benchmarking? What is the ...
Aug 31, 2023•40 min•Ep. 205
Presented by Angelina Badri, Founder and Director of Universal Safety Wellness What’s covered? Give people a better understanding of why people do what they do and discover what influences their behavior. More importantly, find out what leaders can help people strengthen how they think, feel and behave to improve organisational performance, especially safety. Organizations continue to be challenged to find ways to improve safety performance, whether it’s the prevention of severe injuries (or wor...
Aug 24, 2023•48 min•Ep. 204
Presented by Greg Stark, Founder and Director of Better Being What’s covered? According to Maslow, there are four fundamental foundations that we must achieve before realising our potential: physiological needs, safety needs, love and belonging, and esteem. Often organisations skip straight to ‘safety’ to address employee wellbeing, however physiological needs form the basis of our health. Sleep, mindset, nutrition, and movement must be considered. In this webinar, the Director of Better Being, ...
Aug 24, 2023•33 min•Ep. 203
The modern workplace has changed dramatically in recent years with an increased emphasis on the psychological well-being of employees. With recent changes in legislation and upcoming regulatory compliance obligations, companies can no longer ignore the importance of psychosocial risk management and its impact on productivity, morale, employee retention and physical safety. Join Ben Carnell, Head of Client Solutions at Sentis as he explores strategies for organisations to simplify the process of ...
Jul 17, 2023•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 202
Presented By Becky Picton, Human Factors and HOP Facilitator, Southpac What’s covered? Operational Learning is a Human and Organisational Performance (HOP) based technique of learning from those closest to the work to gain operational intelligence. During this session we will introduce operational learning, what it is, what it isn’t and how it can be used across industry as a proactive means to learn and improve before negative events occur, improving both work and safety performance....
Jul 06, 2023•33 min•Ep. 201
What difference would it make if Safety leaders and professionals changed the way they listened? Did you know that ….. Most of us have an 8 second attention span (BTW our attention span is 1% lower than a gold fish!) 85% of what we learn is from listening 75% of the time we are distracted or pre-occupied One hour after listening we recall 20% of what we heard The average person listens at 25% efficiency (Source: Tara Brach podcast episode 31 March 2023) Listening is such an underrated skill. Whe...
May 19, 2023•53 min•Ep. 200
Presented by Mark Alston What’s covered? Organisations often struggle to achieve meaningful outcomes from risk assessment workshops. In this webinar, Mark Alston shares five practical tips for improving risk assessment workshop outcomes and delivering controls that reduce risk. Change the focus of risk assessments: Rather than simply justifying a decision that has already been made, use risk assessments to identify uncertainty and unknowns. Include the discovery of normal work: In addition to id...
May 04, 2023•49 min•Ep. 199
Presented By Penny Pearce and Mark Wright, FEFO Consulting FEFO Consulting has designed a Psychosocial Dx to measure performance, apply reliable benchmarks and Levers for action. Can surveys be used to assess risk or only identify hazard? What options are available to manage psychosocial factors that are simple pragmatic and value add? Join us during this webinar to understand Psychosocial Diagnostic (Dx) options and methods of responding to range of psychosocial regulations and industry guidanc...
Apr 20, 2023•34 min•Ep. 198
Presented by Kelvin Genn, CEO, Art of Work What’s covered? Safety is a function of work capacity, not the absence of the measurement of absence or counting of transactions. New measurement tools have been developed to provide a metric for Boards and Executives of organisations to understand the presence of safety capacity in their organisation by collecting and reporting on the state of operational capacity through enabling those that do the work. These measures examine the extent of capacity bu...
Mar 31, 2023•48 min•Ep. 197
Presented by Anthony Gibbs, CEO, Sentis What’s covered? What does safety look like in your organisation? Is safety looked at as a cost or as an opportunity? Are employees seen as the problem or the solution? It’s easy to fall prey to the idea that safety takes too long, costs too much or just gets in the way of getting the job done. But what if we looked at safety as a form of currency that we can use to invest in the things that matter most? Join Sentis CEO Anthony Gibbs as we flip the traditio...
Mar 30, 2023•56 min•Ep. 196
On average, plant & equipment account for 71% of mechanisms related to worker fatalities². A Verification of Competency or VOC is a method of assessment which typically ensures that workers operating plant, equipment and other tools on work sites remain competent to do so – to keep themselves, others safe and solvent. This webinar provides a risk-based approach to establish a VOC program that not only meets legal requirements, but also enables effective risk controls and a high-performance c...
Mar 23, 2023•1 hr•Ep. 195
Join Kieran MacKenzie, founder of Presien, a Sydney-based AI company spun off from Laing O’Rourke, to learn about new artificial intelligence vision systems and how they will revolutionize heavy industry safety and productivity.
Mar 09, 2023•46 min•Ep. 194
Presented by Mark Alston, Investigations Differently What’s covered? Many organisations struggle to achieve meaningful outcomes from investigations. Investigation reports either blame the worker and/or simply identify low-level organisational issues. This often results in weak administrative actions which don’t reduce risk. In this webinar, Mark Alston discusses his 5 top tips for improving the outcomes from investigations and delivering meaningful actions that reduce risks including: Changing f...
Mar 02, 2023•50 min•Ep. 193
Presented by Presented by Ben Chartier, Head of Product Development, Max Mine Whats covered? Mining haul trucks are at high risk when declining down ramps, particularly on deep pits. Operators are meant to maintain their vehicles well within operational speed limits to ensure that the vehicle can stay within a safe operating window. Timely intervention is just as important as reporting accuracy. False positives erode confidence in taking interventions, but a conversation, hours or days later, is...
Feb 02, 2023•24 min•Ep. 192
During the past three years many organisations, business leaders, teams and H&S professionals have had to navigate situations that feel complex. This dynamic landscape has required organisations and their leaders to be flexible and respond efficiently to emerging risks and potential opportunities. Navigating complexity is not new to the Health & Safety Professional, business leaders and their teams. However, it is helpful to recognise when you are navigating unpredictability and adjust y...
Nov 18, 2022•39 min•Ep. 191
Presented by Mark Wright & Bec Crompton, FEFO Consulting Whats covered? What is the difference between ISO 45003 vs Model Code of Practice? This webinar will provide an outline typical psychosocial factors and difference between the international standard ISO 45003 vs the SafeWork Australia Model Code of Practice. Key takeaways: • What are psychosocial requirements • How to get started? • Useful resources to help manage psychosocial risks.
Nov 18, 2022•29 min•Ep. 190
How do you manage change to effectively control psychosocial risk? Research has shown that initiatives implemented with effective change management activities are six times more likely to succeed. This webinar will outline highlight why the management of change is important and tips to successfully management transformational change. Key takeaways: • Why is change important? • Health and Safety Index change management benchmark results • Planning a successful change transformation and taking a h...
Nov 18, 2022•28 min•Ep. 189
Presented by Bec Crompton, FEFO Consulting & Joanna Hull, Hull Consulting What’s covered? This webinar will outline risk management principles and options when assigning ownership and managing psychosocial factors. Key takeaways: • Psychosocial factors and relationship between Human Resources and Health & Safety function • Considerations when assigning the management of psychosocial risks • Tips to collaborate, assign ownership and effectively manage psychosocial risk...
Nov 17, 2022•29 min•Ep. 188
Presented by Terry Swanton, FEFO Consulting & Vicky Worland, Gotcha4Life Foundation What’s covered? How to prepare your organisation to be mentally fit? This webinar provides tips. Key takeaways: • Why open up the conversation? • Tips to engage, educate and empower by building mental fitness • Examples of creating meaningful mateship, emotional muscle, and social connection to end suicide.
Nov 09, 2022•32 min•Ep. 187
Presented by Anthony Gibbs and Dr Amy Hawkes (Head of Psychology, Sentis) What’s covered? Providing raw materials that are critical to economies around the world while ensuring a safe, productive operation is a delicate balance. In an environment where rising costs, social and geopolitical risks, infrastructure shortages and resource nationalism are common, mining organisations face unique challenges. Join Sentis’ CEO Anthony Gibbs and Head of Psychology Dr Amy Hawkes as they explore the attitud...
Oct 13, 2022•51 min•Ep. 186
