Psych Health and Safety Podcast

In this episode, Australian hosts Jason and Joelle chat with Hayden Fricke, organisational psychologist, Managing Director at Steople, and Chair of the Australian College of Organisational Psychologists. Hayden shares his observations about why leaders often struggle to care for their own mental health, and offers suggestions and strategies to help leaders who may not be in a position to change the systems of work impacting the mental health of their employees and themselves. https://haydenfricke.com/book/ www.steople.com.au

Professor Sir Cary Cooper, a leading expert in organizational psychology and health, shares his 50 years of experience in workplace mental health. He discusses the evolution of stress management strategies and the necessity of supportive cultures in organizations. Cary argues for the inclusion of health and well-being metrics at the board level to combat issues like the gender pay gap. He highlights the urgent need for courageous research in workplace well-being and calls for managers to prioritize mental health to meet the demands of a younger workforce.

Francois Barton, CEO of the New Zealand Business Leaders’ Health and Safety Forum, discusses psych health and safety practice. Topics include challenges for Board members, strategies for workplace mental health, leadership's role in driving performance, and the importance of shifting perspectives in addressing health and safety issues.

Joelle Mitchell, an organizational psychologist and human factors specialist, discusses her background in risk management and her role in driving improvement in psychological health and safety outcomes. The podcast covers challenges in managing mental health in the offshore petroleum industry, the impact of organizational structures on safety outcomes, challenges with reward and recognition structures in organizations, evaluating the effectiveness of safety controls, and advice for someone beginning their safety career.

The podcast discusses the challenges of napping and tiredness, introduces guest Sue Freeman specializing in workers' comp claims for psychological injury, explores the shift to preventing claims instead of managing them, delves into the guest's professional career, highlights the failure of organizational justice, and discusses the need for mental health upskilling and mitigating psychosocial risks.

In this episode, UK hosts Peter and Hayley chat with Jonathan Hill, Head of Occupational Health at Anglian Water, the first water company to achieve certification to ISO 45003. They talk about the business case for investment in employee mental health, and Jonathan shares his learnings from going through the process of implementing ISO 45003.

In this episode, Australian hosts Jason and Joelle chat with Colin Newlyn, Founder of Decrapify Work. We discuss the much-publicised push to return workers to office-based work. Colin shares his views on who are the main drivers behind this push, reasons why employers might want their workforce back in the office, and the potential benefits and pitfalls of having people return to the office full-time. Colin then talks about the benefits of hybrid and asynchronous work. https://www.youtube.com/@workpunks7889 https://decrapifywork.substack.com/

In this episode, Australian hosts Jason and Joelle chat with Dr Kate Bone. Kate shares her experiences working as an internal researcher within the New Zealand public service. She reflects on the differences between academic research and internal research roles, contrasting the challenges and benefits of working within the public service. She explores what "evidence-based" can mean in different contexts.

In this episode, UK hosts Peter and Hayley chat with Daniel Chan, Global Workplace and Wellbeing Lead at dentsu international. Daniel shares his experiences in embedding and driving employee wellbeing within a multi-national organisation, and reflects on how to do this in a way that is respectful of diverse cultures.

In this special episode of the Psych Health and Safety Podcast, hear from Jason van Schie on a recorded webinar where he introduces a new 12-week program from FlourishDx. The 'Professional Practice in Psychological Health and Safety' program blends theory with practice in order to rapidly build new confidence and competence for people and safety professionals. Link to PPT slides here: https://tinyurl.com/mpmcw4sy Link to website here: https://flourishdx.com/professional-practice-program/