Psychosocial Hazards and Underperformance Management - The Intersection

Psychosocial Hazards and Underperformance Management — The Intersection

When managing performance poorly becomes a safety issue

Underperformance doesn't just happen. It's often the result of a workplace that has already failed its people through unclear expectations, absent feedback, and poor communication. And when underperformance is addressed, the way it's managed can itself become a source of psychosocial harm.

Join workplace behaviour expert Franca Sala Tenna for this practical and thought-provoking webinar exploring the two-way relationship between psychosocial hazards and underperformance, and what managers and HR professionals can do about it.

Event Details

📅 Wednesday 29 April

🕒 1–2pm AWST

⏰ Duration: 60 minutes

🖥️ Format: Online webinar with Q&A opportunity

About This Webinar

Under Australia's psychosocial safety laws, organisations have a positive duty to identify and eliminate, or minimise, risks to psychological health. Underperformance sits right at this intersection: poor management practices can cause psychosocial harm, and psychosocial hazards can drive underperformance.

This webinar unpacks both directions of that relationship, giving you the frameworks to recognise the warning signs and act with both legal compliance and human-centred care.

What You'll Learn

➡️ The Precursors to Underperformance

How lack of role clarity, absent feedback, poor communication and inconsistent expectations set employees up to struggle

➡️ When Performance Management Becomes a Hazard

How the way underperformance is managed can create or escalate psychosocial risks

➡️ Your Legal Obligations

Understanding positive duty, psychosocial safety regulations and your responsibilities as a manager or HR professional

➡️ Practical Frameworks

How to address underperformance in a way that is fair, consistent and psychologically safe

➡️ Early Intervention Strategies

Identifying the signs before issues escalate into formal processes or complaints

Presenter

Franca Sala Tenna is a workplace behaviour expert with qualifications spanning law, education, and postgraduate ontological coaching. With extensive experience in workplace investigations, unlawful behaviour training, and individual behavioural transformation, Franca brings a rare combination of legal rigour and human-centred insight to her work. She has advised organisations across Australia on navigating complex workplace matters and is known for her ability to translate legal obligations into practical, people-focused action.

Who Should Attend

👥 HR Professionals managing performance processes

👥 Managers and Team Leaders

👥 Senior Leaders and Executives

👥 WHS and Safety Officers managing psychosocial hazards

👥 Risk and Compliance Officers

👥 Business Owners

👥Workplace Relations Specialists

Registration

Secure your place today! The webinar fee is $20 per person and all ticket sales will be donated to Tearfund.

Register now and take the next step in building psychologically safe, high-performing workplaces.

Online Event Details:

This is an online event held via Teams. The access link will be delivered via email prior to the event. Please ensure you register with an email that you check regularly.

Please note, as all proceeds for this event are being donated to charity, refunds are not available.