Topic: Quality Leadership Support and Team Dynamics

Leaders play a pivotal role in creating safe and supportive workplaces. This webinar unpacks Work Health and Safety (WHS) obligations, new codes of practice for managing psychosocial hazards, and the essential link between leadership and employee mental health. Gain insights into psychosocial safety frameworks, explore the benefits of addressing common workplace hazards, and learn how to foster trust and psychological safety. This session offers practical strategies for leaders to support employee well-being and meet WHS standards while improving organizational performance.

In this webinar you will learn:

Key WHS obligations and updates to psychosocial hazard management codes of practice
Why leadership is critical to improving workplace mental health
How trust and psychosocial safety drive better performance
Common psychosocial hazards and strategies to mitigate them
Benefits of creating a climate for psychosocial safety
Practical approaches for supporting employee mental health and well-being

About the Presenter:

Dr. Tessa Bailey is a registered psychologist who completed her PhD focusing on lead indicators for worker psychological health and safety, for which she received the 2019 Ian Davey Award for the most outstanding PhD thesis at the University of South Australia. She has experience working in the areas of human resource management, injury preventions, and injury management.

In her prior role as a Research Fellow at UniSA Dr. Bailey assisted with coordinating the Australian Workplace Barometer project which analysed data on working conditions, worker health, and productivity outcomes for over 7,000 workers across Australia.

Her focus on applied practice led to the creation of The OPUS Centre for Psychosocial Risk working with industry partners to design integrated workforce health and safety systems that provide a psychologically safe environment, protect worker health, and promote wellbeing. As a Consultant Dr. Bailey has assisted organisations from a wide range of industries to design safe systems of work that optimise worker health and productivity outcomes.