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57 results found for “Manager Essentials”

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4 articles found for "Manager Essentials"

How to make any workplace less of a head wreck

How do you create harmony in an imperfect workplace? Discover 7 strategies that don't involve self-isolating in a cupboard.

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How not to be a horrible boss

Most managers receive precious little training on how to look after others. A few simple skills can make all the difference.

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The one crucial thing they didn’t teach at business school

Kindness is the glue that holds organisations together. Unfortunately it's often completely overlooked and undervalued.

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What is the cost of winning at all costs?

What happens when you jettison your values in the quest for success? Discover the frighteningly large cost of winning at all costs.

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Events

6 events found for “Manager Essentials”

Managing Psychosocial Risk

Managing Psychosocial Risk

Understand how to protect your team. Get to know your responsibilities, discover practical approaches to prevention and gain insights into successful implementation.

Manager Essentials – how to cultivate a culture of care

How to cultivate a culture of care

Understand your role in protecting mental health. Get to know your responsibilities, your limits and the simple, practical actions that can make a major difference to your team.

Protecting Frontline Workers: How Enhancing Psychological Resilience with Mindarma Reshapes Risk Profiles

A presentation by Dr Sadhbh Joyce at the 2024 Frontline Mental Health Conference.

How to protect against burnout and fatigue

How to protect against burnout and fatigue

Pushing past your limits? Recognise the warning signs of burnout, discover vital self-care strategies and learn how to prioritise your wellbeing.

Menopause at work

Woman's Health Week

When the truth about menopause is left unspoken, those experiencing it are left unsupported. We encourage everyone to join us for this open discussion bringing together expert advice, shared experiences and practical tips for creating a supportive work environment.

Expect respect

Identifying harmful behaviours and cultivating professional friendliness

Join leading Australian researchers Dr Valerie O’Keeffe and Dr Sara Howard to learn about the impacts of incivility. Discover the practical measures which can serve to create an environment of care and respect.

Podcasts

1 podcasts found for “Manager Essentials”

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S2 E3 Tony Walker (ASM): workplace mental health, walking the talk

Tony Walker ASM is the Chief Executive Officer at Ambulance Victoria. Tony is a Registered Paramedic with over thirty-five years’ experience working in a range of senior clinical, operational and leadership roles within the ambulance

Videos

15 videos found for “Manager Essentials”

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Changing an unhealthy working environment

Negative talk about others within any organisation can greatly impact mental health. Swedish psychotherapist and workplace mental health consultant Glenn D. Rolfsen outlines a unique approach to help stamp out ‘backbiting’.

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Mental health support for middle managers

UNSW Business School’s Frederik Anseel and his guest Lucinda Brogden AM, Chair and Commissioner, National Mental Health Commission, discuss how senior leaders can support middle managers better to improve the outcomes for all.

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Workplace Mental Health – all you need to know (for now)

In this relatable TED talk, Tom Oxley explores how work impacts our mental health and the powerful ways in which leaders and managers can support better mental health.

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WHS Regulations – Psychosocial hazards

Work health and safety laws prescribing how organisations manage risks to workers’ mental health are now in force across the Comcare jurisdiction. 14 common psychosocial hazards have been identified in the model code of practice.

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Job Demands

This Comcare video explains how both high and low job demands create risks for individuals and organisations, and gives employers practical tips on minimising or eliminating those risks.

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Good work design – Addressing work demands

Work that is too demanding – or not demanding enough – can cause chronic stress and burnout. This video outlines the ‘Addressing work demands’ topic as part of Good work design.

Quotes

5 quotes found for “Manager Essentials”

I refuse to believe that you cannot be both compassionate and strong.

- Jacinta Ardern

It’s amazing what you accomplish, if you do not care who gets the credit.

- Harry S Truman

Politeness and civility are the best capital ever invested in business.

- P.T Barnum

Unexpected kindness is the most powerful, least costly and most underrated agent of human change.

- Bob Kerrey

Constant kindness can accomplish much. As the sun makes ice melt, kindness causes misunderstanding, mistrust, and hostility to evaporate.

- Albert Schweitzer

Research

26 research found for “Manager Essentials”

Pre-trauma risk factors for PTSD and depression

By examining new graduate paramedics over two years, this study demonstrated how measuring resilience may predict PTSD and depression and why resilience interventions can play a preventative role.

Self-Compassion: Theory, Method, Research, and Intervention

Self-compassion refers to being supportive toward oneself when experiencing suffering or pain—be it caused by personal mistakes and inadequacies or external life challenges. This review presents Dr Neff’s theoretical model of self-compassion as comprised of

Functional Neural Plasticity and Associated Changes in Positive Affect After Compassion Training

This study explores how compassion training elicited activity in a neural network including the medial orbitofrontal cortex, putamen, pallidum, and ventral tegmental area—brain regions previously associated with positive affect and affiliation.  The deliberate cultivation of

Fostering compassion and reducing burnout: How can health system leaders respond in the Covid-19 pandemic and beyond?

This paper explores how  health system leaders can implement relevant organisational interventions to reduce caregiver burnout and promote engagement and compassionate practice during the Covid-19 pandemic, and beyond.

Caring for others without losing yourself

This study examines the use of a self-compassion program to enhance wellbeing and reduce burnout among healthcare professionals.

Can resilience predict mental health symptomology?

This study examines whether resilience can be measured and used to predict mental health symptomology among first responders exposed to repeated trauma.