myosh Webinars

Emergency Management Planning and Returning to the Workplace

Presented by Michael Hutcheson, Mark Bluett, and Adam Hart

For many businesses, emergency management planning has taken a back seat due to the sudden and widespread impacts of the current pandemic.

Prior to its onset, managing Emergency Management in many facilities was a relatively straightforward task for those responsible; compliance matters were scheduled, warden numbers stable and evacuation diagrams have expiry dates to ensure their review was on time. The COVID-19 Pandemic disrupted facility managers’ plans for maintaining compliance by creating the pressing needs to relocate staff, adapt business practices and technology, and manage a building with very few occupants.

As Australia’s States and Territories progress through the stages of restrictions, how should Emergency Management be managed, and how do you plan the return of people to their workplace?

This Returning to the Workplace webinar provides practical advice on how to maintain Emergency Management Compliance, taking into account reduced occupancy levels while observing social distancing and hygiene requirements.

This moderated presentation and discussion includes practical approaches, while staff remain out of the office and as they begin to return to your workplace, that will provide your building and business the flexibility needed to maintain emergency management compliance as the current situation and restrictions are eased.

Putting Safety II in Practice

Presented by David Provan and Kym Bancroft

Safety II principles and ideas are increasingly being explored by organisations as they seek to further improve their safety performance and re-shape their safety practices and culture.  There is however some misunderstanding about what Safety II is and how it is different from our traditional ‘Safety I’ approach.

Dr David Provan explains the key aspects of Safety II and what they mean for the way we think about managing our organisations.  There are now many organisations internationally with implementation experience of Safety II. Urban Utilities is one of the leading organisations who has been implementing Safety II for several years. Kym Bancroft shares their story and what they have practically done directly in relation to the key aspects presented by David.

A Learning Teams Approach to Risk Assessments

Presented by Mark Alston

Traditional risk assessments are used by organisations to justify decisions already made and to ratify controls that are already in place. Risk assessments can become a ‘cut & paste’ exercise with little or no innovation discovered. Controls remain predominately focused on ‘Safety Work’ rather than the ‘Safety of Work’.

Utilising a Learning Teams approach to risk assessments, allows a facilitator to explore the work as normal, focus on assessing genuine risks and enable an environment that encourages a risk assessment team to innovate. This approach can be easily incorporated into organisations existing risk assessment processes.

SMART Work Design: The Secret to Thriving Employees

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Presented by Lena Wicha

Research consistently finds that factors associated with work and the work environment can significantly increase the likelihood of employees developing physical and mental health conditions. Unlike physical hazards (e.g. exposure to noise or asbestos), which are only present for specific roles and industries, mental health risks exist in every industry and job.

Empirical studies in the organisational context show that the increased risk to develop mental ill-health is primarily a result of poorly designed work. So how can we design work that keeps employees well?

The SMART work design model, developed by Australian Research Council Laureate Fellow Professor Sharon Parker at the Centre for Transformative Work Design (CTWD), is a framework that can be used to design healthy, meaningful and motivating work that not only keeps employees well but helps them thrive.

Based on decades of research, the SMART work design model identifies five key themes that result in thriving organisations. Focusing on SMART work design enables organisations to design engaging and enriched jobs, helping to create significant benefits for individuals, teams and organisations across jobs and industries.

Safety Leadership with Lloyd D’Castro

Presented by psychologist Lloyd D’Castro (MD, Working Life – People Solutions)

We all know a significant factor to achieving great safety outcomes in any organisation is dependent upon having employees confident enough to speak up about their concerns, and furthermore, when they do speak up, for leaders to listen, then act. But what does it take to create an environment that employees speak up?

For some answers to this, we look at what we have learnt and continue to learn from fMRI’s (Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging) research and combine it with practical everyday brain-friendly language – language that gives the brain more comfort. This session will unashamedly put the onus on leaders at all organisational levels to lead with the brain in mind.

Reward and Recognition in Safety

Presented by Anthony Gibbs (CEO, Sentis)

How conscious are your leaders of the safety behaviours they actually reward? According to a recent study of 8,212 participants across heavy industry, 89% of workers report that their leader struggles to display effective recognition for strong safety performance. In fact, only 1 in 10 workers hold positive perceptions of their leader’s recognising ability.

Ineffective recognition can have unintentional consequences and drive unhelpful safety behaviours that put workers at increased risk. In this webinar, we explore the concept of effective recognition and how to leverage intrinsic motivation to create long-term, positive safety culture change.

Learning outcomes:

• • Explore the importance of recognition in influencing the behaviour of employees.
  • Learn the basics of how to recognise others effectively.
  • Understand the inherent challenges in most reward and recognition systems and how to overcome these.
  • Learn how to build intrinsic motivation within your team for improved safety performance.

Webinar: Managing Building Compliance through COVID-19 and Beyond

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Presented by Brad Paroz, David Hauser, and Dr Chong Chee Goh

Given the dynamic and varied nature of COVID-19 restrictions currently in place, or being eased, across most states and territories, businesses have no clear visibility of when the current crisis and period of disruption will come to a finite end. In addition, altered models of operation, and infection control requirements, which have been embedded over the course of the pandemic are becoming ‘the new normal’, requiring businesses to review and adapt their systems, asset management frameworks and processes.

It is therefore incumbent upon the business sector to provide a platform for success, protect the value of their assets and remain compliant with their duties and obligations under the Australian health and safety framework, including the concept of having COVIDSafe Assurance for business operations, facilities and practices.

Managing Building Compliance through COVID 19 and Beyond. To be relevant and informative in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic and the resultant dynamic regulatory environment, this webinar is in the format of a facilitated discussion with an expert panel from Greencap’s Property Risk Audit (PRA) team, including Brad Paroz (Practice Manager), Chong Chee Goh (Principal Consultant) and David Hauser (Team Manager).

Learning outcomes

• • Learn how to manage building compliance in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic and the resultant dynamic regulatory environment.
  • Learn to protect the value of assets and remain compliant with duties and obligations under the Australian health and safety framework.
  • Understand the importance of having COVIDSafe Assurance for business operations, facilities and practices.

Webinar: Building Resilience in a COVID World of Work

Presented by Anthony Gibbs (CEO, Sentis)

Why is investing in resilience training and development a smart business choice? In a recent survey of safety professionals across Australia and New Zealand, 76% of people reported that the stress associated with the impacts of COVID-19 had negatively affected employee safety in the workplace. But only 44% had discussed the possible implications and put in place a plan to support their people, beyond their already existing Employee Assistance Programs.

Everyone will be faced with change, challenge and stress at some point in their lives. While some people manage stressful periods effectively, others struggle to cope and find stresses impact their performance at work and at home. Now more than ever, individuals are feeling the effects of stress, distraction and anxiety.

It makes business sense to support your people at this time, but it’s clear that COVID isn’t going anywhere anytime soon. So how can you support your people to cope with the inevitable change, uncertainty and setbacks that lay ahead? The answer is resilience. People who demonstrate this skill bounce back from adversity, manage stress effectively, build trusting relationships, and show adaptability and agility to unpredictable or changing situations.

In this webinar, we explore why supporting your people to actively manage their stress levels and make helpful choices to build their resilience will help them flourish in fast-changing workplaces. We also explore the steps required by leaders to make a tangible change in their business.

Learning outcomes:

• • Explore the benefits of including resilience as a core component of wellbeing and safety strategies
  • Understand a model of resilience that supports employees to thrive in the workplace
  • Discover practical strategies to improve resilience and wellbeing in the workplace

Respirable Crystalline Silica – Understanding Your Risks, Obligations & Controls

Presented by Greencap
Moderated by Phoebe Gane
Speakers: Jason Linford, Julie Sullivan, Jason Green

Crystalline silica is an abundant mineral found in a wide range of materials such as sand, stone, concrete, mortar, glass, ceramic, bricks and engineered stone. Processes such as cutting, crushing, grinding or drilling can generate respirable crystalline silica (RCS). Occupational or cumulative exposure to RCS can result in serious, debilitating and potentially fatal health effects.

The focus on RCS within the Australian legislative framework has increased significantly in recent years following an increase in the number of workers within the engineered stone industry diagnosed with silicosis, and other RCS related health impacts. Whilst RCS is regulated as a hazardous chemical under the Model WHS Regulations and relevant OHS Regulations, industry-specific Codes of Practice are now coming into force within the various states and territories. For some states and industries, such engineered stone in Queensland, these codes are legally enforceable, whereas other recently published codes (such as the Victorian Compliance Code for Engineered Stone) currently only represent guidance.

The increased legislative focus on the engineered stone industry does, however, highlight the importance of proactive identification, assessment and management of the risks associated with RCS within the construction, infrastructure and resources sectors where there can be high potential for silica exposure.

Join us for this moderated Panel discussion where, using recent case studies and scenarios across numerous industries, we will discuss some of the challenges, complexities and practicalities of effective risk control for RCS. The presentation will also outline the proactive measures employers and PCBUs should be implementing to control RCS risks effectively in the face of increasing legislative governance.

How To Maximise Engagement and Outcomes with Integrated Programming

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Presented by Greg McLoughlin, CEO of Health By Design International

Current circumstances have reminded us that being simply reactive with health management isn’t sufficient. To thrive rather than merely survive, a workforce needs to be proactive about personal health, mental fitness, and injury risk – all of which are inextricably linked.

An integrated approach to workplace health has never been more important. Not only is it more cost-efficient, but it also enhances the employee experience. By bringing together injury and illness prevention with health promotion, studies have shown that integrated programs are particularly effective in assessing ‘high risk’ workers with the least likelihood of engaging in traditional health and wellbeing programs.

This webinar looks at the value proposition of integrated programming and how it can maximise engagement and business outcomes, such as reducing absenteeism and worker-compensation costs, along with the key challenges for workplaces and how to overcome these.

Leaders who can communicate a safety vision well assist their team to see how the vision can practically be implemented through their day-to-day operations. They encourage employees to continuously embrace the vision and, as a result, see improved engagement and safe work performance from the team.

In this webinar, we explore the science of creating an inspiring vision and how to make a business-wide safety vision relevant for your team’s reality. We also explore ways leaders can inspire teams to buy into the vision and ultimately take ownership at a team level to keep the vision alive.