Organisational Health Reviews
ABetter_Life Resource is regularly asked to address a range of People Risk issues in public and private sector organisations. People Risks include:
These risks need to be managed because Workplace Health & Safety (WH&S) legislation requires a workplace to be free from the risk of psychosocial hazards and to promote wellness. Left unmanaged, People Risk issues will commonly escalate into formal grievances, complaints and psychological workers’ compensation claims.
Organisational Health Review Benefits
Follow up support and intervention services where People Risk issues have been identified and assessed, specific targeted interventions need to be implemented to effectively address problems. Examples of team based intervention services include:
Organisational Health Review Benefits
- Allows a ‘whole of work unit’ focus to understand morale, climate, team and management issues.
- Provides recommendations to enhance the support and development of all parties (as distinct from a complaint/person specific industrial grievance).
- Provides a mechanism to identify and understand the broader context of interpersonal difficulties and staff/management concerns.
- Limits further damage to relationships from adversarial conflicts.
- Provides a platform to restore functional working relationships – maximising both employee wellness and organisational performance.
Follow up support and intervention services where People Risk issues have been identified and assessed, specific targeted interventions need to be implemented to effectively address problems. Examples of team based intervention services include:
- Wellness and stress management training
- Time management and professional coping skills
- Policy and practice – awareness and education
- Mediation, team building and facilitation
Frontline managers often require additional support and training to better manage identified people risks. As such, we have developed competency-focused training services to equip managers to effectively deal with everyday staff-related issues. Frontline manager and supervisor training programs focus on:
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