Steps to Change Your Habits and Reduce Your Risk
Changing habits at any time is tough. The motivation to change your habits to help reduce your overall risk has to offer a stronger commitment to change....
11 April, 2024
More challenging risks in today’s workforce
If your business employs younger people, then the changing patterns of mental health data suggest you may need to think differently about how you manage this emerging and challenging risk factor....
11 April, 2024
Short term v Long term focus on Mental Health at Work
Corporate Australia is trying to get ahead of an increased mental health wave in the workplace. A few years ago, the best some businesses offered was fresh fruit bowls...
15 March, 2024
Risk Rating Index…is about the numbers
Using our significant database, we are now able to launch our own Risk Rating Index. This Index is created by combining the scores across a range of human risks and how they are categorised...
15 March, 2024
Older employees are at increased risk at work
Work-related fall injuries have been shown to increase steeply with age, particularly among women...
15 February, 2024
Workers Compensation and Psychosocial Health
Workers’ compensation claims related to mental health are set to double by 2030...
15 February, 2024
We can help
Today we are living through a fundamental transformation in the way we work, connect and interact....
21 November, 2023
Proof is in the Data
Optimum’s mode of operation highlights that prevention is better (and more cost effective!) than cure. We have the data from across several industries to prove it. ...
21 November, 2023
Conversation on Mental Health
People that are well, do well. Despite knowing this statement to be true, the workplace remains an environment where pressure and stress levels...
16 October, 2023
Happiness at Work
One point increase in self-reported happiness led to around 12 % increase in productivity, on average, among call centre workers....
16 October, 2023
People and Profit
A recent survey of 5000 Aussie workers has revealed some surprising results when comparing 2019 to 2023 data on meaningful work....
14 September, 2023
The Swan Report
This is not another instalment from Dr Norman Swan. It is a report on the changes that are happening with a team within a unique business located in Upper Swan....
14 September, 2023
Active workers benefit your business
Worldwide 1.4 billion adults are insufficiently active to achieve positive health outcomes (33% of women and 25% of men). There has been no change in this metric since 2001....
11 August, 2023
Mental Health Priorities
During the pandemic there was an enthusiastic approach from most organisations to implement initiatives designed to assist employees. A great deal of that focus was on managing...
11 August, 2023
Lawyers and risk matters
When the lawyers start quoting health and safety legislation, health related statistics and data one must sit up and ponder what may be coming down the litigious channel....
18 July, 2023
What’s in it for me?
More companies are telling us about the importance they are placing on having a well-considered Employee Value Proposition (EVP)....
18 July, 2023
The Dangers of Sleeping on the Job
45% of Aussies are reporting for work sleep deprived....
20 June, 2023
Striking a Balance in Executive Coaching
Executive coaching can be a hackneyed phrase that covers a multitude of offerings....
20 June, 2023
Why Some People are Great Leaders
You are the leader of the organisation. You are making decisions all the time. The pace of business is ever increasing....
06 June, 2023
How to save your bottom line… in 2023
There are two very destructive risk factors in your business...
06 June, 2023
Hazardous Waist
What is an Unsafe Waist Measurement in the Workplace? If you were looking for one thing that you could build ...
17 May, 2023
Not all Health & Wellbeing Programs are Alike
Any program in the workplace generally involves structures or processes that have been in the organisation for some time....
17 May, 2023
ABC Approach to Mental Health
This is not the beginning of a 26-alphabet response to a major health issue like mental health....
02 May, 2023
Busyness Harms the Bottom Line
Busyness at work is not a measure of success. However, it can reflect the health, wellbeing and overall performance of individuals and the organisation....
02 May, 2023
5 Ways to Mitigate Human Risk When Employing People
Without doubt humans and their collective intellect present as one of the biggest assets of any company. In some cases, it has been shown that it is the people within an organisation that can set one company...
18 April, 2023
What Risks are Hiding in This Graph?
Some of us love numbers…others not so. Some think in pictures…others simply can’t. Combining the two helps to tell a great story....
04 April, 2023
How digital technology is helping leaders to drive health, safety and mitigate risk
It’s no secret the COVID-19 pandemic highlighted to business leaders the requirement for new and innovative ways to support employees and increase access to health and wellbeing resources...
04 April, 2023
Are you really compliant or at risk of being exposed?
New work health and safety regulations are here. A person conducting a business or undertaking is now required by law to eliminate or minimise psychosocial risks, as much as is reasonably practical....
21 March, 2023
What a Difference a Leader Makes
There’s a lot to leadership and no two leaders are the same. Over the last three to five years we’ve had the pleasure to work with some dynamic leaders. In this context, our definition of a leader is one who instils a will to improve and considers fellow workers....
21 March, 2023
What is Happening Upper Swan?
We are fortunate enough to work with the organisation Thompson and Redwood. They conduct the bulk of their quality stock feed business in the wonderfully named suburb to the east of Perth - Upper Swan....
08 March, 2023
The Invisible Risks Lurking in Your Workplace
There are the known risks. There are the unknown risks. There are also unknown risks that become known - and they need immediate action....
08 March, 2023
14% of Your Workforce are Mentally Unhealthy
Mental health problems like stress, anxiety and depression have been evident in our collected data across Australian professional services and mining workforces for the past 5 years. Our findings from over 200,000 data points, pre and post COVID-19...
22 February, 2023
In Defense of Food
Several years ago, I read In Defense of Food and surprisingly it was mentioned in a recent meeting when discussing food and performance. So, I went back and reread it and I reckon it could make a wonderful gift for those who have everything...
13 December, 2022
Liquid Gold – Why it Pays to Keep Employees Hydrated
Dehydration remains a serious risk for Australian workers. If workers are mildly dehydrated at the start of their shift, then it is difficult to fully rehydrate over the course of that shift....
12 December, 2022
Reinvigorating Executive Performance
Those in the C-suite within any business understand the pressures that can appear…from anywhere… anytime. The relentless nature of being an executive in today’s ever changing business environment is felt across all levels of personal health risks....
29 November, 2022
5 Ways to Support a Struggling Mate at Work
Managing Mental Health at work needs as many factors aligned as possible. Optimum’s Peer Support Program identifies 5 ways to support your struggling mate at work....
02 November, 2022
How Your Workplace Culture is Shifting Company Performance
Workplace Culture is a term we are hearing more often. How are you and your business approaching this evolving issue? The combined impact of COVID-19, company pressures...
02 November, 2022
5 Ways to Avoid the Mid Afternoon Crash
We all may have experienced that mid-afternoon slumber whilst at work. At Optimum, we have found these few tips assist to avoid hitting the wall and make the afternoon as productive as the morning....
19 October, 2022
State of Mental Health in the Workplace and Across the Country
Over the last 100 years, a census has taken place in Australia every five years. Fast forward to June 2022, and the data from the last census (10 August 2021) was starting to be released....
19 October, 2022
Meet the Biggest Killer Under 40
Suicide - currently the biggest killer of people under 40 years of age. In Australia, the greatest number of life years lost in 2019 was due to suicide and self-harm, and managers of a younger workforce should take note....
23 September, 2022
Are your workers asleep standing up?
Everyone is aware that sleep deprivation of any sort can be debilitating. Ask a new mum or dad. Ask a shift worker. Or a breakfast radio host. Check in with FIFO employees. All obvious and certainly in need of support to manage sleep and ultimately fatigue....
01 September, 2022
Uncover the Metrics-Based Approach that Delivers ROI
Even though most forward-thinking companies recognise the impact of employee physical and mental wellbeing on organisational performance, most are yet to adopt evidence-based, metrics-driven practices....
22 August, 2022
5 Steps to Prevent Burnout – a strategy with lasting impact!
Burnout has profound impact on work and life in general. We want to share with you one of our proven strategies from our coaching and training programs that could help you and your team manage burnout using our 5-step approach...
22 August, 2022
Looming Crisis – the Role of the Manager
Managers face new and emerging expectations as focus shifts from employee task management and processes to workplace experience and wellbeing....
11 August, 2022
Recent case study shows that, as a result of our program, ‘54% of employees said their quality of work was better’
As an organisation that uses scientific-based methods, we admit that our work at times may sound a bit technical, so we decided to report on a case study that would highlight the end benefits of employees’ mental and physical health...
02 November, 2021
Supporting a Growing Percentage of Women in the Workforce
As you probably already know, companies in the mining and services sector have traditionally had a workforce with a higher percentage of males than a VB add. So naturally, companies know a thing or two about managing and supporting a workforce of men...
08 October, 2021
The biggest changes to WA’s workplace safety in 40 years are almost here
Get ready: WA’s proposed new Work, Health and Safety (WHS) laws will see a sizeable shift in the way companies go about safety and mental health procedures. Given they’re the biggest changes to Safety laws since the 1980s, companies who aren’t prepared will be more vulnerable than a construction worker...
04 October, 2021
Impact of COVID-19 on Mental Health and Sleep
We know the consequences of the COVID-19 on the well-being of employees in the mining services sector have been far-reaching. But as companies continue to navigate this new normal, there’s an increasing need for more tailored responses to workplace challenges...
30 September, 2021