Mental Wellbeing – Addressing Your Workplace’s Greatest Risk in 2024
Across Australia, employee mental health and resilience has become a key focus for companies....
19 July, 2024
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Managing your sleep challenges
As our small tribute to Dr Michael Mosley we would like to relate some of his latest work about how to get a better night’s sleep....
19 July, 2024
How can digital technology help mitigate risks and save money in your business?
It’s no secret that during COVID-19, business leaders were searching for new and innovative ways to support and resource employees across health, wellbeing and performance....
13 June, 2024
Australia…we have a sleep crisis
The importance of good sleep is well researched, yet we continue to ignore this wonderful restorative tool in a world that is becoming more hectic....
13 June, 2024
Mental Health at Work – 3 Approaches to Manage the Risk
As the world of work continuously changes, the risk factors once confronted by businesses are now replaced by risk factors that are not immediately obvious....
17 May, 2024
What could Safe Work Australia, Microsoft and Optimum have in common?
They all have data on psychological health and safety in the workplace and view this data through their own unique position in the market and how it impacts workforces....
17 May, 2024
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
ANZSOM Annual Conference
At the recent Australian and New Zealand Society of Occupational Medicine (ANZSOM) Conference in Canberra, Dr Peter Connaughton...
18 December, 2023
Optimum on the World Stage
I was honoured to join this august group at the 23rd World Congress on Safety and Health at Work....
18 December, 2023
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
One Simple Truth About Communication and Leadership
Managers worry about overcommunicating with employees yet maybe a recent article from Harvard Business Review...
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
3 Findings on FIFO and Mental Health
A study in the Australia Journal of Psychology moves the debate of FIFO and Mental Health from talking about if there is a problem...
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
5 Tips to Finding the Best GP
Finding a good GP can be a challenge, or so we make it. Ensure the best possible health outcomes and quality of life for yourself and family with this simple approach....
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
7 Buckets to Fill and Maintain Yourself at Work and Home
Contributions to each of the following was identified in one of our training programs to help us maintain our selves in the best shape possible....
02 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
Getting It Right – What Employees Want Most in 2023 and Beyond
Today we are living through a fundamental transformation in the way we work, connect and interact. As employers, we’re preparing for the workforce of the future...
18 April, 2023
5 Facts About Activity for 50 Year Olds
We all know it… adults should do some form of physical activity every day. It can help to improve your health and reduce the risk of heart disease and stroke. Here are some eye-opening stats about physical activity...
04 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
3 Ways to Create Your Buffer Zone
It has been our experience that many people leave the work environment and jump straight into their domestic environment. For some this can be challenging as both environments can be stressful....
21 March, 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
5 Simple Steps to Change Your Habits
Changing habits at any time is tough. We use “Atomic Habits” by James Clear to help with our coaching and training programs. You may want to read the book or have a crack at what our program participants have come up with to help them change their habits. ...
08 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