2. Serious work-related mental disorders are
attributed to work-related mental stress
$10.9B
1 in 5 Australians experiencing a mental
health condition
92%
Costs to Australian businesses in
productivity, participation and
compensation costs
https://www.safeworkaustralia.gov.au/book/supporting-business-provide-mentally-healthy-workplace
4. Should wellbeing be the
individuals responsibility?
75% of people say
that the most
stressful part of
their job is their
immediate
supervisor
5. Risks to work-related mental health disorders
1 Job Strain
2 Lack of respect or value
3 Occupational Uncertainty
https://www.news.com.au/finance/work/at-work/australias-deadly-workplace-crisis/news-
story/cbca12299b34930b22c7b69f7583b576
12. Doubling the number of workers who felt
psychologically safe generated:
• 27% reduction in turnover
• 40% reduction in safety incidents
• 12% increase in productivity
Gallup Study
14. *improvement per person per year
Local Queensland Gov’t Authority
$8,888 productivity gain + $1,333 insurance reduction + $1,067 statutory cost reduction
$11,288*
15. A Local Government
Authority – 2IC
improving safety
space
Lost Time Injuries by 66%
Statutory Costs by $800,000
per year
Insurance Premiums by
$1,000,000
Productivity gains by
$20,000,000 over 3 years
$8900 per employee/year
ROI = 3500%
22. PS25™
25 = Twenty-Five easy-to-understand*
questions
that take ~5 minutes to answer.
Free text option
*Fleshman-Kincaid Grade Level: 7.0
23. 5 Social Domains
(Five questions each)
Significance – Do I matter?
Certainty – Do I have clarity?
Autonomy – Do I have choices?
Relatedness – Do I belong?
Equity – Am I getting a fair deal?
25. Lifting the bar on psychological safety (PS)
● Invest in leadership
programs
● Measure PS,
establish PS as an
organisational KPI
● Prioritize measures
to foster and protect
psychological health
of employees