Safety Leadership
Modern workplaces can be stressful and demanding, making emotional intelligence and resilience vital skills for both personal wellbeing and team success.
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Mybrand Digital
Understanding Safety Leadership
Modern workplaces can be stressful and demanding, making emotional intelligence and resilience vital skills for both personal wellbeing and team success. This module equips learners with practical strategies to manage emotions, handle stress, and build supportive workplace cultures.
By the end of this module, you will be able to:
- Understand the key components of emotional intelligence and their importance at work.
- Build resilience to cope with change, challenges, and high-pressure situations.
- Identify psychosocial hazards that affect mental health and wellbeing.
- Implement strategies to create a psychologically healthy workplace.
- Apply emotional intelligence and resilience in daily tasks and interactions.
Relevant Australian Legislation:
- Work Health and Safety Act 2011 – Employers must ensure psychological as well as physical safety.
- WHS Regulations 2011, Part 3.1 – Managing risks to workers’ health and safety, including psychosocial hazards.
- Safe Work Australia – Model Code of Practice: Managing Psychosocial Hazards at Work – Practical guidance on identifying and controlling psychosocial risks.
- Fair Work Act 2009 – Provides protections against workplace bullying and harassment, which are linked to psychosocial harm.
- Australian Human Rights Commission Guidelines – Support diversity, inclusion, and safe workplaces.
- Beyond Blue, Lifeline, and Black Dog Institute – National organisations providing mental health support resources.
This module will take approximately 15 minutes to complete.
