Why Mandatory Training Programs Aren’t the Answer

by Tanya Heaney Voogt | Feb 25, 2022 | Mentally Healthy Workplace

In organisations of low maturity (see maturity model below), most psychological harm prevention activity tends to centre around an annual mandatory training program that is transactional and compliance-focused. Bullying, harassment, discrimination are generally the...

COVID and Occupational Violence. Is there a silver lining?

by Tanya Heaney Voogt | Oct 19, 2021 | Change Management, Mentally Healthy Workplace

Occupational Violence & Aggression (OVA) is a complex issue. If COVID has had one positive for our health sector it is that safety screens have been erected in almost all medical clinics. But why did it take a global pandemic for health services to take...

One Step to a Better Culture

by Tanya Heaney Voogt | Jul 19, 2021 | Culture, Leadership, Mentally Healthy Workplace

Can you remember a time where you felt you did not belong? What about in the workplace? Have you ever felt excluded from a conversation, a group, or an opportunity? Excluded from an invite for coffee or lunch at the ‘cool kids’ table? Or have you ever been in a...

What does someone who helps Leaders Transform Workplaces get up to in her day job!

by Tanya Heaney Voogt | Jun 29, 2021 | Change Management, Mentally Healthy Workplace

Well, I’m so glad you asked. Last Wednesday I started the day with an early morning change coaching catch up with one of my Cracking the Change Code Clients. This awesome HR Lead in the water industry is driving diversity & inclusion change across the...

Are you being deliciously well utilised or distastefully overloaded

by Tanya Heaney Voogt | May 19, 2021 | Mentally Healthy Workplace, Uncategorized

Be honest! How many times a day do you hear or say the words “I’m busy”? We are all guilty of it, and it has been common parlance for so long that we just don’t question it anymore. Lately, I’ve been working on changing my own internal narrative, for two reasons: “I’m...

Are you taking your duty to protect employees from harm seriously enough?

by Tanya Heaney Voogt | Apr 28, 2021 | Mentally Healthy Workplace

In April, I presented to a national conference on workplace mental wellbeing. Whilst all attendees were there because they have a genuine desire to make their workplaces more psychologically safe, a staggering 81% of attendees said that competing demands / conflicting...