Awareness Co., Wollongong, NSW Videos

The social and emotional stressors present in workplaces are known as psychosocial hazards. These stressors arise from the design or management of the work or from interactions with others that cause psychological or physical harm. Every workplace must eliminate psychosocial risks, or if that is not possible, minimise these risks so far as is reasonably practicable and for good reason…. It is estimated workplace stress affects around 32% of all Australians. Need help identifying the stressor that exist in your workplace. Let’s talk, download our free Workplace Stress test https://loom.ly/9dNK4SA and book a free consultation with us today! Awareness Co. are your preferred HR Partner, helping you identify psychosocial hazards at work and minimise them by creating cultures of care and safety. #stressors #hazards #psychosocialhazards#mentalhealthmatters #selfcare #takecareofyourself #workplacewellness #stressawareness #stressrelief #stressttips #stressfreelife

Leaders - we know how hard it can be to retain and foster the loyalty of your people. But do you know what they really want? A recent study of Australian workers has suggested the top five reasons employees stay in a role are: 💲 Pay 👭 Friendly colleagues that are easy to work with 🏡 Flexible work 😇 Feeling appreciated ✅ Good management In short, pay, coupled with a healthy work culture, is what will influence your people to stay. But, creating a healthy culture is easier said than done, are we right? If you're looking for a place to start making positive changes in your workplace, click the link below and grab a copy of our FREE workplace scorecard '22 Questions to a Healthier Workplace'! https://loom.ly/xOZWaH4 #culture #workculture #wokrplaceculture #healthyculture *Employment Hero Insights Report, What Australian Employees Want From Their Workplace

Five years to become an overnight success... ...and we are ready to celebrate! 🥳 This month we did something a lil' different and created a fun and insightful mini-magazine to honour Awareness Co.'s fifth birthday. We chat to Anna and Kristy (Directors & Co-Founders) about their first five years in business, take a look at how to manage psychosocial hazards at work, give you some ideas to celebrate Mental Health Month in October, and discuss what it means to create an inclusive work team. Plus you can download our FREE Workplace Scorecard '22 Questions to Create a Healthier Workplace' as a first step towards positive culture change. Click to access the very first edition of Aware: Workplace Wellbeing Magazine. It's our gift to you - we hope you enjoy it! https://irp.cdn-website.com/38ddd78c/files/uploaded/Aware%20Workplace%20Wellbeing%20Magazine%20Spring%202022.pdf A sincere thank you to all of our clients and community who have been a part of, and continue to support, Awareness Co.'s mission. We truly love helping businesses and their people flourish and thrive. Here's to the next five years...and beyond! #awarenessco #awareness #birthday #celebrate #workplacewellbeing #workculture Kristy Duffy Anna Broadhead Clare Gough

⚠️ WHS COMPLIANCE FACT ⚠️ Businesses have a primary duty to ensure the psychological health and safety of each worker that is engaged, influenced or directed by them whilst at work. But what does this mean in practicality? And how can businesses manage this? ✅ Identify psychosocial hazards through worker consultation, data and surveys ✅ Eliminate or minimise hazards by redesigning the work with safer alternatives ✅ Provide safe systems of work by managing who, how, where and when work is done ✅ Provide relevant information, training, instruction and supervision on how to do their work safely ✅ Ensure ongoing monitoring of the work environment, processes and workers' health to prevent the onset of work-related psychological or physical injuries. If you are a business owner, it is imperative you understand your obligations and responsibilities to keep your workers' psychologically safe. Are you across the SafeWork NSW Code of Practice: Managing Psychosocial Hazards at Work? You can grab your free copy via our blog (click link below). https://loom.ly/SWuM_Cw #awareness #whs #whscompliance #safework #healthandsafety #workhealthandsafety #psychologicalsafety #psychosocialhazards

A recent study* has shown that inclusive teams make better business decisions 87% of the time. They do this in less time and with less meetings than other organisations. #Leaders - share with us - how do you foster an inclusive team environment? #awareness #humanresources #hr #psychologicalsafety #leadership #positiveleadership #wellbeing #workplacewellbeing * 'How to hear unhappy employees (before its too late)', Work180, The Workplace Equity Series.

How do you keep your employees engaged? Yes, we are certainly advocates for using engagement surveys for gathering data, but, more recently, we've found real, positive organisational transformations with our clients by using another method..... FOCUS GROUPS are a great tool for leaders to: ✅ ask targeted questions in an open and safe forum ✅ start brainstorming ideas and strategies with greater chance of buy-in from the entire team ✅ ensure employees voices are heard and respected. #awareness #awarenessco #focusgroups #engagement #employeeengagement #workplaceengagement #workplacewellbeing #leaders #leadership #positiveleadership #consultation #employeeconsultation #hr #humanresources

It’s totally normal to experience ups and downs in life, but can you imagine what it would feel like to confidently manage your wellbeing, not only when you are feeling good, but also when you are feeling low? At Awareness Co., we're passionate about helping people transform the way they think, feel and behave in work and life, so we are absolutely buzzing to be able to share with you the positive psychology research on how you can start caring for your wellbeing, today and everyday. We invite you to join us for our FREE virtual webinar Caring For Your Wellbeing on 31st May at 7pm. During this webinar, we will: ♥️ Define what wellbeing actually is and the understand importance of it in our lives 💜 Discuss the six pillars of wellbeing, inviting you to reflect which areas you are fulfilling, and where you are struggling 💛 Discover some simple, evidence-based and practical steps you can take to improve your wellbeing. You'll also receive some free resources and tools to get started on your wellbeing journey! Are you looking for a positive pathway to flourish in work and life? Would you like to accomplish more of what truly matters to you? It all starts with awareness.... CLICK THE LINK IN BIO to register today! Can't make the 31st May? No worries! you can also register for one of our future webinars by clicking the link in bio. #awareness #awarenessco #wellbeing #webinar #wellbeingwebinar #struggle #thrive #struggleandthrive

Laughter is the best medicine, right?! Whilst laugher definitely cannot solve everything, there's no denying a good ol' belly laugh will lift your mood. And within the workplace, laughter has been seen to boost confidence, connectedness and creativity, here's how!.... 😄 Especially for those working in teams, a good laugh is a way of reinforcing connections that exists between its people. These shared moments of lightness can strengthen relationships and balance the mundanity of work tasks. 😄 Laughing can trigger the activation of feel-good hormones dopamine and serotonin, which helps the brain to concentrate and focus - goodbye 3pm slump! 😄 Managers with a sense of humour are said to be more motivating and engaging, with their teams more likely to solve problems creatively. So remember, don't be afraid to have a giggle at work (ensuring you read the room and pick an appropriate time)! What's something you can bring to work this week to boost laughter and productivity? #awareness #awarenessco #laugh #laughter #worldlaughterday #workplacelaughter #laughatwork #productivity #positiveleadership

🎈 HAPPY 4th BIRTHDAY AWARENESS CO! 🎈 Four days of birthday celebrations as Awareness Co. turns 4! 🥳 The fourth and final tier in the 'Me, We, Us' model is, well, actually one that we added on – because it means so much to us! Because we believe that a key driver of success for every organisation is realising the contribution they make in their community. 🏠 This week, each of the Awareness Co.’ers made four Random Acts of Kindness within the community. Why? Because simply doing something for someone else, without being asked, and without expecting anything in return, makes us feel good. 🥰 Compassion and kindness can also reduce stress, boost our immune system and reduce negative emotions such as anger, anxiety and depression. Some of our birthday random acts this week included: 🌿 Donating a bag of groceries to the neighbourhood centre who help families doing it tough 🌿 Buying a coffee for the next person in line 🌿 Donating some (really good!) books to the local Street Library 🌿 Stopping for a (socially distanced) chat with a few gorgeous oldies on our morning walks Thanks for coming on our week of celebration and the 4 days of “me, we, us” ride. We would love for you to pick just one thing out of the “me, we, us” model for you to celebrate something important – send us a pic or share your story - that would be a great gift for us on our birthday! 🎁 #awarenessco #workplacebirthday #meweus #me #we #us #community #positivepsychology #workplacewellbeing #teamwellbeing #kindness #randomactsofkindness

🎈 HAPPY 4TH BIRTHDAY AWARENESS CO.! 🎈 Four years of fun, supporting people to feel good and function effectively, and creating even more positive ripples in the community! Here we are today, sharing a long lunch as we reflect on the last four years of success and learnings, whilst dreaming of what the next four years will bring...and beyond! It may not be the way we envisaged celebrating - although, lets be honest, Guzman y Gomez is usually involved, lockdown or otherwise! 😋🌶🌮🥑🍋 Stay tuned to see how we continue to celebrate during our four days of birthday fun! 🥳 #awareness #awarenessco #birthday #workplacebirthday

💻 WEBSITE LAUNCH! 💻 We’re over the moon to share with you, the new and improved Awareness Co. website! This has been our labour of love (and sweat and tears!) for the past few months. We’d like to give a special shout out to Love My Online Marketing, Melinda Kitto and Jeremy Park Photo for your guidance and expertise at bringing our vision to life. We just love it 😍 Head on over to www.awarenessco.com.au or click the link in our bio to check it out! #awarenessco #hrconsultant #humanresourcesconsultant #positivehrconsultant #peopleandwellbeingconsultant #peoplesolutions #hrsolutions #peopledevleopment #leadership #positiveleadership #strengthsbasedleadership #wellbeing #workplacewellbeing #scienceofwellbeing #lovemyonlinemarketing #melkitto #melindakitto #jeremyparkphoto

Are you loving being back in the office and finally having access to the Arnotts Assorted Creams? 🍪 Or relishing the fact that you can actually connect with people face to face 👫, rather than a dodgy Zoom connection? Today we celebrate World Day for Health & Safety at Work, giving us a chance to reflect on how we can promote workplace health, including mental health and wellbeing. And although many of us are lucky to be returning to office life in Australia, what’s important is that we don’t forget how abruptly things can change and throw our lives and businesses into uncertainty. The theme for this year is “Anticipate, prepare and respond to crisis and invest now in resilient WHS systems”. We urge you to ask yourself - how has COVID-19 affected the working lives of my people? And what can I do to build an effective, adaptable and resilient workplace that can hold itself steady while things around us are chaotic? What many leaders don’t realise, is that workplace wellbeing is not just a ‘tick-and-flick’ exercise; it's about changing the conversation to understand how your employees engage in the workplace and bring their best self to work. Awareness Co. are here to start that conversation for you! A FREE 20-minute consultation with us can help you discover: 🌿 Why companies need to focus on more than fitness, fruit and flu shots when it coming to supporting employees’ wellbeing 🌿 The specific areas you need to focus your coaching and leadership efforts to support your people in their roles, not just in their work, but in their mental health 🌿 Your next steps to take your people from a ‘clock-on-clock-off' mentality, to a workforce who feel valued and are motivated to get the job done! If you’re ready to put mental health and wellbeing on the workplace agenda, today is the day! Get in touch with one of our HR and Wellbeing Consultants today! E: [email protected] P: 0499 906 035 #awarenessco #world

The Awareness Co’ers are CHARGING this month to tell cancer where to go! #themarchcharge And with only few days left, we need your help to meet our target! There’s still time to donate here 👇 https://www.themarchcharge.com.au/fundraiser/AwarenessCoers7242 As well as raising funds for cancer research, we’re also enjoying the benefits of being active for another good cause...our mental and physical health 🙂 Here are our tops 3 reasons to walk with purpose: 🏃 Productivity – try a quick walk round the block to clear the head, or better yet, take a longer walk...what work calls or meetings can you complete whilst on the go? 🏃 Connection – invite a work colleague to join you – see what bright ideas you can come up with in the fresh air! 🏃 Health – for all of us desk-workers, sitting down all day can lead to an increased risk of heart disease, Type 2 Diabetes, joint problems, cancer, anxiety and depression and muscle wasting.* Try setting a timer every hour to get up, move around and stretch...keep those limbs loose! Thank you for your support 🙏 #awarenessco #wellbeing #workplacewellbeing #themarchcharge #teamchallenge #teamfundraiser #teamsupport #getactive #tellcancerwheretogo #cancerresearch #readysetcharge #walkwithpurpose #walkforproductivity #walkforconnection #walkforhealth * Department of Health, State Government of Victoria, Australia

Happy International Happiness 😀 Day!! Ironically it’s sad that we need a day to stop and look at the “happiness” around us. For some it is a quick answer when asked what makes us happy and for others we have to dig deep to find one thing. Recently I sat with someone for at least 15 minutes in silence until they thought of one thing 🤯 Moral to the story - it may take a while but there is one piece of happy in everyday. With negatively wired brains working against us it can be tough, but it is possible. What’s your “happiness” today? Tell us or show us...👇

Enhancing performance and energy through Strengths
Day 3 of GROW. Optimising your Energy: Discovering your strengths and creating positive energy and motivation. Many studies and research prove that when we use our strengths we are happier and experience more positive energy which lifts our wellbeing, engagement, productivity, performance and improves our relationships with others. Do you know what your strengths are? 🤔 I bet you could name maybe a couple. Here’s a few tips on how to optimise your energy: 1. During the day keep a diary or journal of things you did that either gave you a positive boost because you are good at it and enjoyed it 🤩. How can you do MORE of these each day? 2. Remember we all have weaknesses and if you are a perfectionist this can be a real struggle for you! In the same diary/journal keep a note of things that take away your energy, that are draining. Things you don’t feel you are good at and don’t like doing 😕. How can you do LESS of these each day? 3. Do some Strength Spotting 🧐! Looking for strengths in others at work and at home is a great way to start a positive ripple. By looking for the good in others it increases our own positive energy and when we tell someone that we recognise and appreciate their strength their energy also receives a positive boost. Imagine if we all did that just once each day? 4. Lastly if you are a leader, coach, parent, teacher or someone in a role that requires you to help people grow and develop, do yourself and them a favour and focus on what is right 👍instead of what is wrong 👎. You will see increased performance and you will feel better for it. If you would like to look more into your strengths and how you can increase your positive energy for yourself and those around you, join us on our GROW🌱 Program or chat to us about our 1:1 Strengths Programs.

GROW is a program designed to bring awareness to wellbeing, strengths and resilience whilst developing individuals for enhanced performance and productivity. We are looking for 15 people who need just one day to themselves to stop, check in, put themselves first for a change and see a clearer way forward. Is that you? 🤔 ✅Are you a leader in your own business or someone else’s and are tired with minimal energy to do anything outside of the daily grind? ✅Are you stuck in a negative environment at work or at home and need some space to carve a more positive pathway forward? ✅Are you supporting others in a challenging environment and want to create a more positive environment? ✅Are you at a crossroads in your career/life and want to understand how to focus on the best version of you? If you said yes to any of these, then come and GROW with us on the 17th November. With 4 modules developed on the foundations of positive psychology and wellbeing, the program is structured in a way that allows participants to gain awareness and insight for greater reflection and clarity. Visit our website for more information and to register. https://www.awarenessco.com.au/programs Use the codeword GROW when booking to receive our FB early bird 20% discount.