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Speaking and Media

Sharing the secrets of good work design

 

I'm passionate about transforming work, through work design, to create better lives for workers, more effective organisations, and a flourishing society.

I welcome opportunities to provide conference talks, keynote speeches and expert commentary on a wide range of work-related topics including:

Work design
Mature-age workers in organisations
Wise proactivity
Mental health and wellbeing at work
Future of work due to technological transformation
Stress at work
Personality development
Employee perspective taking
Job performance
Worker learning and development
Safety at work
Job insecurity
FIFO work
SMART work design

SELECT RECENT

PRESENTATIONS

Thriving at work and at home: a flexible approach.

Invited online presentation toThe Doherty Institute, University of Melbourne.

3 March 2021.

Creating healthy and productive work through COVID and beyond.

Invited online keynote speaker to the 2020 Association of Australian Medical Research Institutes (AAMRI) Convention.

9-11 December 2020.

Flexible working during the pandemic and beyond.

Online presentation to the Australasian Transport Research Forum (ATRF) annual conference.

30 November 2020.

Thriving at work and at home after COVID-19.

Invited presentation to Australian Human Resources Institute (AHRI).

22 October 2020.

SELECT VIDEOS OF PAST PRESENTATIONS

What is SMART work?

SuperFriend MHF

Sharon Parker talks about how leaders can use work design principles to assist their employees and colleagues to be well and thrive in their job roles.

Good work design and applying it to psychosocial risks

SafeWork Australia

Sharon Parker explains the Principles of good work design, why they are important, and how we can use them to protect workers’ psychological and physical health.

Work Design Theory

EAWOP Work and Organizational Psychology

Interview on Work Design Theory with Barbara Smorczewska

Transformative

Work Design

SuperFriend MHF

Sharon Parker talks about how leaders can use work design principles to assist their employees and colleagues to be well and thrive in their job roles.

In the Media

Videos

FIFO Mental Health: What Can We Do?
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FIFO Mental Health: What Can We Do?

The Centre for Transformative Work Design (CTWD) invites you to a breakfast event at which the findings of its ground-breaking research report*, Impact of FIFO work arrangements on the mental health and wellbeing of FIFO workers, will be unpacked by the lead authors, Australian Research Council Laureate Fellow, Professor Sharon K. Parker, and Dr Laura Fruhen, and a panel of leading stakeholder representatives: Tony Wittcomb (Head of Health and Safety, Roy Hill), Michael O'Hanlon (Workplace Engagement Manager, Beyond Blue) and Glenn McLaren (Assistant State Secretary, Australian Manufacturing Workers Union). While the research found that FIFO workers are twice more likely to experience high levels of psychological distress than non-FIFO workers, there is reason for hope. The report included 18 detailed recommendations which, if acted on together by employers, managers, FIFO workers and their families, will prevent the emergence of mental ill-health amongst FIFO workers. * CTWD would like to acknowledge that the research would not have been possible without the funding provided by the WA Mental Health Commission and the input of many FIFO workers and their families. Date: Thursday, March 21 2019 Time: 7.15am for a 7.30am start (until 9.00am) Venue: Pan Pacific Perth, Grand River Ballroom, 207 Adelaide Terrace, Perth Cost: $70 per person Proceeds will go towards FIFO research being carried out by CTWD Register here: https://payments.curtin.edu.au/OtherTransactions/booking?UDS_ACTION_DATA=FV4jBUc0WHZOKSYES0JDDFggQgw9WTcbWTFEXg8zXUYAMC1S
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