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Sharon K. Parker

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

Returning to the office: Four F’s to facilitate re-entry

05:47

Returning to the office: Four F’s to facilitate re-entry

Professor Sharon Parker outlines the four F's to mentally prepare ourselves for a return to the work office: Fear, fantasies, flexibility and fun. More on this topic in our daily video and blog series: https://www.transformativeworkdesign.com/post/returning-to-the-office-four-f-s-to-facilitate-re-entry

Struggling to stay focused? How to boost your work mojo

05:44

Struggling to stay focused? How to boost your work mojo

Professor Sharon Parker explains how to regain your focus at work using proven techniques to improve concentration, and why we tend to fall for the "attention hijackers". More on this topic in our daily video and blog series: https://www.transformativeworkdesign.com/post/struggling-to-stay-focused-how-to-boost-your-work-mojo

Are you a Zoom Zombie? How to take control of your virtual meetings

08:20

Are you a Zoom Zombie? How to take control of your virtual meetings

Professor Sharon Parker explains how opting for a phone call or an email is sometimes more appropriate than a virtual meeting and when video-conferencing is required, it's important to keep it short, take micro-breaks and also allow informal chit chat. More on this topic in our daily video and blog series: https://www.transformativeworkdesign.com/post/are-you-a-zoom-zombie-how-to-take-control-of-your-virtual-meetings

Switching Off: Recovering after a long day at the desk

04:28

Switching Off: Recovering after a long day at the desk

Professor Sharon Parker discusses scientifically proven recovery activities to replenish the energy and resources you have used at work. More on this topic in our daily video and blog series: https://www.transformativeworkdesign.com/post/switching-off-recovering-after-a-long-day-at-the-desk

Tethered or Trusted? The “There’s no excuse not to be at your desk” phenomenon

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Tethered or Trusted? The “There’s no excuse not to be at your desk” phenomenon

Professor Sharon Parker discusses the importance of conveying to your workers that you trust them, to give them as much autonomy and flexibility as suits the situation and the person, and focus on the results your team deliver. More on this topic in our daily video and blog series: https://www.transformativeworkdesign.com/post/tethered-or-trusted-the-there-s-no-excuse-not-to-be-at-your-desk-phenomenon

Building High Quality Connection (Thrive at Work at Home series)

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Building High Quality Connection (Thrive at Work at Home series)

Professor Sharon Parker discusses how to go beyond simple connection between colleagues and build high quality connection with respectful engagement and task-enabling behaviours. More on this topic on our blog: https://www.transformativeworkdesign.com/post/high-quality-connection-and-we-re-not-talking-about-the-internet

To dress or not to dress: Getting into a Work Mindset (Thrive at Work at Home series)

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To dress or not to dress: Getting into a Work Mindset (Thrive at Work at Home series)

Professor Sharon Parker discusses a key challenge of remote working- the lack of structure in the day as a result of greater autonomy (agency). She describes research about how office dress might help. More on this blog post at https://www.transformativeworkdesign.com/post/to-dress-or-not-to-dress-getting-into-a-work-mindset

Be kind to yourself: Self-Compassion in Difficult Times (Thrive at Work at Home series)

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Be kind to yourself: Self-Compassion in Difficult Times (Thrive at Work at Home series)

Professor Sharon Parker discusses how, in the midst of uncertainty and stress, it is important not to avoid your emotions, to be kind to yourself, and not to judge yourself too harshly. More on the blog post: https://www.transformativeworkdesign.com/post/be-kind-to-yourself-self-compassion-in-difficult-times

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