Tasha Broomhall - Psychosocial Safety at Work: From Simple to Systems-Based Solutions

T Tasha Broomhall from Blooming Minds returns to share the findings from her PhD research into how workers and leaders are experiencing Australia's psychosocial safety regulations, and the results are eye-opening.  Leaders across organisations, including very senior ones in large companies, are either unaware of their obligations or aware but left with no clear pathway to meet them. Many are DIYing it on their own time, which creates its own risks. Mid-level managers in particular are being handed responsibility without the agency, resources, or support to actually deliver it, and Tasha's research found they are burning out as a result.  Tasha and Tam cover what a genuine systems approach looks like versus a tick-box one, who should actually own psychosocial safety within an organisation, how to facilitate real cross-level dialogue, the silence problem around vulnerable workers, and some practical things leaders can do right now without waiting for organisational change.  Honest, rigorous, and genuinely important for anyone who manages people or influences how workplaces are designed.  In this episode:  What Tasha's PhD research set out to find and what it revealed  Why leaders are DIYing psychosocial safety and why that's a problem  Who should own this, and why handing it to safety or HR alone doesn't work  Building a cross-functional reference group that actually functions  The mid-level manager squeeze: responsibility without authority  Why vulnerable workers often can't report, and what organisations miss because of it  NDAs, exit processes, and the ethical concerns Tasha raises  Practical steps: the 10-minute check-in, device habits, and consultation pathway  Do Yourself a Favour is available on YouTube: https://linktr.ee/5050_podcast  Join the conversation! Do Yourself a Favour is on Facebook  LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/tamaracallaghan  Do Yourself a Favour is recorded at Tailwind Studio: https://www.linkedin.com/company/tailwind-studio  Formerly known as the 50/50 Podcast.  ———————  Chapters  0:00 Intro & Guest Introduction  0:35 Episode Purpose & Webinar Reflections  2:31 PhD Research Focus: Psychosocial Safety  4:24 Study Method & Key Findings Overview  5:41 Leaders' Uncertainty and DIY Responses  7:28 Theories Used: Systems Thinking & SDT  9:53 Who Owns Psychosocial Safety?  11:07 Building a Cross-Functional Reference Group  13:30 Facilitating Safe Cross-Level Dialogue (example)  22:06 Mid-Level Managers: Burden, Burnout & Boundaries  28:24 Psychosocial Silence: Reporting & Vulnerable Workers  33:54 NDAs, Exit Processes & Ethical Concerns  39:19 Regulatory Duty, SDT & Simple Leadership Tips  40:48 Practical Moves: 10-Minute Check-Ins & Device Habits  45:59 Team-Level Ownership & Consultation Pathways  58:48 Closing: Make Work Better — Vision & Next Steps  ———————  #PsychosocialSafety #TashaBroomhall #TamCallaghan #DoYourselfAFavour #WorkplaceWellbeing #Leadership #MidLevelManagers #WorkplaceCulture #HRPodcast #PsychologicalSafety #WorkHealthAndSafety #SystemsThinking #ManagerBurnout #PodcastAustralia #MakeWorkBetter