Overview

The APS hosts this activity with the APS College of Organisational Psychologists. 

The world of work is changing and whilst some organisations are constraining their teams by imposing rigid expectations around working together face-to-face back in an office environment, others have embraced the benefits of agility offered by virtual and hybrid teamworking.

This webinar offers an opportunity to further your understanding of how organisational psychology informs effective teamworking as well as how psychologists use research and evidence based practice to design and sustain effective high performing teams. This webinar was designed to be accessible to a wide range of audiences, including business leaders and HR professionals as well as early career and practitioner psychologists from across the profession of psychology.

Participants will gain an understanding of:

• evidence-based research & practice, strategies and tools to build team effectiveness,
• key considerations of team modality (e.g. remote, hybrid, office, satellite, global, local, regional),
• enabling team effectiveness and ensuring long-term success, and
• identification and management of warning signs that teams could be ‘in trouble’.

Level of Learning

Foundational. This activity is targeted to those new to the topic.

Duration of access

Access to this activity is for 12 months from the date of confirmed registration.

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This activity has been assessed against the APS Standards for CPD activities and approved for its education quality.

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Activity details

• On-demand webinar recording

Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of this webinar, participants should be able to:

• recognise how psychology can inform businesses in managing effective teams in a post pandemic environment, including the critical links between effective teams, psychologically healthy workplaces and sustainable business practices,

• identify current trends and appreciate the growing need for psychological services focused on team design, facilitation and coaching within organisations across all industries and sectors, and

• describe the key roles psychology and psychologists play within organisations to launch effective teams, sustain their performance and when things are not working, to address team dysfunction.

Presenter(s)

Hayden Fricke, Pauline Willis, Leanne Faraday-Brash, Laura Fruhen, Gina McCredie, Rita Newman

About the presenter(s)

HAYDEN FRICKE MAPS FCOP Chair Elect of the College of Organisational Psychologists is a coach and an expert in leadership, wellbeing and workplace culture who has devoted his career to unearthing the secrets of high-performance leadership. As an AHPRA registered Organisational Psychologist and Global Managing Director of Melbourne-based organisational development consultancy Steople, Hayden has helped some of Australia’s biggest brands develop leaders, improve workplace culture and drive widespread behavioural change.
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DR LAURA FRUHEN is Dr Laura Fruhen is a Senior Lecturer of Applied Psychology at the University of Western Australia’s School of Psychological Sciences. Laura coordinates a postgraduate unit on teamwork that is part of the Business Psychology postgraduate courses. She received her PhD in Psychology from the University of Aberdeen (UK) in 2012. Laura’s research links psychological concepts with workplace safety, mental health and behaviour. Laura was a leading author of the 2018 WA government released report into FIFO worker mental health. She is an Academic Advisor on the WA Government MARS Landmark study into Mental Awareness, Respect and Safety in mining.
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PAULINE WILLIS MAPS FCOP CPSYCHOL CSCI EUROPSY is the WA Chair of the College of Organisational Psychologists and is an AHPRA registered Organisational and Coaching Psychologist. As Director of Lauriate, she offers integrative, systemic solutions for individuals, teams and organisations, Pauline delivers high impact team coaching and development solutions using a wide range of psychological tools and approaches. Pauline's work with teams involves launching & sustaining high performance as well as sorting out serious dysfunction. She uses team ‘health checks’ to inform the design and evaluation of evidence-based interventions. With experience in Australia & internationally, Pauline has worked in high pressure, high stakes environments including energy, military, aerospace, FMCG, pharmaceutical, animal/veterinary & human health, emergency services, banking, IT & Telco. She also provides professional supervision for coaches, team coaches, leaders, and psychologists. She is a registered psychology practice supervisor in both Australia and the UK.
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LEANNE FARADAY-BRASH FAPS FCOP is an AHPRA registered Organisational Psychologist and Principal of Brash Consulting, a boutique practice servicing clients in Australia and overseas. As a professional speaker, Executive Coach, grievance investigator, mediator and media commentator, Leanne has facilitated breakthroughs in interpersonal behaviours, culture and relationships for some of Australia’s largest and most prestigious companies, government departments, universities and hospitals. Leanne specialises in the intersection of organisational development, organisational psychology, and “workplace justice” (Employee Relations, Ethics and EEO). She consults from the Boardroom to the Boiler Room, from Football Clubs to Families and Housing and from power stations to police stations. Leanne is an AFR contributor and appears regularly on ABC Radio.
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GINA MCCREDIE MAPS FCOP is an AHPRA registered Organisational Psychologist & Principal Consultant at Impactful Work. Gina is an expert on team performance and development. She helps new and established teams at all levels of an organisation to accelerate their performance and achieve more, with better engagement and productivity. Gina is a highly experienced facilitator of planning days, team offsites, and development workshops. Regular topics she assists with include: working well as a team, understanding team dynamics, strategic planning, team communications and action planning that delivers on agreed outcomes. As an experienced facilitator and presenter on organisational, team and individual change, Gina enjoys working with leaders to custom-design content and activities to suit the team and context. Gina regularly contributes to her profession through supervision and support of the APS College of Organisational Psychologists.
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RITA NEWMAN MAPS FCOP is an AHPRA registered Organisational Psychologist and executive leader in HR and organisational transformation with 15 years of experience throughout the Asia Pacific region. Rita is deeply passionate about the future world of work and improving the employee experience to enable people and teams to thrive to deliver great customer outcomes. Her experience includes end to end HR, Organisational Psychology and Development (recent Chair of Vic COP), Strategy and Change Consulting, and Business Operations. Rita is currently the Group GM, (Recruitment, Resourcing Mobility) and at the time of recording lead the ANZ Bank's strategy on EVP, attracting talent, recruitment, executive hiring, allboarding, transition support and diversity and inclusion - leading a team of ~200 people across 6 countries. She is also in charge of the bank’s response to COVID for how, where and when work is done.
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