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The Hazards of Duke
A corporate theatre experience exploring psychosocial risks in the workplace.
The Hazards of Duke explores psychosocial risks in the workplace, their impact, and some of the barriers to identification and disclosure.
In the session, we explore techniques to identify, assess, control and review these hazards in order to support organisations to meet their responsibilities under the Work Health and Safety Act 2020 and the regulations to control psychosocial risks.
This interactive workshop includes a simulation to embed the learning outcomes in an experiential, practical and immersive way.
The Hazards of Duke is ideal for leaders, managers, supervisors and team leaders.
Learning Objectives
Participants will be able to:
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Define a psychosocial hazard.
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Identify the most common psychosocial hazards and the impact they can have on employees mental and physical health.
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Understand the legal obligations for employers in minimising or eliminating psychosocial hazards.
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Recognise ways to prepare your organisation to undertake a psychosocial hazard risk analysis.
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Undertake a risk assessment, develop an action plan and monitor and evaluate.
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Identify support options for employees affected by psychosocial hazards.
The Story
Duke’s is restructuring to meet the growing demand for its products.
Shareholders and the financial tabloids are enamoured with its growing success.
Internally, the cracks are beginning to show. A serious workshop accident a few weeks earlier has shaken supervisor Luke who is about to return after stress leave, Bo is struggling to keep up with customer demands, Daisy’s feeing like a wall-flower, and Jesse’s security role is the pits.
Can Duke’s maintain its competitive lead when its workers are struggling to keep up?
Techniques
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CORPORATE THEATRE - Introducing new or challenging ideas through a theatrical storytelling lens allows the audience to observe, reflect, and put into practice new ideas in a safe and hands-off environment.
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SIMULATION - Participants are immersed in exercises designed to model real or hypothetical situations in order to apply skills and have participants work collaboratively together.
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CHARACTER INTERVIEW - Participants interview the actors in character, to uncover the internal motivations, fears, and beliefs driving their observable behaviour.
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CHARACTER COACHING - Characters ask participants for advice on how to behave, and take that advice into their scenario. Participants are prompted to reflect on the effectiveness of their input.
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FORUM THEATRE - Participants redirect the outcome of a scene, by intervening when characters demonstrate unhelpful behaviour, and offering feedback on appropriate behaviour.
