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Workpsych is lead by Principal Psychologist Priscilla Floyd. Prior to working in clinical psychology settings, Priscilla was admitted to practice as a lawyer and spent 17 years in roles across workplace relations law, HR consulting and as a workplace mediator. Priscilla has a longstanding passion for supporting harmonious and thriving workplaces, and is acutely aware of the return on investment in the psycho-social health of a workplace.
A workplace review captures employee insights on culture and performance, providing recommendations to improve engagement and functioning.
Mediation provides a safe, structured process that helps employees resolve conflict early through respectful discussion and mutually acceptable solutions.
Coaching supports employees to overcome psychological barriers like anxiety or imposter syndrome, helping them reach their full potential.
Priscilla has coached a number of our people. For each specific engagement Priscilla has nailed the brief and delivered a great outcome for all. Priscilla has been amazing in connecting with individuals, identifying their issues as well as establishing and implementing successful support strategies. She is always focused on improving an individual’s workplace relationships and performance through a deeper understanding of themselves. All of our people who have worked with Priscilla have commented on how she has treated them with an enormous amount of respect and care.
A workplace review involves interviewing employees on their experience in the workplace, in particular on aspects of workplace culture which research suggests are most likely to contribute to workplace engagement, wellbeing and high performance, and also aspects that are most likely to contribute to workplace stress and dysfunction. The workplace review report summarises and provides an analysis of employee perceptions as well as suggested actions to enhance workplace functioning in light of the information collected.
A workplace review provides valuable data and insights to inform the business’s future planning and directions for its human resource management.
Mediation is the facilitation of a safe, structured discussion between employees, supporting them to defuse difficult situations and work towards mutually acceptable resolutions.
Mediation is a highly skilled process which allows an opportunity for both parties to be heard in an atmosphere of respect, mutual interests and goals to be identified, and for mutually agreeable solutions to emerge.
Prior to the mediation, each party has an individual session with the mediator in which they are coached through understanding their conflict and goals in preparation. Providing the opportunity to resolve concerns in this way offers early resolution to issues that otherwise may fester and be costly to the individual and the workplace.
Many otherwise high-performing employees can be hindered in their performance by issues of a psychological nature including anxiety, imposter syndrome, poor management of stress, or difficulty in relating effectively to others. A short-term investment of coaching sessions can be an impactful investment in a valued employee in order to realise the employee’s full potential.
Having an on-site psychologist can provide valuable real-time support to employees. This provides additional benefits over the traditional EAP service – it is face to face, the employee does not have to travel, and the service can be tailored to the needs and budget of the particular workplace. The service is also particularly useful in high pressure work environments where timely debriefing and support can support productivity.
On site support is also useful to managers – providing a skilled sounding board for people management.