By Tamara Wakeman, Comcare
Good work is good for you. The design of our work affects the way we feel and can influence our motivation, engagement and stress levels at work.
We all want work that uses our strengths, aligns with our values, supports our health and wellbeing and enables us to learn and develop. What does good work look like for you? And how can we design good work for ourselves and our teams?
We know that as a manager or supervisor you play a key role in designing and delivering good work for your team. When you do this effectively it benefits your team members, helps you to meet your responsibilities as a leader and makes your job much easier.
Developed to help managers and supervisors to design good work with their teams, Comcare’s evidence-based Good Work Design resources are relevant to everyone at work. The short videos, better practice guides, micro learns, and team talks provide practical best practice advice and tools to guide behaviour and encourage conversations across ten important topics:
- Knowing your team
- Building trust in your team
- Supporting your team
- Effective communication
- Addressing work demands
- Providing flexible work
- Enhancing performance
- Managing absence
- Managing change at work
- Supporting return to work
The topics address known risks to health and wellbeing, participation and productivity. We know that they are critical for high performing teams and can be challenging to get right. The resources can also help managers and supervisors to create psychologically safe teams and better manage psychosocial risks at work.
Learn more about good work design and how you can use it to improve the quality of your work by attending the ‘Good Work Design’ MasterCraft Series event.