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Webinar recording: Manage your mindset

contributorMark Stipic

3 key principles of communication you can start using immediately to speed up your RTW outcomes

How-to guide: Calling psychological injury claimants

contributorGabrielle Lis

Delaying contact with workers who’ve claimed for psychological injury can delay return to work....

Can you ‘teach’ workers to be more emotionally resilient?

contributorYvonne Brunetto

You may know someone like this at work: optimistic and resilient, they appear to bounce through...

Speaking Up 4: When injured workers need to speak up

contributorA. Richey

Effective communication is particularly important when an injured worker is returning to work...

Speaking Up 3: Staff speaking up

contributorA. Richey

As an employee, it's often seen as easier to keep quiet, but the reality is that you need to...

Speaking Up 2: Employers enabling open communication

contributorA. Richey

Many employees tend to be wary of communicating openly in the workplace, so what can employers...

Speaking Up 1: The Benefits of Open Communication

contributorA. Richey

Open communication in the workplace is sign of a positive workplace culture.

Management tips: Resolving conflict in the workplace

contributorA. Richey

Unresolved conflict can cause many problems in the workplace. Don't let it!

Grief in the workplace: the death of a loved one

contributorA. Richey

Employees who have lost a loved one need support in the workplace. Grief is not a fast or easy...

Webinar Recording: Workplace conflict - Early action at the coal face

contributorMark Belanti

Conflict is best dealt with early, and by those involved.

Role Summary: Families

contributorA. Richey

Families and friends play a vital part in the recovery of injured workers. They provide...

Influence: Language - a goldmine of potential

contributorCarolyn Mounce

What do you think of when you think of the words: injured worker, claimant, client, worker? Are...

Influence: The gentle art of disagreeing

contributorCarolyn Mounce

Real influence is when you build from agreement, not from conflict; to align and lead rather...

Want better answers? Ask better questions

contributorCarolyn Mounce

Well-chosen questions can give injured workers - and frustrated RTW professionals - renewed...

Influence: Stop talking! Four keys to listening

contributorCarolyn Mounce

To be heard is a powerful experience, and for your claimant it will make them feel safer, more...

Can we change workplace culture by the way we talk?

contributorRobert Aurbach

What if we change the language in the workplace?

Influence: Steps to instantly connect with the claimant

contributorCarolyn Mounce

Building immediate rapport in return to work can turn adversary into ally.

The art of influence in return to work

contributorCarolyn Mounce

Are the latest sales and marketing techniques an untapped resource in return to work?

Examining supervisor competencies and return to work

contributorDr Mary Wyatt

Competencies supervisors need to affect positive RTW outcomes for workers suffering...

Webinar recording: Telephonic support to facilitate return to work: what works, how, and when?

contributorNick Kendall

A research review of telephone use for case management was released in the UK this year. Learn...

Using telephonic case management for health interventions

contributorDr Mary Wyatt

Evidence shows that picking up the phone improves RTW outcomes

Reducing disputes is child's play

contributorRobert Aurbach

Remember when you were a child? A sibling or playmate did some harm to you. What did you do? A...

Broken people from broken systems

contributorDr Mary Wyatt

For many injured workers, the greatest challenge is not the extent of their injuries but the...

The case of the "lying" handyman

contributorStefanie Garber

How can Return to Work professionals prevent suspicion and mistrust from derailing a claim?

Apologies go a long way in work injury

contributorStefanie Garber

Offering injured workers an apology is likely to decrease long-term claims and improve outcomes...

Recorded Webinar: Communicating with Doctors - GPs and Specialists

contributorDr Phillip Meyerkort

This webinar explores how RTW Coordinators and Claims Managers can communicate effectively with...

Doctor, patient, insurer: The impossible triangle

contributorJoe Dunn

An interview with psychiatrist Dr Joe Dunn on improving relationships with doctors, and some of...

The Value of Questions and Early Answers

contributorSuperDoc

Gather round, I've got a story to tell - and it starts with a question...

SuperDoc: Serve up a good attitude

contributorSuperDoc

Want positive results from your clients? Check your 'tude.

Case study: Tact and trust

contributorGabrielle Lis

Are your innovative ideas constantly met with suspicion? This case study from cotton-milling...

Learning from the Vet

contributorDr Mary Wyatt

Getting in touch with connectedness

Down the rabbit hole...

contributorSuperDoc

In which SuperDoc describes perplexing cases of ordinary and extraordinary patients falling down...

Don't keep doctors dancing in the dark

contributorSuperDoc

Assisting difficult RTW is even harder when the treating practitioner doesn't have all the...

Superdoc (8) - Back pain and the 'fear avoidance model'

contributorSuperDoc

Our Superhero Superdoc is back on back pain and the importance of not being afraid of it.

SuperDoc (5) - On partnerships with doctors

contributorSuperDoc

Partnerships between doctors and the workplace are worth working on.