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Australia’s most comprehensive survey on workplace mental health, the 2023 Indicators of a Thriving Workplace report, has today revealed that almost half (41%) of leaders lack the essential skills required to perform their job effectively.

Thursday, 15 June 2023: SuperFriend, a leading workplace mental health not-for-profit organisation, has unveiled significant findings from the 2022 Indicators of a Thriving Workplace survey, shedding light on workplace mental health within the Accommodation and Food Services industry. This national survey encompassed close to 10,000 Australian ...

Thursday, 15 June 2023; SuperFriend, a leading workplace mental health organisation, has released significant findings from the 2022 Indicators of a Thriving Workplace survey, shedding light on the state of workplace mental health within the Education and Training industry. This national survey encompassed a diverse sample of close to 10,000 ...

Thursday, 15 June 2023: SuperFriend, a leading mental health not-for-profit organisation, has released key findings from the 2022 Indicators of a Thriving Workplace survey. This national survey encompassed nearly 10,000 Australian workers across 19 industries, representing one of Australia's most extensive research projects on workplace mental ...

Thursday, 15 June 2023: SuperFriend, a leading workplace mental health not-for-profit organisation, has announced key findings from Australia's largest workplace mental health survey, the 2022 Indicators of a Thriving Workplace. Critical insights and recommendations for Australia’s Construction industry were identified from the national study, ...

Thursday, 15 June 2023: SuperFriend, a leading workplace mental health not-for-profit organisation, has announced key findings from Australia's largest workplace mental health survey, the 2022 Indicators of a Thriving Workplace. The survey, encompassing close to 10,000 Australian workers across 19 industries, has identified critical insights and ...

Thursday, 15 June 2023: SuperFriend, a leading workplace mental health not-for-profit organisation, has announced key findings from Australia's largest workplace mental health survey, the 2022 Indicators of a Thriving Workplace. The national survey, encompassing nearly 10,000 Australian workers across 19 industries, has identified critical ...

Thursday, 15 June 2023: SuperFriend, a leading workplace mental health not-for-profit organisation, has unveiled crucial findings from the 2022 Indicators of a Thriving Workplace survey, representing one of Australia's most extensive research projects on workplace mental health. This national survey encompassed nearly 10,000 Australian workers ...

Australia, Thursday 4 May 2023: SuperFriend, leading workplace mental health not-for-profit, is pleased to announce its Board of Directors with the appointment of Deanne Wilden as the new Board Director and the promotion of Rose Kerlin to Deputy Chairperson.

Australia, Tuesday, 7th March 2023: SuperFriend, a leading workplace mental health and well-being not-for-profit, is pleased to announce the appointment of Nicholas Vamvakas as its new Chairperson to its Board of Directors, effective from 14th February 2023.

MEDIA RELEASE: 20 JULY 2022 SuperFriend is pleased to announce the appointment of Darren Black as their new Chief Executive Officer, effective from Tuesday, 06 September 2022. Mr Black joins SuperFriend following his four-year tenure as CEO at OzHelp Foundation, a national workplace mental health and suicide prevention organisation. A respected ...

SuperFriend urges investment in workplace wellbeing this World Day for Safety and Health at Work MEDIA RELEASE: 28 APRIL 2022 SuperFriend, Australia’s leading workplace mental health and wellbeing organisation, is urging businesses to invest in workplace mental health initiatives this World Day for Safety and Health at Work. The call comes as ...

MEDIA RELEASE: 23 MARCH 2022 Leading workplace wellbeing not-for-profit organisation, SuperFriend, has today announced the departure of its Chief Executive Officer, Margo Lydon. Margo Lydon has been at the helm of SuperFriend for over eleven years and dedicated her tenure to creating positive change in mental health and suicide prevention in ...

MEDIA RELEASE - 24 February 2022 In 2020, SuperFriend in partnership with PwC, started work on our long time goal of developing a practical tool workplaces could use based on our annual Indicators of a Thriving Workplace research framework. After a lot of hard work and dedication from our combined teams, the Thriving Workplace Index was ready to ...

MEDIA RELEASE - 24 February 2022 SuperFriend, our staff and board members are deeply saddened by the passing away of our founder Helen Hewett this week. Helen was a visionary, envisaging the concept for SuperFriend in 2007, while Executive Officer of the Industry Funds Form. As a former CEO of Cbus Super, she had seen not only the extent of the ...

New mental health research reveals a quarter of retail workers face customer abuse MEDIA RELEASE: 6 DECEMBER 2021 Whether you love or hate it, increased levels of activity at the shops at Christmas time is inevitable. But spare a thought for the thousands of retail workers who will face violence, verbal abuse and bullying from customers on a daily ...

MEDIA RELEASE: 20 OCTOBER 2021 Part one of a significant research report into Australia’s workplace mental health and the impact of COVID-19 on future workplaces has been released this week and includes some startling results. The survey conducted by SuperFriend (a not-for-profit organisation that provides mental health insights and solutions to ...