Karen Maher Travels from Sydney, NSW
Topics
- Consultant / Coaching
- Female Speaker
- Mental Health
- Occupational Health And Safety
- Safety
- Wellbeing
- Work Environments
- Work Life Balance
Karen Maher is a leading Australian work health and safety consultant and keynote speaker specialising in enhancing workplace culture and the reduction of psychosocial risks and hazards, such as bullying, harassment and sexual harassment.
Karen presents at conferences and panels and to all levels of organisations across Australia and internationally, including boards of directors, management teams including senior leaders, and employees.
Her experience in this field spans over 20 years, firstly as an employment and safety lawyer in Australia and the UK, and then as a work health and safety consultant, investigator, trainer and keynote speaker.
Karen has worked with a diverse range of industries and clients. From government agencies (at federal, state, and local levels) such as the Australian Productivity Commission, Parliament of New South Wales, WorkSafe QLD/WorkSafe TAS and Tourism Australia, to the NRL, emergency services, tech companies, health, hospitality, legal and accounting firms, private schools, oil and gas, construction and mining.
Her experience includes working on over 300 cases from all parts of the process, including advisory; drafting allegations; coaching managers; developing strategies/processes/reviews; conducting workplace investigations/Inquiries into serious allegations involving bullying, harassment, sexual harassment, discrimination and workplace fatalities; and defending cases in the courtroom. She has seen it all!
During her time in London, Karen was entrusted to work on several cases listed on the Home Office High Profile Case List. She left the law and started her own consultancy to work with organisations to ‘get ahead of the game’ focusing on the prevention of psychological harm, focusing on taking a proactive approach and great leadership.
Karen’s legal and consulting background coupled with a desire to make workplaces more respectful and safer is what inspires and continues to drive her to specialise in the field of workplace culture and safety and all that encompasses it.
She is the founder of a practical solution business exploring the five critical foundations of a great workplace culture (safety, measurability, awareness, respect and team).
With her approachable manner, engaging delivery, industry expertise and compelling case stories to draw from; tens of thousands of staff and their leaders across multiple organisations have been inspired and benefited from her practical teaching methodologies, insights, strategy and systems development.
Most of all, Karen is passionate about making a difference. She is passionate about enhancing workplace cultures and eradicating sexual harassment, bullying and other forms of poor and unsafe behaviours – this fact is clear when you see her in action.
Keynote Titles
- Psychological Safety - Creating A Speak Up Culture.
- Creating A SmartCulture® – Because Good Culture is Good Business.
- Great Leaders, Great Culture.
- Workplace Bystanders – Putting A Stop to Poor Behaviours for Good.
- Saying “Goodbye” To Sexual Harassment And ‘Hello’ To Respect At Work.
Testimonials
Karen, it was our absolute pleasure to have you chat with the TA family. You were very engaging in what can be a very dry but important subject! Thank you!
Tourism AustraliaKaren is an engaging speaker who knows how to connect with her audiences either in person or virtually. Our members gained important insights around psychological health and workplace bullying and harassment which gave them the knowledge to help improve their workplaces. I would highly recommend Karen for any speaking engagement.
NSCA Foundation Ltd
Thank you for your valuable perspective, Karen, the feedback has been so positive, we know all attendees got so much out of you sharing your learnings!
Safer Together | Queensland Natural Gas Exploration & Production Industry Safety Forum