In WA, the way you lead change is a safety obligation.
Poorly managed change is a named psychosocial hazard under WA's workplace safety laws. This free guide shows you what the law expects, where the real risk sits during a restructure, and the twelve questions to answer before you announce anything.
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You've planned the change. Have you planned for what it does to people?
The new structure is drawn, the communications are sequenced and the business case is signed off. What your plan probably doesn't show is that since December 2022, WA law has required you to manage psychological risk with the same seriousness as falls, machinery and hazardous chemicals.
During a restructure, merger or system rollout, the conditions that cause harm tend to arrive together: workload climbs, roles blur, decisions get made about people rather than with them, and the leaders carrying the change start to fray under the weight of it. By the time the strain is visible, trust has already taken the damage.
A wellbeing program after the announcement won't fix that. How you design and lead the change will.
What you'll walk away with
The five duties that matter most when you're leading change, without the legal jargon.
The five conditions change creates, and the one no wellbeing program can fix.
Twelve questions for your executive team to answer before you announce anything, with a simple score.
What steadiness looks like in practice when you're the one carrying the change.
Pressure travels. During change, a leader is either where it stops or where it multiplies. The law now expects you to know which one you are.
Leaders with change on the horizon
From someone who's led change from the top seat
I've spent 18 years in executive and founder seats. I stepped in as CEO of an organisation that was already failing, fought to save it and then led it through closure, and nobody resigned. I've also led a 75% restructure where the team stayed steady. Today I'm Founder and CEO of Vermelho, a Perth-based leadership consultancy.
Author of The Mindset Fitness Workout | Co-author of Trust and Transformation | AusMumpreneur Gold 2026, Consulting and Advisory Services
Know where you stand before you announce anything.
Free 8-page guide, written for leaders in Western Australia.