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Kathie Melocco is a mother, and emerging film director. She has led groundbreaking health campaigns in Australia and internationally. Notably, her MBF Breast Health Campaign was instrumental in the creation of the National Breast Screening Program. She has calmly issued managed stakeholder communication in multiple high stakes situations for corporate entities and has worked on significant child protection (MBF Pete & Penny Keeping Our Kids Safe) and social justice campaigns lobbying for change.

 

As a former chair of a Domestic and Family Violence NGO, Kathie has consistently championed women's rights. She hosted the CX Banks online gathering, addressing financial abuse and attended by women, particularly from regional Australia. She has a particular interest in health, financial services/insurance and government.

 

Kathie is determined to work towards transforming outdated cruel systems to workplace cultures of care to drive performance.

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Kathie faced severe workplace misogyny, paralleling the issues she and many other women in the workplace are forced to endure, highlighted in Julia Gillard's 2012 misogyny speech. She suffered a workplace injury as a result of workplace bullying and harassment that morphed into mobbing. She talks to the impact of trying to heal in Australia’s $60bn workers compensation scheme giving a unique insight into how societal attitudes towards those injured at work needs to shift. 

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She demonstrates what happens to our injured when our institutions entrusted with their care betray them and their families, leading to real psychological and physical harm. 

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Kathie also talks to the importance of being brave enough to walk away from workplaces that continue to ignore psychosocial hazards, that endangers your own life and that of others. She says, report them to the regulator but if all else fails protect your own health. https://www.safeworkaustralia.gov.au/safety-topic/managing-health-and-safety/mental-health/psychosocial-hazards

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As more and more focus continues to be on psychosocial hazards, risk and psychological safety Kathie talks to how we must not leave behind those who unfortunately get injured at work. There are approximately 100,000 workers compensation claims each year in NSW alone. 500,000 are injured at work nationally.

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Kathie seeks to reform a broken system that harms instead of heals. As co-founder of GIDII Advocacy and Executive Producer of 'Shattered' Documentary Series, Kathie shares her journey of healing, and forgiveness with the world. She is working to rebuild her life.

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“I believe we are in an era of great leadership need. We have to lead with cultures of care at the forefront of our decision making. Healing is not an option it is required. Your actions as leader either drive organizational justice or destroy it.”

Kathie Melocco

Talking Points

  • Moral Injury and Organisational Justice

  • Structural Abuse In Systems

  • The disastrous Return to Work Structure

  • Gender Inequity In Systems

  • Servant Leadership

  • Safety At Work

  • Workplace Cultures Of Care

  • Psychological Safety

  • Post Traumatic Growth

  • How To Embed Lived Experience That Works

  •  Igniting Change

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