Welcome to our eighth year of the Indicators of a
Thriving Workplace, Australia’s trusted workplace
mental health survey.

Our latest Indicators of a Thriving Workplace survey aims to provide actionable insights to shift the dial on mental health and wellbeing in the workplace.
Although it may seem like we removed culture from our five Domains, shifting workplace culture requires actions such as upskilling leadership and designing tasks to support worker well-being. A positive culture involves implementing policies and ensuring widespread capability to enact them, creating a safe and connected environment for workers. Culture is integral to a thriving workplace, and the Domains of Leadership, Connectedness, Safety, Work Design, and Capability provide areas of focus for achieving workplace mental health goals.
Darren Black
CEO, SuperFriend

The 2022 Indicators of a Thriving Workplace survey captured more factors impacting workplace mental health than ever before. We updated the Indicators of a Thriving Workplace based on recent research, resulting in a new set of Domains.
Our future work includes refreshing targets for thriving workplaces. We aim to draw insights from this dataset and identify concrete markers of a thriving workplace culture. While our dataset is vast, we collated this report to provide high-level insights for Australian employers, professionals, and workers. Our data goes even deeper, so if you want to know more, please get in touch with SuperFriend.
Dr Ross Iles
Chief Research Officer, SuperFriend
The 5 Domains and Psychosocial Hazards
Building a thriving workplace and culture

The 5 Domains
Making a thriving work place
Work Design
Work Design is the way that roles, tasks and responsibilities are organised. Stronger engagement occurs when workers are empowered to shape the way that they work. This promotes a balance between work and individual preferences.
Capability
Capability is about equipping the workplace with skills and resources to support mental health. It involves putting policies into action to minimise risks, respond to harm, and promote the positives that support good mental health and wellbeing for all.
Safety
Safety describes the processes put in action to protect personal safety so that workplaces are free from harassment, bullying, discrimination and violence. These processes provide proactive support and promote positive social interactions.
Connectedness
Connectedness refers to the quality of interpersonal relationships in the workplace. High quality connections are characterised by mutual respect, trust and collaboration. This can be seen when workers support each other to succeed and there is a sense of belonging.
Leadership
Leadership* comprises how managers enable their teams to achieve shared organisational goals. This includes modelling positive behaviours, providing feedback for growth and
nurturing a culture where
workers can utilise their strengths.
Psychosocial Hazards
Aspects of work that have the potential to cause psychological harm and may lead to physical harm.
Work Design
Work Design is the way that roles, tasks and responsibilities are organised. Stronger engagement occurs when workers are empowered to shape the way that they work. This promotes a balance between work and individual preferences.
Capability
Capability is about equipping the workplace with skills and resources to support mental health. It involves putting policies into action to minimise risks, respond to harm, and promote the positives that support good mental health and wellbeing for all.
Safety
Safety describes the processes put in action to protect personal safety so that workplaces are free from harassment, bullying, discrimination and violence. These processes provide proactive support and promote positive social interactions.
Connectedness
Connectedness refers to the quality of interpersonal relationships in the workplace. High quality connections are characterised by mutual respect, trust and collaboration. This can be seen when workers support each other to succeed and there is a sense of belonging.
Leadership
Leadership comprises how managers enable their teams to achieve shared organisational goals. This includes modelling positive behaviours, providing feedback for growth and
nurturing a culture where
workers can utilise their strengths.
Psychosocial Hazards
Aspects of work that have the potential to cause psychological harm and may lead to physical harm.
Want to find
out more?
Download the Indicators of a Thriving Workplace Key Insights Report to gain valuable insights into the state of workplace mental health across Australia and within industries like education, healthcare, construction, hospitality, mining, retail, transport and many more.You’ll uncover hot topics such as discrimination, vulnerable workers, psychosocial risks plus our five Domains for building a thriving workplace and culture.
