Staff Training and Development - Workforce Capability

GMF leverages 40+ years of organisational psychology expertise and workplace training to transform leadership and team functioning. From lineal skill development into an operational and measurable risk control, we tailor practical employee training that is designed for high-stakes environments.

Training That Does More Than Check a Box

In today’s regulatory landscape, employee training isn’t just about professional development – it’s a critical risk management strategy. Business leaders face increasing pressure to manage psychosocial hazards while maintaining peak performance.

Move beyond the classroom to operationalise leadership and team functioning. We work alongside clients to identify hidden capability gaps and replace them with behaviours that drive long-term ROI.

Trusted by Great Brands

Training Designed for Leaders, Teams & Organisations

Explore our full suite of evidence-based workshops, seminars and lunch-and-learn sessions designed to build capability in leadership, psychosocial risk management, team performance, wellbeing and more.

Choose topics that match your organisational goals or customise a learning experience for your team.

Psychological health and safety icon

Psychosocial Risk Management

Equip your team with the psychological literacy required to navigate modern workplace hazards. Whether through targeted webinars or immersive half-day sessions, our psychosocial risk management training transforms abstract compliance into practical leadership behaviour.
Learn more
Employee Wellbeing Workshop Icon

Employee Mental Wellbeing & Collective care

Cultivate a resilient workforce by embedding the science of collective care into your culture. From high-impact 'RUOK?' webinars to immersive workshops on sustainable wellbeing, we translate psychological principles into proactive habits.
Learn more
Leadership And Management Icon

Leadership and Management Skills

Empower your leaders to master the cognitive demands of modern management. From 'Focus and Concentration' to 'Mentally Tough Leadership' - bridge the gap between technical expertise and psychological command and maintain executive function under pressure.
Learn more
Eq Icon

Emotional Intelligence & Communication Skills

Transform "soft skills" into a strategic advantage by mastering the mechanics of human interaction. Whether exploring EQ fundamentals or navigating high-stakes 'Difficult Conversations,' our training provides a clinical lens on interpersonal dynamics. Equip your staff with psychological literacy.
Learn more
Habits Icon

Habit Formation & Behaviour Design

Leverage the neuroscience of performance to drive lasting organisational change. Our workshops move beyond willpower, using behaviour design principles to help employees build high-performance habits and shed cognitive biases. Rewire how your team works and thrives.
Learn more
Innovation Icon

Strategic Thinking & Innovation

Activate the collective intelligence of your organisation through psychology-led innovation. We help teams move from reactive thinking to strategic agility, focusing on the cognitive conditions required for 'High Functioning Teams.' Build a culture where innovation is a repeatable process.
Learn more
Mental Toughness Icon

Mental Toughness & Mental Agility

Build the psychological stamina required to navigate volatility and change. Using the '8 Factors of Mental Toughness' framework, we provide leaders and teams with the grit to endure challenges and the agility to pivot quickly. Translate elite performance psychology into a 'Mentally Fit' workforce.
Learn more
Workplace Culture Icon

Psychological Safety & Culture Creation

Operationalise trust as a performance driver by creating a baseline of psychological safety. Move beyond the buzzword, teaching leaders how to 'Activate Innovation' by fostering an environment where interpersonal risk-taking is encouraged. Build a culture of accountability and safety.
Learn more
Lunch And Learn Icon

Virtual Lunch & Learn Seminar Topics

Drive continuous professional development with our curated selection of virtual seminars. From 'Building a Mentally Fit Mindset' to 'Activating Innovation', our webinars fit into a busy corporate schedule without sacrificing depth. "Monday-morning-ready" takeaways for your entire workforce.
Request seminar list

40+ Years of Expertise in Every Training Session

What sets Get Mentally Fit’s employee training apart is the marriage of academic rigor and corporate pragmatism. We use a four-stage process to ensure you get an appropriate training solution that sticks:

Training And Development Infographic

Why GMF for Your Training and Development?

We aren’t just trainers; we’re practitioners at the intersection of human behaviour & business performance. By bridging the gap between clinical science & operational reality, we ensure your people strategy becomes a measurable competitive advantage.

What does this mean for your people and organisation?

  • Risk Mitigation & Governance: Transform psychosocial hazards from hidden liabilities into managed operational controls.

  • Operational Efficiency: Directly protect your bottom line by reducing the high costs associated with absenteeism, presenteeism, and avoidable staff turnover.

  • Cognitive Agility: Equip your workforce with the mental stamina and focus required to maintain high-level performance during periods of volatility and change.

  • Behavioural ROI: Replace reactive “firefighting” with proactive behaviour design, turning psychological literacy into a core leadership capability.

  • Psychological Safety: Activate a high-trust culture where innovation flourishes because interpersonal risk has been replaced by psychological safety.

  • Competitive Advantage: Position your organisation as a premium employer of choice by evolving your “people strategy” from a cost centre into a resilient asset.

Ati Team Image Shadow New@2x

Meet who delivers your Training

At Get Mentally Fit, Co-Founders Emily and Scott Johnson combine clinical psychological expertise with advanced learning design to deliver transformative staff training and development. Together, they move beyond surface-level professional development to engineer sustainable behavioural change across organisations.

A Multidisciplinary Approach to Capability

Their programs are built on the “Clinical Advantage” and the “Educational Edge,” ensuring that every workshop is as scientifically rigorous as it is engaging:

  • Psychological Precision: Led by Workplace Psychologist Emily Johnson, the training leverages Neuroscience, CBT, and Mental Toughness frameworks. Emily specializes in “vertical development,” expanding the internal capacity of leaders to navigate high-stakes complexity and identifying the root psychological drivers of organisational friction.

  • High-Retention Learning: Learning Designer Scott Johnson translates these deep clinical insights into practical, applied learning frameworks. Drawing on his background in education, Scott architects programs specifically designed to maximise engagement and minimise the cognitive load for busy professionals.

Impactful Results for Teams

Emily and Scott focus on creating immediate “Aha” moments that bridge the gap between theory and daily practice. By transforming complex psychological concepts into habit-forming skills, they support organisations in building resilient leadership and high-performing cultures. Their collective mission is to ensure that workforce development is never generic, but rather a strategic tool for navigating the psychology of success with clarity and grit.

Book Training for your team

Prepare employees for greater capability

Staff Training & Development FAQs

Staff training and development refers to structured programs designed to improve employees’ skills, knowledge, and workplace behaviours.

At Get Mentally Fit, our workshops and seminars combine evidence-based strategies, practical exercises, and organisational psychology insights to enhance wellbeing, team collaboration, leadership skills, and overall workplace performance.

* staff training programs, employee development, workplace skills training

Employee wellbeing training helps organisations reduce workplace stress, prevent burnout, and improve psychological safety, which in turn enhances productivity, engagement, and retention.

Wellbeing-focused workshops equip staff to manage pressure, communicate effectively, and build resilience – benefiting both employees and the wider organisation.

* employee wellbeing training, workplace stress management, team resilience training

We offer tailored workshops and seminars covering:

  • Leadership and middle management development

  • Psychological safety and workplace culture

  • Stress, burnout, and resilience management

  • Team collaboration, communication, and conflict resolution

  • WHS and psychosocial risk awareness

All programs are practical, interactive, and aligned with Australian workplace standards.

* staff workshops, workplace training seminars, team development programs

Effective training strengthens:

  • Employee engagement and motivation

  • Team collaboration and problem-solving

  • Workplace culture and psychological safety

  • Retention and workforce stability

  • Ability to manage challenges and change

Stronger teams reduce risk exposure, support wellbeing, and drive organisational performance.

* improve team performance, workplace collaboration training, employee engagement workshops

Our sessions are flexible and can be delivered as:

  • Half-day or full-day workshops

  • Multi-session programs over weeks or months

  • Short seminars for targeted skills development

We customise the length to maximise learning, retention, and practical application in the workplace.

* flexible staff training, corporate workshops, workplace seminars

Yes. We design tailored training solutions to meet the unique needs, culture, and risk profile of your organisation.

This ensures employees and managers gain relevant skills that can be applied immediately, and supports compliance with psychosocial risk management obligations.

* customised staff training, tailored workplace workshops, corporate learning solutions

We combine:

  • Organisational psychology expertise

  • Evidence-based, practical approaches

  • Focus on wellbeing, capability, and psychosocial risk

  • Interactive, engaging workshops that deliver measurable outcomes

This ensures training is not theoretical, but translates into real-world improvements in performance and culture.

* workplace training provider, employee wellbeing programs, organisational development workshops

Share This

Select your desired option below to share a direct link to this page

Share on facebook
Share on twitter
Share on linkedin
Share on skype
Share on pinterest
Share on email