Leadership is a Health Intervention: Psychologically Healthy Leaders Sustain Teams
Tracks
Ballroom 2 - In-Person Only
| Tuesday, June 23, 2026 |
| 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM |
Overview
Sarah Walsh, The Health Effort
Details
Three Key Learnings
By the end of this session, participants will be able to:
1. Reframe leadership as a population‑level health intervention and describe its implications for workforce sustainability.
2. Demonstrate two emotion‑regulation or relational skills leaders can use in real time.
3. Promote psychologically safe practices within their organisation by articulating their value, both clinically and in business more widely
Presenter
Sarah Walsh
Director
The Health Effort
Leadership is a Health Intervention: Psychologically Healthy Leaders Sustain Teams
Biography
Sarah Walsh is the Founder and Director of The Health Effort, an Endorsed Health Psychologist, and an AHPRA Board-Approved Supervisor. She brings extensive experience as a Clinical Lead and national team manager in corporate allied health, where she led the growth of the psychology team. Sarah has partnered with the University of Queensland to support postgraduate placements and early-career endorsement pathways. Her work focuses on making psychology more accessible and translating psychological theory into practical tools for everyone to be able to utilise. She is deeply committed to workforce sustainability, occupational wellbeing, and building psychologically safe, values-aligned teams.