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CSG May 2025 speaker: Rob Dival, National HS&E Manager, K&S Corporation

OHS power & influence

Presentation by: Rob Dival, National HS&E Manager, K&S Corporation

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How do OHS Professionals leverage power and influence tactics?

Occupational Health and Safety Professionals (OHSPs) are critical in providing organisational safety advice and support. However, OHSPs face significant challenges due to a general lack of authority and operational ownership of how work is performed.

Rob Dival addressed this dilemma in his lunchtime presentation to Central Safety Group on 13 May. He discussed how OHSPs need to leverage power (based on the perceived values of an intended target) and influence tactics (the strategic application of power) to achieve their desired goals.

Rob provided details of his recently completed Masters of OHS scoping review thesis, which sought to provide a comprehensive state of knowledge on how OHSPs perform these important activities.

Rob also shared some of his career experiences in supporting OHS teams to utilise power and influence tactics effectively in the workplace.

The presenter:

Rob has over 15 years’ experience working in OHS across multiple industries including construction, major hazard facilities, mining, rail, major infrastructure projects and more recently, transport & warehousing. With a diverse tertiary background of Psychological Science (BPsySc) and Safety & Health (MOHS), Rob has an invested lifelong interest in both disciplines. Rob is currently the National HS&E Manager for K&S Corporation (one of Australia's largest transport companies), providing ongoing leadership and mentoring to a team of OHS Professionals across the country. Rob has also been active in the OHS community, serving on the AIHS' Victorian Branch Committee, and joining the OHS Body of Knowledge Occupational Road Use project team. Rob is a Financial Member of Central Safety Group.

 
 

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CSG November 2026 event - Presenter: Dr Kat Page, Leadership Partner, ByMany - Designing Good Work


Designing Good Work

Presented by: Dr Kat Page, Leadership Partner, ByMany
Date: Tuesday 10 November 2026, 12 noon
Where: Regus Yarra Room, 50th floor, 120 Collins Street, Melbourne
How: CSG Hybrid Lunchtime Presentation -via zoom or in person
Non-Members welcome to attend.

Designing good work


What if work wasn’t the problem but the solution to wellbeing? That is the premise of the fascinating book 'Good Work – Transform Your Work from the Inside Out', released earlier this year by organisational psychologist and leadership partner Dr Kat Page.

Central Safety Group offers you the opportunity to hear from Kat at our monthly event on Tuesday 10 November, where she will challenge the idea that work is inherently harmful.
Drawing on science, stories, and practical tools, Kat's book shows how leaders and teams can design work that’s both human and high-performing. This is based on a new framework for change: Me, We, Us.

Me – How do I redesign my own relationship with work so it fuels rather than depletes me?
We – How do we create teams that energise and protect each other?
Us – How do we build organisations and societies where good work is the norm, not the exception?

​Good Work is both a guide and a call to collective action. It’s written for leaders, change-makers, and anyone ready to change work for good – for themselves and for others.
Kat's book has been highly recommended by CSG members, including Kevin Jones. Don't miss your chance to meet Kat and join what is bound to be a very stimulating discussion.

About the speaker:
Good Work is both a guide and a call to collective action. It’s written for leaders, change-makers, and anyone ready to change work for good – for themselves and for others.
Kat's book has been highly recommended by CSG members, including Kevin Jones. Don't miss your chance to meet Kat and join what is bound to be a very stimulating discussion.

Date: Tuesday 10 November 2026 2026
Time: 12:00pm to 1:00pm
Where: Regus Yarra Room, 50th floor, 120 Collins Street, Melbourne. Our thanks to Helen O'Keefe for providing the venue.
N.B. A video recording of the session will be available on the website exclusively for financial members.
Cost: Financial members* free. Others $15
RSVP: COB Monday 9 November 2026. Online using our RSVP form
Join: Join CSG now [Individual membership fee: $85.]
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   RSVP: by Monday 9 November.
Online using our RSVP form or Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., phone the secretary T: (03) 9387 9768 Mobile 0417 040 252


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