Forget policy binders and bureaucratic buzzwords, Zoe, Michelle and Karen are back with a grounded, challenging and surprisingly relatable take on governance.

They explore the tensions between high-level governance ideals and the reality of applying them down in the weeds.

What emerges is a refreshing discussion about how governance, when it's 'good', supports trust, capability, and clarity at every level of an organisation.

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Resources:

• Strengthening Care with Provider Governance | Thought Leadership
• Governance and Accountability in Aged Care | Guide
• Statement of Rights: Aged Care Governance | Guide
• A Rights-Based Framework in Aged Care Governance | Guide
• Responsible Person Duty in Aged Care Governance | Guide
• Integrating Clinical Governance | Training Requirement
• Partnerships in Healthcare Governance Planning | Training Requirements

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A trauma-informed approach is often seen as a specialist skill — but what if it was embedded into the everyday systems that shape how we give feedback, lead teams, and build trust?

In this special bonus episode, Zoe sits down with Dr. Karen-Ann Clarke — a veteran mental health nurse, educator, and academic — to explore how trauma impacts learning, behaviour, and relationships at work. From simple shifts in language to strategies for supporting underperformance, this is a practical and powerful conversation for anyone building capability in others.

Whether you’re designing training, mentoring staff, or shaping team culture — this episode offers new ways to lead with care, build resilience, and create high-trust environments.

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Resources:

• Provider Guide to Trauma-Informed Care | Guide
• Trauma-Informed Care in Aged Care | Ausmed Article
• Psychological Safety in the Workplace | Thought Leadership
• Leading with Empathy | Thought Leadership
• Psychological Risks and Hazards - A Legal Perspective | Guide
• Storytelling in Education - The Power of Supervision | Guide
• Phoenix Australia | Ausmed Partner
• Phoenix Australia - Trauma and Aged Care Training and Information | Ausmed Partner
• Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) | CDC
• What is Complex Trauma? | Blue Knot Foundation

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Is your strategy being discussed regularly? or is it just gathering dust in a drawer?

Zoe, Michelle and Karen explore how strategy can support capability, guide decision-making, and bring people into alignment.

They talk about what it takes to make strategy visible, turning it into something people actually use — and how to keep it alive through everyday habits, team culture, and shared understanding.

Because when strategy works, it becomes part of how people think, speak, and work together.

Relevant Articles:

• A Guide to Workforce Strategy | Guide
• Recharge Week - A People and Culture Initiative | Thought Leadership
• The Real Cost of Poor Onboarding in Aged Care | Thought Leadership
• Words Really Matter | Thought Leadership
• How Do I Implement Adaptive Learning Strategies? | Guide
• How Can I Implement Self-Directed Learning Strategies? | Guide
• Creating a 'Learning Culture' in your Team | Guide
• Organisational Leadership in Healthcare: What is it? | Ausmed Article
• Workforce Planning in Aged Care | Ausmed Article

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Change is everywhere in healthcare — new roles, new reforms, new technologies. But how we navigate that change? Why do some of us thrive on change while others dread it?

Zoe, Michelle and Karen tackle the real-world messiness of change management and the capability it takes to lead, support, and shape it. What starts as a reflection on Zoe’s own role transition quickly unfolds into a bigger conversation.

Michelle champions momentum, challenging the idea that leaders always need to slow down for others. Karen argues for listening, trust, and understanding the emotional impact of change. And Zoe’s caught in the middle — balancing action with empathy.

Whether you’re driving change or trying to survive it, this episode brings sharp perspectives, practical insights, and a little bit of group therapy.

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Resources:
Prepare Your Board for the New Standards | Webinar
Aged Care Reforms - Will They Deliver the Change We Need? | Thought Leadership
The Real Cost of Poor Onboarding in Aged Care | Thought Leadership
Am I a Leader or a Manager? Can I Be Both? | Thought Leadership
Preparing for Your First Audit Under the New Standards | Guide
Adapting to Regulatory Changes in Healthcare Training | Guide

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Get ready to rethink how we verify and value professional capability as Zoe, Michelle and Karen unpack one of the trickiest concepts in healthcare: competency.

Together, they examine how competency needs to be more than a process — it needs to be a conversation. They also discuss how to move beyond static assessments, how confidence and compliance fit in (or don’t), and what good competency-based education actually looks like.

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Resources:
Competency Assessments are Not a Checklist | Webinar
The Competency Conundrum in Home Care
Practical Approaches to Competency-Based Education | Guide
How Do I Use Learning Analytics for Competency Mapping? | Guide
Guide to Building a Competency Framework for Skill Development
Developing a Competency Identification System | Guide

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Let's dive headfirst into the often dreaded but undeniably essential world of mandatory training in healthcare.

Zoe, Michelle, and Karen discuss whether mandatory training truly builds capability or if it's just a checkbox culture driven by regulation and fear of risk.

It's time to move beyond “death by e-learning” and think critically about why we do mandatory training, how it’s measured, and how we can make it meaningful—if not revolutionise it completely.

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Resources:
Mandatory Training Best Practices | Webinar
Workforce Capability is Everyone's Business
Workforce Capability Starts in the Boardroom
Psychological Risks and Hazards - A Legal Perspective

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Welcome to the first episode of Capability Corner, the podcast where we explore building workforce capability in healthcare! Hosted by Zoe Youl, Dr. Karen Patterson and Michelle Wicky.

Discover the latest trends in healthcare education, the real meaning of triangulation during audits, and how building capability can transform workforce performance and patient care outcomes.

Whether you're in workforce development, education or clinical leadership, this episode offers insights, practical tips and a touch of fun.

Get in touch with the show at podcast@ausmed.com.au

You can watch the video version of this episode on the Ausmed Youtube channel.

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What does it take to navigate the complexities of scope of practice in Australia's healthcare system? Will Egan sits down with Kate Rowan-Robinson, Chair of the Nursing Regulation Faculty at the Australian College of Nursing, to find out.

Kate sheds light on how nurses are expanding their roles and responsibilities while understanding the critical balance between competence, confidence, and authority.

Tune in to learn how evolving frameworks are empowering Australia’s largest health workforce to navigate the ever-changing landscape of healthcare regulation.

Resources and links:

• The Nursing Regulation Faculty

Connect:

• Ausmed website
• Ausmed on Facebook
• Ausmed on LinkedIn
• Will Egan on LinkedIn

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