Covid has made 2020 the most stressful life experience in today’s working history – compromising the mental wellbeing of all, and placing extreme pressure on organisations to support their workforce and drive economic recovery and growth.

Covid normal will require a revised approach to how we support wellbeing, leadership development, career development, people development and support culture change to drive recovery and growth.

This paper discusses the 3 key approaches and the 7 dimensions of psychological safety that are imperative to support individuals and organisations to thrive in the new era.

Happy workers create happy results.

We all know that satisfaction in life - relationships, work and career, impacts resulting mood, energy, motivation and quality of cognition, executive functioning, decision making and problem solving.

In order to drive innovation and growth, organisations need to develop 'Thriving Self Leaders', by supporting the 'whole person' to thrive and have psychological safety across all 7 dimensions to empower wellbeing and pergormance.

Mental health is equally as important as physical safety to provide psychological safety and overcome the detrimental effect and cost of work related stress.

Each individual has a unique response to stress, impacting their wellbeing and organisation performance. By developing 'Thriving Self Leaders', organisations can support individuals to 'self coach' and better manage their emotions and stress with a more positive mindset and empower wellbeing.