Jul 8, 2026 · 15 min · 12 segments
In part two, the conversation shifts from the reform story to the bigger questions. Sandra Parker PSM, former head of the Fair Work Ombudsman (FWO) and now a coach and facilitator for senior…
Sandra ParkerGuestSimon CordenHost
Paul LeavoyHostWas there a moment early in your role where you found you'd got your footing as a regulator? Like obviously the first couple of weeks, the first months must have been quite challenging.
Did you sort of reach a point where you thought, okay, I know I've got this worked out?
I think I've learned over quite a long career that So I don't do things ever in isolation.
I, in my mind, I kept thinking we, we have got to, this agency has, you know, it's got a poor reputation unfairly because the cold, you know, the social license changed.
And I had enough people around me that I trusted saying, you have to, you have to do this.
But yeah, it's very hard to, it's a very long road to change the approach in any agency, but most senior executives have to do it at some stage.
Was there a moment early in your role where you found you'd got your footing as a regulator? Like obviously the first couple of weeks, the first months must have been quite challenging.
Did you sort of reach a point where you thought, okay, I know I've got this worked out?
I think I've learned over quite a long career that So I don't do things ever in isolation.
I, in my mind, I kept thinking we, we have got to, this agency has, you know, it's got a poor reputation unfairly because the cold, you know, the social license changed.
And I had enough people around me that I trusted saying, you have to, you have to do this.
But yeah, it's very hard to, it's a very long road to change the approach in any agency, but most senior executives have to do it at some stage.
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