Tanya Hallett is an award winning diversity, inclusion and trauma informed specialist. She has been a teacher and trainer for 20+ years, working in some of Perth's hardest to staff schools.
Her own personal journey has included surviving domestic violence and financial abuse, her first child being still born at 9 months of pregnancy, mental health struggles and PTSD both work and personal related. Throughout this journey, she learned not just how to survive, but to thrive. This journey highlighted her life's purpose, teaching people and organisations how to imbed practical strategies for mental health, psychological safety and trauma informed responses.
She founded TIPT in 2024 and has worked both nationally and internationally with organisations such as Women in Defence, Defence Canada, Commonweath of the Ombudsman, Department of Justice WA to teach trauma informed strategies to better assist in the outcomes for society's most vulnerable people, and how to protect mental health during times of crisis.
She is a Mental Health first Aid Instructor, a certified LEGO Serious Play facilitator and a qualified Senior Teacher. Her six years living in Japan gave her firsthand knowledge of what life is like when you live in a foreign country that doesn't use your native language or understand your culture.
Her life experiences have been incredibly diverse and throughout it all, she believes the lessons she learned should be shared to create a better future for us all.
Talking Points
Psychological Safety and LEGO Serious Play
This in an interactive keynote where the audience explores the true meaning of psychological safety through LEGO building and human connection. Have a real opportunity to reflect on learner safety and challenger safety and why this matters to the success of an organisation.
Psychological Safety and LEGO Serious Play
Trauma Informed Leadership
Learn what Trauma Informed Leadership looks like and how to practically provide safety, trust, collaboration, choice and empowerment to your people and teams. LEGO Serious Play for real connection can be used this one.
Trauma Informed Leadership
Managing Compassion Fatigue, Burnout and Vicarious Trauma
This incredibly popular keynote uses LEGO Serious Play for the audience to truly engage with practical mental health strategies for success.
Managing Compassion Fatigue, Burnout and Vicarious Trauma
Leading Gen Z
Gen Z is a generation like we have never seen before and they make up nearly 30% of our workforce. Learn why the common challenges exist and how to navigate them.
Leading Gen Z
Calm in the Breach – Leading and Performing Under Cyber Pressure
In the first moments of a cyber breach, the greatest risk isn’t technical — it’s human.Calm in the Breach – Leading and Performing Under Cyber Pressure
When systems fail and scrutiny intensifies, leaders operate under extreme pressure. Thinking narrows, communication fractures and behaviour becomes contagious. Even strong teams can default to blame, control or paralysis.
Calm in the Breach reframes cyber incidents as human nervous system events, not just IT crises.
Blending trauma-informed practice, organisational psychology and interactive methodology using LEGO Serious Play, this keynote gives leaders a practical framework for performing under pressure.
Participants discover:
- How stress impacts judgement and decision-making
- Why emotional contagion shapes incident response
- The hidden cultural patterns that surface during crisis
- What calm, high-performing leadership looks like in real time
This is not a technical cyber session. It focuses on the Human Firewall – how our nervous system responds to threat and how our leadership and team cohesion needs to function when under attack.
Because in a breach, culture responds before policy does — and the teams that perform best are those who can remain steady inside the storm.
Grief at Work: The Hidden Cost to Organisations
Every workplace will experience grief. Yet in most organisations, it remains the topic no one talks about.Grief at Work: The Hidden Cost to Organisations
Tanya Hallett knows grief firsthand. Her first child was stillborn in 2015, at 36 weeks of pregnancy.
Employees return to work after the death of a loved one, a miscarriage, a catastrophic injury in the family, a divorce, or the strain of caring responsibilities. One in four people in the workplace are carrying grief, and the grief tax is high.
In Australia, employees are legally entitled to only two days of compassionate leave under the Fair Work Act 2009. However, the psychological and cognitive impacts of grief rarely fit within a two-day timeframe. In reality, grief can affect an employee’s concentration, memory, decision-making, and emotional regulation for weeks or months after a loss.
The challenge for organisations is not simply the presence of grief, it is the silence surrounding it. Many leaders and organisations unintentionally compound the impact of grief because they have never been taught what supportive responses look like.
Through practical insights and real-world examples, audiences will gain a deeper understanding of how grief shows up at work, and how thoughtful leadership and colleague responses during moments of loss can shape organisational culture for years to come.
Audience Takeaways
• A deeper understanding of how grief impacts thinking, behaviour, and workplace performance
• Insight into the hidden organisational costs of ignoring grief at work
• Practical ways leaders and managers can respond with confidence and compassion
• Strategies for building psychologically safe workplaces where employees feel supported during difficult life events
Ideal Audience
Senior leaders, HR professionals, wellbeing teams, government agencies, healthcare organisations, financial services, and any workplace committed to building psychologically safe and compassionate cultures.
Leading Through Uncertainty: Building Psychological Safety When It Matters Most (with LEGO® Serious Play®)
In times of rapid change, pressure, and uncertainty, psychological safety is often the first thing to fracture—and the hardest to rebuild. In this highly engaging and interactive keynote, Tanya Hallett explores the critical difference between psychological safety and psychosocial safety, and why understanding both is essential for leaders navigating disruption.Leading Through Uncertainty: Building Psychological Safety When It Matters Most (with LEGO® Serious Play®)
Through the lens of real-world organisational challenges, this session unpacks how and why the stages of psychological safety begin to break down under stress—particularly the often-overlooked loss of challenger safety, where teams stop speaking up, questioning, and innovating. The result? A growing “Safety Gap” between what leaders believe is happening and what their people are actually experiencing on the ground.
Using the powerful methodology of LEGO® Serious Play®, this keynote transforms complex concepts into tangible insights. Participants will actively engage in reflective, hands-on activities that surface hidden dynamics, unlock honest conversations, and create a shared language for rebuilding trust and safety.
Insightful, practical, and unexpectedly fun, this keynote equips leaders with the awareness and tools to close the Safety Gap, foster courageous dialogue, and lead with clarity and confidence—when it matters most.
Video
Tanya Hallett | Saxton Speakers
Discover dynamic ways to future proof your business with psychological safety, Trauma Informed Practice and LEGO Serious Play! Make genuine connections and improve mental health by making the uncomfortable safely comfortable.Tanya Hallett | Aboriginal Health Conference
Aboriginal Australians are one of the most trauma affected groups in the world. It is crucial that the medical system provides trauma informed care for the well being of our First Nations People.Tanya Hallett | Managing Burnout and Vicarious Trauma
Tanya Hallett | Podcast Interview
In this episode, Tam sits down with Tanya Hallett, a seasoned teacher and trainer with over two decades of experience, both domestically and internationally. Specialising in trauma-informed practice, Tanya is dedicated to advocating for positive mental health in organisations. She shares her unique journey, from teaching teens to facilitating mental health first aid and Lego Serious Play.What sets Tanya apart is her ability to connect with participants and provide them a safe forum to ask questions. Her insights are evidence based, accessible and practical, offering tools an ... keep reading Women in Defence Australia
Tanya is a vibrant and engaging presenter who brings energy, warmth, and clarity to every session she leads. She has a remarkable talent for breaking down complex or sensitive topics, creating a learning environment where the team feel understood and encouraged to contribute. Her use of Lego Serious Play makes learning not only insightful but genuinely fun! It's a standout team-building experience, and we always look forward to every session with her!
Tanya went above and beyond to deliver a hands-on session tailored to the available timeframe and that challenged participants while providing an engaging framework for interactive learning. Her bubbly, cheerful personality lifted the audience to the point of spontaneous sing-along. Thank you, Tanya, for a wonderfully unique and practical session to explore communication and discover personal strengths.
Tanya delivered an incredible presentation for our centre. She encouraged vulnerable sharing and nuanced insights, which then seamlessly integrated into professional considerations and practice. As a result, deeper, richer conversations and learning occurred. Thank you so much Tanya for enriching our team and by extension, our clients. Thank you for being part of the evolution of this work in Canada’s defence team.
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