Make inclusion simple by getting expert support.
When businesses embark on diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) work it can be daunting, confusing and overwhelming.
It can feel like standing on one side of a giant chasm, unsure of where to start to get to the other side.
Successful DEI initiatives are underpinned by deep expertise and lived experience, and not just work. Backed by the latest research and science, Winitha brings a fresh perspective and invigorating approach to igniting your inclusion, equity and diversity efforts, whilst giving it an innovative twist and competitive advantage.
Rather than outsourcing your DEI needs to generic consultants or internal DEI managers; trying to figure it out internally through online resources/generalist knowledge/training; or following the industry status quo, Winitha will help you to embed cutting edge thought leadership on inclusion into your business to make it your competitive edge.
Winitha’s goal is to take your business, executive team and people from lost, confused and overwhelmed to courageous, confident and capable in making inclusion how you do business; that is, the ability and skill to integrate inclusion into all facets of your existing business model, strategy, cultural DNA and BAU practices cultivating a team, culture and business that fosters anti-fragility.
How you approach inclusion makes all the difference to success. Expertise matters.
Ways we can work together
Need advice on corporate inclusion?
Winitha is not just a keynote speaker. Recognised as one of the world's top inclusion experts, Winitha has extensive experience working with large corporations to revamp their employee and customer experience for inclusion, diversity, equity, and belonging.
Known as a change-maker Winitha combines her commercial business acumen with expertise in inclusion and +20 years of change experience working in C-Suite roles in Australia and North America, implementing whole of organisation transformation .
This includes advising boards and executive teams, creating DEI strategies, and designing and implementing leadership programs and employee resource groups for underrepresented people (i.e. People of Colour; Women).
If you need inclusion advice or support, please get in contact with Winitha today.
Need support with community development & engagement?
Awarded an Order of Australia Medal for her work serving the community, Winitha also has over 20 years experience working deeply with government and service providers to create greater community inclusion and equity. Where the most marginalised and underrepresented in communities thrive and don’t just survive.
Winitha is also often called on by government departments and agencies for advice on multicultural affairs and how to create greater equity for People of Colour and Women.
She often works with local government and service providers to create and run community development and engagement programs, co-design and community consultation processes, and community programs (job transitions and pathways, entrepreneurship, career coaching and mentoring, leadership, and youth programs) to ensure inclusion is embedded from the beginning to deliver inclusive outcomes.
If you need inclusion advice or support, please get in contact with Winitha today.
Inclusion training and education
Psychological Safety
Psychosocial hazards, respect at work, speak up cultures and psychological safety: The role and responsibility of leaders, people managers and people.
Research shows time and time again that psychological safety is the biggest driver of high-performing teams and individuals and the foundation, the absolute bedrock of inclusive teams and cultures. It's also the number one driver to produce creativity and innovation that stands out from the crowded marketplace.
In this session, we unpack what it is, what it isn't, what microaggressions are and how they differ from person to person and impacts a teams performance. We also get clear on what psychological safety looks like in the workplace and amongst teams, and together we unpack basic steps to create it for yourself and others on a daily basis consistently as we journey towards inclusion in our business. Importantly, we will also look at how psychological safety links to respect at work, psychosocial hazards and speak up cultures. This is an interactive session and there will be time at the end of the session for Q&A.
This program can be tailored for the audiences below and is necessary training for all senior leaders and people managers.
Learning Outcomes
Learn why psychological safety is important to your, your team and the business, in particular in the context of psychosocial hazards (work health and safety)
Understand the connection between psychological safety and performance
Get clear on what psychological safety is and isn't
Understand what psychological safety looks like in a team environment and organisational culture
Get clear on your role and responsibilities in creating psychological safety
Learn tools and systems to create psychological safety in your teams and organisational cultures
Get clear on respect at work
Get clear on speak up cultures
Get clear on belonging, diversity, equity and inclusion
Learn the tension of standing out Vs. fitting, 'bringing your authentic self to work' and emotional and behavioral regulation
Understand the connection between psychological safety, respect at work, belonging, diversity equity and inclusion and speak up cultures in driving performance, well-being and engagement
Learn
Leave with a roadmap to create psychological safety in your team/organisation
Perfect for:
Boards
Executive Leadership Teams
Senior Leadership Teams
People Managers
Teams
Whole of organisation
People and Culture teams
Investment
The Psychological Safety program can be run as a 1hour session, series of masterclasses, half-day workshop or as a 3/6/12 month deep dive program.
It can be run virtually, in-person or hybrid. It can also be implemented as an e-module and uploaded to your LMS.
Contact Winitha to discuss how you can customise this workshop to your team’s needs.
Inclusion Training (whole of organisation)
Many institutions are unaware of how they don’t accommodate diversity. However, for employees who come from historically marginalised and excluded groups, it is often painfully obvious how the institution are built to often exclude them.
Inclusion training provides guidance to all employees on their responsibilities in relation to inclusion, and teaches them how to practically implement these responsibilities.
Winitha has created 12 learning modules that can be delivered virtually, or pre-recorded for your company’s learning management library, that cover the following topics:
The fundamentals of inclusion and diversity;
Unpacking our own lived experience;
The human experience - understanding the lived experience of others;
An introduction to psychological safety in the workplace;
‘What can I do to create an inclusive work environment?’
Inclusive teams: what to do and how to do it;
How to be inclusive of the full human experience, from design to delivery;
Clear and courageous conversations that are safe, kind, respectful and inclusive;
Beyond resilience: how to build anti-fragile mindsets and leadership;
Psychological safety 2.0: a deep dive into habits, beliefs and behaviours that build trust, innovation and collaboration;
The unapologetic leader: how to create belonging, show up fully, and do your best work;
How to be an inclusive leader.
Format
Inclusion training can be run as 1-2hour sessions, half-day masterclasses or 3/6/12 month deep dives.
Training sessions can be run virtually, in-person or hybrid. It can also be implemented as an e-module and uploaded to your LMS.
Investment
Contact Winitha to discuss your organisation’s needs.
Inclusive Recruitment, People and Culture Management Training
How inclusive is your recruitment, people and culture processes?
Winitha has created 4 learning modules that can be delivered virtually, or pre-recorded for your company’s learning management library, that cover the following topics:
Foundations and the recruitment process;
Selection;
Onboarding; and
Retention and engagement.
Format
Inclusion training can be run as 1-2hour sessions, half-day masterclasses or 3/6/12 month deep dives.
Training sessions can be run virtually, in-person or hybrid. It can also be implemented as an e-module and uploaded to your LMS.
Investment
Contact Winitha to discuss your organisation’s needs.
Inclusive Leadership Training
Do your leaders understand their responsibility in leading inclusion in your organisation? There are numerous legal, ethical and moral obligations on leaders to proactively create safe workplaces.
Winitha has created 4 learning modules that can be delivered virtually, or pre-recorded for your company’s learning management library, that cover off on the following topics:
Foundations of inclusive leadership;
Cultivating an inclusive culture;
Managing mindsets, behaviours, and “diverse” teams; and
Diversity and inclusion strategy: from good to great.
Format
Inclusion training can be run as 1-2hour sessions, half-day masterclasses or 3/6/12 month deep dives.
Training sessions can be run virtually, in-person or hybrid. It can also be implemented as an e-module and uploaded to your LMS.
Investment
Contact Winitha to discuss your organisation’s needs.
Executive Coaching: inclusive communication and behavior for leaders and allies
Rather than proactively creating safe workplaces, leaders are often busy delivering on KPIs and being immersed in business-as-usual activities… that is, until an employee makes a discrimination-based complaint.
With ‘woke’ and ‘cancel’ culture rising, leaders are often confused between the lines of freedom of speech and leadership speech, and behaviours that are safe and respectful. They are overwhelmed, confused and frustrated about what to say and do and what not to do or say - let alone when, and to whom. Time pressured and overwhelmed with responsibility and performance expectations, leaders are lost as to how to develop the necessary skills and knowledge to effectively lead now into the 21st century, let alone develop a leadership practice.
In this 12-month program, Winitha works intimately with you one-on-one to develop inclusive communication and behaviours in a safe, respectful and private space that helps you feel free and safe to express yourself authentically.
Outcomes
Utilise design thinking to understand the lived experiences of historically marginalised and excluded groups
Learn inclusive behaviours and communications in a safe, nonjudgmental and nurturing environment
Learn the fundamentals of creating and growing a leadership practice
Develop an inclusive leadership practice that’s uplifting and empowering
Crisis management and support
Investment
This program consists of 12x1-hour sessions held on a monthly basis. They can be virtual or in-person.
Contact Winitha directly to discuss your Executive Coaching needs.
THE DEEP DIVE: DEI expert in residency 6-12 month Program (Chief Diversity Officer)
The fast-paced nature of businesses and everyday priorities often distracts leaders from delivering effective diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) work. This can result in a crisis that neither the brand nor leaders are prepared for, leading to risk and reputational damage.
A brand’s proactiveness in creating inclusive employee and consumer spaces and experiences is becoming increasingly scrutinised and legislated; a lack of evidence to demonstrate actions towards creating safety and inclusive work and consumer experiences puts brands at risk.
Most companies have an internal DEI Manager to action this work; however, their role is a flawed and ineffective model for change for several reasons:
it silos the responsibility for DEI with one individual
the individual lacks engagement and support among team members and leaders
DEI Managers take a generalist approach as project managers rather than impact makers
DEI managers experience isolation often feeling like ‘the only’ in organisations resulting in a lack of engagement and retention
the individual is up against institutional baggage while navigating the space as a person with lived experience of marginalisation.
Leaders are confused, overwhelmed and frustrated about what to do, when and how. They lack the internal capability not just to do this work but to do it effectively.
A more effective and impactful model is to hire an external expert to work with leaders to lift inclusion capacity and capability across the organisation; whereby responsibility sits with everyone regardless of role or department.
In this program, you’ll have access to Winitha as an In-House DEI Expert in Residence over 6–12 months. She will work intimately with your organisation and leadership team to build your brand's capability and capacity for inclusion, as well as support leaders to integrate inclusion into how they lead and do business.
Backed by the latest research and science, Winitha brings a fresh perspective and invigorating approach to ignite your inclusion and diversity efforts with deep intention and meaning, giving you an innovative and competitive advantage to make DEI part of your brand’s DNA.
Inclusions
Diagnostic to identify brand’s inclusion gaps and needs.
A 6-12-month strategy and action plan nuanced to the needs of your business and brand.
Advice and support to implement your 6-12-month DEI strategy and action plan.
Real-life case studies to bring learnings to life.
1:1 support for leaders to build inclusive leadership skills, DEI capacity and capability in their departments/portfolios.
Dedicated support for
Marketing, Communications teams and agencies to ensure representation and inclusion in campaigns, marketing and communications;
Retail teams to ensure inclusive in-store and digital/virtual consumer experiences;
Recruitment, People and Culture teams to ensure inclusive employee experiences and organisational culture.
Crisis support and management.
Investment
Contact Winitha to discuss your organisation’s needs.
Women and People of Colour Leadership Programs and Initiatives
Winitha helps Women and People of Colour to thrive, reclaim their authentic leadership style, amplify their voice, create personal power and become the leader they always knew they were by getting the support they need and deserve.
She also works with organisations and Government to co-design and deliver bespoke:
Mentoring programs
Sponsorship programs
Allyship programs
Group and one-on-one executive/leadership coaching
Employee resource groups and committee support
Leadership programs and;
Initiatives that advance Women and People of Colour in the community and the workplace.
Investment
Contact Winitha to discuss your organisation’s needs.
Inclusive Marketing & Customer Experience
Click here for more information on how these programs can be adapted to your teams and businesses needs.
Investment
Contact Winitha to discuss your organisation’s needs.
How we work
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We leverage systems thinking, behavior design and other design thinking, organisational transformation, organisational psychology, social psychology, neuroscience, culture change, innovation and strategy tools to redesign systems and embed inclusion into HOW you do business. People only change if they want to. If you want to impact and influence behaviors to create an inclusive culture and business, change the systems that govern it.
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An inclusive culture and business is created through unity and harmony, not silos, an ‘us vs. them’ or ‘either/or’ mentality, or ‘whose problem is this to solve attitude’. Inclusion is the responsibility of everyone (not just leaders) and it takes everyone to truly create inclusion. We do this through powerful positive framing and doing the work through the lens of kindness, compassion, tolerance, togetherness, acceptance, connection, cohesion, ‘both/and’ mindset, patience, and empathy; not judgments, shaming, canceling, polarization, calling out, or blaming.
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We work with your people, customers, partners, and communities through collaboration tools such as human-centered and co-design and work in partnership with them to deliver on the work so that there is shared ownership and responsibility and the work is responsive (agile) to their needs (emerging and current). Our work is focused on practical strategies, tools, and resources that are actionable, relevant, and tailored to your business culture and people to build organisational capacity and capability.
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We use cutting-edge data and research with proven evidence-based models for behavior and systems change, not ambiguous theory or generalist approaches; thought leadership that goes beyond best practice.
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We put your people (team, consumers, partners and communities) at the center of everything we do. It’s not about saving people, it’s about serving.
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We identify and diagnose the root cause and design tailored nuanced solutions that are focused on getting real fiscal and social outcomes with intention and integrity. Step-by-step transformational change, not a tick-the-box exercise thats tokenistic or performative.
