Diversity & Inclusion Training
Anti-racism training that drives equity, not shame.
Evidence-based anti-racism training that equips your people with practical skills to recognise, interrupt and prevent workplace racism: structural, interpersonal and everyday.
Book a consultationCulture Plus method
Behaviour-first. Evidence-based. Built to last.
Beyond awareness to capability
Building racial equity capability, not guilt.
Anti-racism training is about building your organisation's ability to recognise, interrupt and prevent racism, whether structural, interpersonal, or in everyday interactions.
Our training is rooted in evidence, aligned with Anti-Discrimination and WHS obligations, and tailored to the Australian context, including the experiences of First Nations peoples, Islamophobia, antisemitism, and racism faced by CALD and CARM communities.
"There's a lot of goodwill, but our people don't know what they can do to drive change."
"We don't want to make things worse by making people feel blamed or attacked."
"We want to move past surface-level gestures to the structural changes that matter."
Program snapshot
What you need to know at a glance.
Leaders, managers, teams, DEI leads, HR professionals and front-line staff building genuine anti-racism capability across the workforce. For senior leaders and executive teams, Culture Plus tailors anti-racism programs to the unique responsibilities, influence, and accountability of leadership, connecting racial equity to strategy, governance, and risk.
Observable behaviour: how people recognise racist patterns, intervene, support colleagues, and shape practices that prevent racial harm.
Practical organisational skill, not awareness alone. Addresses structural, interpersonal and everyday racism with evidence-based methods. Anchored in WHS obligations and Anti-Discrimination law, not ideology.
Cultural diversity & inclusion, inclusive leadership, unconscious bias, Respect at Work, psychosocial safety frameworks and broader DEI strategy.
Half-day recommended (3+ hours), with shorter, extended or multi-session options, delivered in-person or live virtual across Australia. Also available as webinars, keynotes, or 90-minute workshops.
Endorsed capability partner
Trusted by Australia's peak HR body.
Culture Plus Consulting is proud to design and deliver flagship DEI programs for the Australian Human Resources Institute (AHRI) (Australia's peak HR professional body), supporting HR leaders and practitioners to build capability for inclusive leadership and organisational change.
Connect with us to explore how evidence-based DEI training can help your organisation build capability, strengthen culture, and deliver meaningful, measurable change.
What this training covers
From understanding to interruption.
Participants gain hands-on skills and practise them in real workplace scenarios from responding to microaggressions, to embedding equity in hiring decisions and performance conversations.
Structural, institutional and interpersonal racism in the Australian context, including First Nations experiences, Islamophobia, antisemitism, and racism against CALD and CARM communities. Covers privilege, stereotypes and how language shapes environments.
Recruitment, performance and development inequities. Everyday racism, microaggressions and exclusion. Why colour-blind approaches cause harm. Online hate and racial privilege as part of broader societal challenges.
Bystander intervention and allyship skills. Builds confidence and ability to respond to racist behaviours and conduct in the moment.
Identify racially inequitable outcomes in organisational processes. Embed equity in policies, structures and accountability mechanisms.
Practical strategies and tools for daily work. Behavioural commitments tailored to roles and contexts, so learning translates into real change.
What changes after this program
Real shifts that matter.
Confidence recognising and naming racism. More willingness and skill to intervene in the moment. Stronger allyship and ability to navigate difficult conversations about race, bias and equity. Improved psychological safety and belonging for employees from racially marginalised backgrounds.
Selected work
Trusted partners
Anti-racism program clients.
On behalf of our team, I would like to extend our thanks for the outstanding work you have done in partnership with us since November 2023. Over this period, over 100 RISE training sessions have been delivered in collaboration with you, and the feedback from participants has been consistently excellent. Your commitment, professionalism, and ability to engage meaningfully with staff have made a lasting impact. We are especially grateful for the role you have played in helping drive cultural change within NSW Parliament — enacting the Broderick Review Recommendations.
Our methodology
The Practical Capability Model
Every Culture Plus program is built on the same evidence-based methodology. Hover any step for detail:
Your facilitator
CEO, Author and Principal Consultant
Felicity Menzies
Every Culture Plus engagement is delivered with behavioural rigour and practical relevance by Felicity Menzies, organisational psychology specialist, author, and expert facilitator. Anti-racism is one of the most challenging DEI topics because the gap between good intentions and harmful outcomes is so wide. Skilled facilitation avoids triggering defensiveness or guilt, and ensures individuals from racially marginalised groups are not re-traumatised.
- Role
- Founder, Culture Plus Consulting
- Qualification
- Bachelor of Arts (Psychology), University Medallist; Fellow, Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand; Bachelor of Commerce; Advanced Accreditation, Cultural Intelligence; Oxford Saïd AI Governance, Compliance & Ethics; Certified AI Ethicist
- Experience
- 15+ years advising leading global and Australian private and government organisations; former senior executive in financial services and consulting
- Discipline
- Psychology, behavioural science & trauma-informed practice
- Published
- A World of Difference (2016); contributor to leading business and HR publications globally
- Recognition
- LinkedIn Top Voice; commendation in NSW Parliament
Credentials
Cultural Intelligence-accredited expertise
Verified accreditation to deliver Cultural Intelligence (CQ) assessments and training from the global standard-setter.
From the book
Culture is the sum of behaviours leaders permit, model, and reward.A World of Difference: Felicity Menzies →
Free guide
Delivering anti-racism training that drives real behaviour change.
The essential conditions for effective anti-racism training that builds lasting capability, moving beyond awareness to practical skills that create safer, more inclusive workplaces.
Download the guideFrequently asked questions
Questions about anti-racism training, answered.
If you have a question we haven't covered, write to us. A real human responds within one working day.
Poorly designed training can. This program treats racism as a systemic issue everyone has a role in addressing, not a personal moral failing. Skilled facilitation keeps participants engaged, not defensive.
It includes the Australian context of racism faced by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. We centre First Nations perspectives and recommend additional cultural safety training led by First Nations practitioners where needed.
Australian WHS laws require proactive management of psychosocial hazards, including discrimination, harassment and bullying. This program aligns explicitly with those obligations.
If previous training surfaced racism without tools for action, used blame-based framing, and didn't measure impact, the outcome was predictable. This program addresses all those issues and contributes to creating safe, inclusive environments.
Still have questions?
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Book
A World of Difference.
Our CEO, Felicity Menzies, is the author of A World of Difference: Leading in Global Markets with Cultural Intelligence, a book exploring how leaders build inclusive and culturally intelligent organisations in global environments.
Drawing on Felicity's personal experiences and research-driven insights, the book shows how organisations with cultural intelligence benefit from increased innovation and creativity, access to new markets, and the attraction and retention of top global talent. Readers learn how to develop their own cultural intelligence and that of their workforce, as well as best practices for managing and leading effectively across cultures.
The book is included on the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD) member reading list, reflecting its relevance for governance and leadership.
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Develop anti-racism skills, without the backlash
This isn't performative box-ticking.
It's building the skills that make your organisation genuinely safer and more equitable. A confidential conversation about your organisation's context and readiness.
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