DEI Training
DEI best practices training for HR professionals.
As an HR professional, you shape the systems that determine hiring, promotion, development and retention. This workshop equips DEI Leads, HR Business Partners, People & Culture and L&D teams with practical frameworks to embed DEI into recruitment, performance, talent, governance and policy — for lasting change.
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Behaviour-first. Evidence-based. Built to last.
Designed for HR professionals
Make equity and inclusion part of your organisation's DNA.
DEI Best Practices Training is tailored for HR professionals shaping the systems that drive diversity, equity and inclusion. This hands-on programme builds the skills to embed DEI principles into core HR systems — delivered by Culture Plus, the chosen provider of the Australian Human Resources Institute (AHRI)'s beginner and Advanced DEI Practices for HR Professionals programmes.
Getting DEI wrong has serious consequences. Biased or inequitable HR systems create disadvantage at scale — harming brand, lowering engagement and increasing legal risk. HR professionals face unique challenges: resistance to DEI, scepticism from leaders or staff, and difficulty measuring ROI.
"How do we get leaders fully engaged and accountable for DEI — not just supportive, but owning it?"
"How can I handle resistance or scepticism without causing conflict?"
"How do I tailor DEI to reflect our culture and workforce — and keep it strong over the long term?"
Programme snapshot
What you need to know at a glance.
HR and People & Culture professionals, OD and talent specialists, L&D leads, DEI Leads, HR Business Partners, and anyone managing DEI across the employee lifecycle.
Endorsed capability partner
Trusted by Australia's peak HR body.
Culture Plus Consulting is proud to design and deliver flagship DEI programmes 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 workshop covers
What you'll learn.
Participants build practical skills to embed DEI principles into HR systems, drive inclusive workplace cultures, and measure meaningful impact for lasting organisational change.
The impact you can expect
Real shifts that matter.
Confidently apply DEI principles and concepts to everyday HR decisions. Audit and redesign people systems for equity. Use DEI data to make informed decisions, track progress and report to leaders with clarity and credibility.
Selected work
Trusted partners
HR & people leader clients.
Felicity Menzies has been a valued long-term partner to CAANZ, delivering outstanding work across diagnostic, capability building, and strategy. As a complex organisation wearing multiple hats — employer, educator, member-based organisation, and professional standards body — we needed someone who could grasp that complexity. Felicity did exactly that, customising every engagement to reflect our unique context across Australia and New Zealand. Her deep facilitation skills rate highly among our leaders and staff, and her advisory support is trusted and practical. We highly recommend her.
Our methodology
The Practical Capability Model
Every Culture Plus programme is built on the same evidence-based methodology, led by a specialist facilitator and delivered with behavioural rigour. 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 psychologist, author, and specialist facilitator. Felicity is the trusted provider of AHRI's DEI for HR Practitioners and Leaders programmes.
- Role
- Founder, Culture Plus Consulting
- Qualification
- Bachelor of Arts (Psychology) — University Medallist; Fellow, Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand; Bachelor of Commerce
- Experience
- 15+ years advising leading global and Australian private and government organisations; former senior executive in financial services and consulting
- Discipline
- Organisational 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
From the book
Culture is the sum of behaviours leaders permit, model, and reward.A World of Difference — Felicity Menzies →
Free guide
Rolling out DEI training that moves beyond awareness to build practical capability?
This guide outlines what conditions support impactful diversity and inclusion training — including what helps behaviour change stick.
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Questions about DEI Best Practices Training, answered.
If you have a question we haven't covered, write to us — a real human responds within one working day.
General DEI training raises awareness broadly. This programme equips HR professionals with practical tools to embed DEI into systems — building lasting inclusive workplace cultures, not just shifting attitudes.
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Close the gap between "we value DEI" and "our systems deliver fairness."
Empower your HR team with practical, system-focused training to embed DEI into everyday practice. Move beyond awareness to skills that transform culture and drive measurable, lasting inclusion — tailored to your team's maturity, system complexity and legal context.
Talk to us about your HR team's DEI needs