Diversity & Inclusion Training
Inspiring Inclusion: foundational DEI training for every employee.
A whole-of-workforce workshop that equips your people with evidence-based, practical tools to build diversity awareness, interrupt bias, and support inclusion in everyday work — in a single, high-impact session.
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Behaviour-first. Evidence-based. Built to last.
The business case
Build confident, culturally consistent people who understand diversity, interrupt bias, and practise everyday inclusion.
Organisations are navigating significant change in workforce composition, client expectations, and community standards. Those that build inclusion capability now are better positioned to attract diverse talent, serve diverse clients, and lead with integrity.
This programme gives your people the shared language, mindset, and practical tools to make that happen — attracting and retaining talent, building trust with clients from every background, and meeting DEI capability as the governance and compliance expectation it has become.
"We've tried DEI training before and nothing changed."
"We need everyone on the same page — not just the converted."
"It has to land without blame, guilt, or backlash."
Programme snapshot
What you need to know at a glance.
All staff, at every level — delivered across multiple cohorts so your whole workforce shares the same framework, vocabulary, and expectations. No prior DEI knowledge assumed.
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 training covers
Four progressive modules. One shared standard.
The 75-minute workshop runs across four progressive modules, each building on the last — from understanding diversity and bias, to seeing its impact, to practising the strategies that interrupt it in everyday work.
What changes after this training
Real shifts that matter.
Each participant leaves with a specific, practised set of skills they can apply in their next meeting, hiring decision, or difficult conversation: naming their own biases (affinity bias, stereotyping, first-impression bias); spotting bias pressure points in hiring, performance review, and team interaction before judgement is distorted; applying the Mindful Inclusion Method to interrupt bias in real time; responding as an upstander — in the moment, privately, or after the fact — without escalating conflict; receiving feedback gracefully and repairing harm; and a written personal action plan with two or three specific behaviour changes and a framework for self-accountability.
Selected work
Trusted partners
DEI programme clients.
Felicity was really engaging as a presenter, but also supported all of the information as validated by research studies. It was also really non-judgemental and provided an opportunity for people to acknowledge their own biased thoughts in a mindful way. She used lots of real-life and personal examples that were easy to understand and relate to.
Our methodology
The Practical Capability Model
Every Culture Plus programme 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 personally delivered by Felicity Menzies — organisational psychologist, author, and specialist facilitator — bringing 15+ years of behavioural science expertise and hard-won facilitation skill to the room.
- 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
- 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
Credentials
Cultural Intelligence-accredited expertise
Verified accreditation to deliver Cultural Intelligence (CQ) assessments and training from the global standard-setter.
Frequently asked questions
Questions about foundational DEI training, answered.
If you have a question we haven't covered, write to us — a real human responds within one working day.
Most DEI training stops at awareness. This programme is behaviour-first: participants practise bias-interruption strategies on real workplace scenarios and leave with a written personal action and accountability plan — so the learning transfers into everyday decisions, not just good intentions.
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Build the inclusion capability your organisation needs
One session. A shared standard for everyone.
Equip your whole workforce with the shared language, practical skills, and inclusive behaviours that strengthen culture for years to come.
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