Culture+

Integrated Leader Program

Culture+ Safety. Respect. Inclusion.

One consolidated leader program. Three focus areas. A single specialist facilitator and a continuing case scenario that carries learners across psychosocial safety, respect at work, and inclusive leadership — 6.5 live hours instead of three siloed programs.

Overview

One program. Three focus areas. One capability build.

3

Integrated modules

Psychosocial Safety · Respect at Work · Inclusive Leadership — designed as one pathway, not three products bolted together.

6.5h

Live facilitation

Efficient use of leader time. Delivered in-person, virtual or hybrid across a cohort schedule that suits the business.

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Specialist facilitator

One continuing case scenario. One voice. Consistent language across safety, respect and inclusion — so leaders build compounding, not competing, capability.

The Problem

Three siloed programs create three siloed leaders.

The typical picture

  • • Safety runs psychosocial hazards training. HR runs Respect at Work. DEI runs Inclusive Leadership.
  • • Three vendors. Three languages. Three case studies. Three sets of behavioural expectations.
  • • Managers switch context every session, transfer nothing to practice, and duplicate 40–60% of the content across programs.
  • • Boards get compliance completion rates — but no evidence of integrated behaviour change.

The integrated answer

  • • A single evidence-based behavioural spine runs through all three modules.
  • • One continuing case scenario builds across sessions — the same team, the same leader, escalating stakes.
  • • Legal obligations under WHS psychosocial regulations and broader anti-discrimination laws — including the positive duty — are taught as one connected system, not three compliance silos.
  • • Leaders leave with one integrated playbook — not three overlapping frameworks.

The Three Modules

A connected leader pathway.

Module 01

Safety

Psychosocial safety for leaders

  • Duty of care under WHS psychosocial regulations
  • Identify, assess and control the 14 psychosocial hazards
  • Trauma-informed leadership response
  • Early intervention conversations
Standalone version →

Module 02

Respect

Respect at work for people leaders

  • The Positive Duty and manager accountability
  • Preventing sexual harassment, hostile work environments and sex-based discrimination
  • Confident, procedurally fair response to disclosures
  • Culture cues that predict misconduct
Standalone version →

Module 03

Inclusion

Inclusive leadership as a performance lever

  • Leverage diversity of thought and experience to lift decision quality and innovation
  • Bias interrupters that improve hiring, talent and everyday calls
  • Belonging and psychological safety as drivers of engagement and discretionary effort
  • Lead across difference to unlock team and business performance
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Legal Alignment & Performance

From compliance floor to performance edge.

Psychosocial Safety

Model WHS Regulation and Codes of Practice on managing psychosocial hazards, including officer due diligence under s.27 WHS Act.

Respect at Work

The positive duty under the Sex Discrimination Act 1984 (Cth) and wider Australian anti-discrimination laws that prohibit harassment, discrimination and victimisation on protected attributes.

Inclusive Leadership

Moves leaders beyond the legal floor — leveraging diversity of thought, experience and background to lift decision quality, innovation, engagement and team performance.

Safety and Respect set the non-negotiable legal floor. Inclusive Leadership is where the return sits — turning a compliant workforce into a high-performing one by equipping leaders to unlock the value of difference in everyday decisions.

Delivery

Built around your leadership cadence.

Format

  • Live facilitation: in-person, virtual or hybrid
  • Duration: 6.5 live hours total across three modules
  • Cadence: single-day intensive, three half-days, or spaced across a leadership series
  • Cohort size: up to 25 leaders per cohort for behavioural practice

Who it's for

  • People leaders and managers with direct reports
  • High-potential leaders in succession pipelines
  • Executive teams — with a lifted-elevation variant on request
  • Boards — as a governance briefing extract

Learning Outcomes

What changes for leaders.

The pathway is designed around observable capability, not awareness alone.

01

Design safer work

Identify psychosocial hazards, consult, select higher-order controls, and document and review changes to workload, roles, change and other work conditions.

02

Support people early

Use an early-support check-in model to listen, explain boundaries, connect to support and follow through — without taking on the role of therapist or investigator.

03

Build respectful culture

Set visible standards, distinguish harmful conduct on the spectrum and address patterns before interpersonal harm escalates or becomes normalised.

04

Intervene and follow through

Choose a proportionate bystander response, account for hierarchy and safety, support affected people and complete the accountability loop.

05

Lead inclusively under pressure

Invite perspectives, interrupt bias, manage disagreement and make people-impacting reasoning visible when time and delivery pressure are high.

06

Commit, practise and adapt

Leave each session with a specific commitment — what you will do, with whom, and by when — and practise it in real leadership context.

Reform-grade Respect at Work, delivered at the heart of government.

Trusted at the highest level.

NSW Parliament

Culture Plus Consulting was engaged by NSW Parliament to design and deliver Respect at Work and Trauma Informed Response training across its workforce — a flagship reform initiative responding to the Broderick Review of bullying, sexual harassment and sexual misconduct in NSW parliamentary workplaces. This engagement represents a proud achievement in delivering reform-grade Respect at Work training in high-scrutiny environments.

Parliament of New South Wales

NSW Premier's Department

In an ongoing engagement, Culture Plus Consulting delivers Respect at Work training to the Premier, Ministers and Ministerial staff — a key recommendation of the Goward Review aimed at building respectful, safe and accountable workplaces at the heart of government.

Premier's Department NSW

Your consultant

Felicity Menzies, Founder of Culture Plus Consulting

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 consultant.

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

Trusted partners

What clients say.

"
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.
Shona Tarrant
Group Executive, People and Culture
Chartered Accountants Australia & New ZealandChartered Accountants Australia & New Zealand
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Endorsed capability partner

Trusted by Australia's peak HR body.

Australian HR Institute (AHRI)

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.

Frequently asked questions

Questions about the integrated leadership program.

If you have a question we haven't covered, write to us — a real human responds within one working day.

One specialist facilitator carries a continuing case scenario across all three modules. Content overlap is eliminated, behavioural language is consistent, and leaders leave with one integrated playbook rather than three overlapping frameworks.

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