Respectful & Safe Workplaces
A governance-focused capability program for the leaders who hold ultimate responsibility for preventing workplace harm — and demonstrating it.
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Behaviour-first. Evidence-based. Built to last.
Governance-focused capability
Boards and executives hold ultimate responsibility for preventing workplace harm — and for demonstrating credible, defensible prevention systems. Under the Respect@Work reforms, organisations must take reasonable and proportionate steps to prevent sexual harassment, sex discrimination, hostile workplace environments, and victimisation under the Sex Discrimination Act 1984 (Cth).
Designed for HR, People & Culture teams, company secretaries, governance professionals, and organisations commissioning capability development at the top of the house. Here are some honest reflections from governance and HR professionals who have faced this challenge:
"Our executives still see this as an HR issue — not a governance responsibility."
"We've run executive Respect at Work sessions before, but they felt like compliance training repackaged for senior leaders."
"If regulators scrutinised our approach, could our board demonstrate reasonable and proportionate prevention measures?"
Programme snapshot
Executive leadership teams, boards and board subcommittees, CEOs, directors, company secretaries, and senior leaders responsible for risk, governance, people and culture, or organisational strategy.
Reform-grade Respect at Work, delivered at the heart of government.
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.
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.
What this training covers
Participants build the capability to govern workplace conduct risks as a core leadership responsibility — interpreting regulatory expectations, asking critical questions about prevention systems, and ensuring leadership signals promote respectful behaviour throughout the organisation.
What changes after this program
Greater clarity about board and executive responsibilities related to workplace conduct and psychosocial safety. Executives understand how their actions and decisions shape culture — and whether prevention measures are credible. Leaders can answer a critical governance question: 'Can we demonstrate that we are taking reasonable and proportionate steps to prevent workplace harm?'
How we are different
Every organisation must meet the same legal obligations, and we cover them thoroughly. But knowing what the law requires rarely changes behaviour on its own. Our work goes further: leadership development through deep facilitation grounded in behavioural science and brought to life with relevant, customised scenarios that shift how leaders think, decide and respond under pressure — with the obligations built in, not just read out.
Beyond compliance to capability
Market standard
Explain what the law requires and record attendance as evidence of action.
Our approach
We cover the obligations, then build the capability to meet them — how leaders set expectations, intervene early, receive a disclosure and design work so harm does not occur in the first place.
Bespoke, not off the shelf
Market standard
Generic decks and scenarios, delivered the same way to every organisation.
Our approach
Every programme is designed for your sector, operating model and risk profile, using scenarios drawn from the situations your leaders actually face.
Credibility with senior leaders
Market standard
Legal or technical delivery that speaks to obligation rather than to leadership reality.
Our approach
Designed and facilitated by a former senior executive who understands commercial pressure, and grounded in psychology and behavioural science rather than legal argument.
Selected work
Trusted partners
I thank Felicity Menzies for the initial training sessions and commend her on the job that she has done.
Our methodology
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 — psychology graduate and Principal Consultant — works directly with boards and executive teams on governance of conduct risk and psychosocial safety. She brings behavioural rigour and practical relevance to every session.
Endorsed capability partner
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.
From the book
Culture is the sum of behaviours leaders permit, model, and reward.A World of Difference — Felicity Menzies →
Free guide
Most training doesn't change what people do. This evidence-based guide explains what makes Respect at Work learning effective — and the conditions that turn a compliance session into real, lasting change.
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If you have a question we haven't covered, write to us — a real human responds within one working day.
Executive programs focus on governance responsibilities rather than individual behaviour. The training examines how leadership decisions shape organisational systems, culture, and risk oversight — not just how to behave respectfully at work.
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It's the capability your board and executive team need to demonstrate reasonable and proportionate steps to prevent workplace harm — and govern prevention systems with confidence.
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