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CLIENT TESTIMONIALS



Carwedd Williams, Director, Safety, Health & Wellbeing, Fire Rescue Victoria


Top Qualities: Delivers, Engaging, High Impact


Wendy facilitated a power packed day with 26 team leaders and specialists using DISC profiling tool. The team found the session thought provoking and very valuable. We look forward to bringing some of the elements into practice.



Anita Blokkerus, General Manager People & Culture, Racing Victoria


Top Qualities: Skilled, Engaging, Expert


We have engaged Wendy for a range of specialist diversity, equity and inclusion services over more than six (6) years. She continues to be a vital part of our work in advancing Respect For All as one of our core values for our organisation and the industry as a whole. We wouldn't be were we are today without Wendy's expert guidance. Her workshops for our Employees on bias awareness, or Respect@Work are powerful and bring about the results we are seeking. Our Employees come away from these sessions with a renewed sense of purpose to positively impact our workplace culture.



Professor Maria Garcia de la Banda, Faculty of Information and STEMM Network Chair, Monash University


Top Qualities: Skillful, Engaging, Focused


Monash University is committed to a STEMM Network to ensure academic women get support which enable them to thrive. We engaged Wendy to assist us plan and facilitate our initial session, capturing ideas to help us move our goal forward. Wendy's first-hand experience in the sector, together with her passion for the subject area and skills as a facilitator ensured the session was focused, engaging and responsive to the needs of all present. We are off to a great start!



Trevor Hogan, Director of Research, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, La Trobe University


Top Qualities: Skillful, Highly Engaging,


"I was absolutely delighted with the engagement of all the staff present and especially as it was a good time for them to talk across their different disciplines and departments and I am very appreciative of your skillful teasing out of the issues and putting them at ease."



Julie Moss, Manager Learning and Diversity, Canon Australia Pty Ltd


Top Qualities: Thought-provoking, knowledgeable, engaging,


"The unconscious bias workshops were designed in a way that challenged thinking through thought-provoking content delivered in a highly engaging way. This has created an excitement and momentum that far surpassed our expectations! The unique combination of knowledge, engaging facilitation and ability to present the information in an impactful way turned even the most hardened non-believers around."



Mary-Anne Gallagher, Executive Director People and Culture, Cabrini Health


Top Qualities: Professional, Erudite, Engaging


"I engaged Wendy to partner with me on a major organisational review project of 6 months duration for Cabrini Health. This review required extensive consultation with the executive team and a range of stakeholders across our six campuses and four thousand staff. Wendy's collaborative working style and significant expertise in engaging a very diverse range of people enabled the collection of high quality data from our people. Wendy further assisted in the qualitative and quantitative analysis of this data. She was able to apply models to the analysis to make sense of the information and present eruditely to our executive team. Wendy delivered on-time, on-budget and was the consummate professional at every stage of our project."



Glenn Evans, CEO, Australian Refrigeration Council


Top Qualities: Business Acumen, Strategic


Wendy brings a fresh oversight to the table – demonstrating a unique business acumen and understanding of strategic and operational drivers. Wendy regularly assists the ARC with policy, employment and contract law advice, specialist referrals, executive recruitment and coaching. As a small business in the complex and fast paced business and industry environment Wendy's assistance and guidance is invaluable.



Josie Daw, Program Manager, Igniting Leadership Program, Leadership Victoria


Top Qualities: Engaging, High Impact, Effective


Feedback both informally and formally after your session once again showed the group really enjoyed learning about Change Management. The presentation was informative and detailed, yet presented in a way that mean the learning's were accessible and enabled the participants' space for reflection on their own experience of change. Thank you for a wonderful session!



Amanda Millar, Principal Consultant, Centre of Expertise, Human Resources,
The University of Melbourne


Top Qualities: Expert facilitator, professional


On behalf of the HR Professional Practice Group, our most particular thanks to you for your fantastic work as facilitator of our Q&A Panel Discussion and the Global Cafe session at the HR Summit. The day was seen as a great success by us and this was due in no small part due to your professionalism as a planner and facilitator.



Bronwyn Johnson, Organisational Development & Policy, HR Division, Monash University,


Top Qualities: Personable, Expert, Good Value


I have engaged Wendy on several occasions and am happy to recommend her to others. Wendy has provided consulting services (Staff Attitude Survey Action Planning process) and facilitation of three Future Research Leaders' Program modules: 1) "Governance & Compliance: protecting yourself, your research and your university", 2) "Commencement & Collaboration: putting ideas into practice" and 3) Leading and Managing in a Research Context.. Wendy has received consistently positive feedback from clients and participants on the program."



Jed McCartney, Director, Avteq Pty Ltd – Locomotive Engineering


Top Qualities: Great Results, Personable, Good Value


"Wendy was fantastic. She designed a program for our staff development in consultation with senior management and then delivered the program over several session, including follow-ups. Our staff found her delivery very easy to understand and all felt that that had gained from the experience. I would highly recommend Wendy for any workplace development issues."



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Win-Win Workplace Strategies has an extensive range of experience in the following industry sectors:

  • Federal Policing
  • Emergency Services
  • Tertiary Education
  • Technology
  • Not-for-Profit social enterprises
  • Building and Construction
  • Peak Industry Member Services
  • Professional Services
  • Industry Regulation & Compliance
  • Medical & Health Management
  • Local, State and Federal Governments
  • Legal
  • Horse Racing Industry
  • Engineering and Manufacturing
  • Social Services & Disability
  • Elite Sport and Recreation
  • Retail & Sales


Scroll down for a sample of consulting and learning facilitation projects Wendy has delivered and a sample of testimonials from our valued clients. We also provide coaching for mid tier and senior managers.



Consulting & Learning Facilitation Projects



Workplace Culture, Diversity, Equality and Inclusion

  • Respect@Work programs - pro-active duty to prevent disrespect an,harassment & discrimination
  • Academic Women in STEMM Network foundation session facilitation
  • State-wide equity practitioner webinar on Introduction to Unconscious Bias
  • Design, develop and deliver national roll out of respectful workplace behaviour program - national security and law enforcement sector
  • Inclusive leadership assessment - as part of multi department state based gender equality leadership initiative (public Sector)
  • "Rethinking Diversity Strategy" Workshop at International Conference on Diversity in Organisations, Communities and Nations
  • Male Champions of Change Sponsorship Program for hi-potential CALD women - program design
  • Strategic support in developing Diversity and Inclusion (D&I) strategy for industry wide gender equality project - elite sport
  • National survey on assessing organisational D&I maturity
  • ​Unconscious bias education and awareness training - national roll-out


Organisational & Capability Development

  • People Leader Programs: Foundational 4 - 6 modules of pragmatic skills & tools
  • Develop an Inclusive Leader Mindset self-assessment tool for executives
  • Design of a values and behaviours development session engaging the whole workforce
  • People and Culture Strategy for a large, complex organisation
  • Facilitated Purpose, Vision and Values setting for global IT company
  • Team Engagement Toolkit to support multidisciplinary managers and team leaders
  • Team Development session design and facilitation
  • Focus groups and one-on-one interviews of key stakeholders prior to change initiatives
  • Mature Age/Transition to Retirement Programs (Changing Gears Program)


Talent Acquisition & Development

  • Senior leader and management level coaching
  • Leadership and management training – six module workshop program
  • Designed a 360 degree feedback on-line tool to support coaching program


Workplace Relations:

  • Comprehensive revision of employment contracts and appointment instruments
  • Client representation in unfair/unlawful dismissal (Fair Work Commission)
  • Developed a probationary review process and documentation
  • Integrated suite of policies and procedures (incl WH&S, Workplace Environment & Employee Conduct, Appointments & Entitlements, Performance & Development, Use of Company Property, Employment Separation)


Learning Facilitation & Speaking Engagements:

  • Understanding your Personal Profile (DISC) for cross functional team collaboration
  • Having Difficult Conversations - techniques for effective dialogue and reduced conflict
  • Unconscious Bias Awareness Programs - for talent assessment, general decision making.
  • Respect@Work Programs to address disrespect and a positive duty on prevention of harassment
  • Facilitated executive team strategy and planning sessions
  • Key note motivational presentation on 'Self Leadership' at retreat for health researchers
  • Plenary session speaker National Diversity and Inclusion Conference, Melbourne (2013, 2017)
  • International Conferences on Diversity in Organisations, Communities and Nations: Vienna (2014), Granada, Spain (2016), and Patras, Greece (2018), and On-line 2020.
  • Change drivers and dynamics to mid-tier and senior managers
  • Designed and delivered pilot for national training materials for unconscious bias education program.


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