FW Change Makers

Fairness and inclusion at work

For those who want to become better leaders

What is Change Makers?

Change Makers explores fairness and inclusion in the workplace, helping you to build productive and high-performing teams. It gives leaders the tools to create work cultures that attract and retain top talent.

Change Makers is proven to work with Boards, executive leadership teams and people managers across all industries. We deliver in person and online, and can tailor the workshop to your desired timeframe.

Participants will:

- - Understand inclusive practices to attract and retain top talent
  - Foster fairness and equity in the workplace, by identifying pay and leadership gaps, addressing gender stereotypes and supporting men's mental health
  - Build better workplaces for individuals, teams and organisations by reducing unconscious bias and boosting innovation and productivity
  - Explore current policy developments and legislative requirements
  - Plan how your organisation can make improvements to achieve gender equality.

Change Makers is not a lecture, it is a dynamic workshop that responds to the needs of participants. Our expert facilitators help individuals and teams have meaningful conversations that benefit them as individuals, as well as their organisation, in a psychologically safe environment.

Why participate?

Enhance performance

Inclusive teams are:

- Ten times more likely to be innovative than non-inclusive teams
- Eight times more likely to work effectively together
- Two and a half times more likely to be willing to work extra hard to help their team succeed.

Minimise risk

Employees:

- In inclusive teams are five times less likely to experience discrimination and/or harassment
- With inclusive managers are four and a half times less likely to experience discrimination and/or harassment
- In inclusive organisations are four times less likely to experience discrimination and/or harassment.

Increase wellbeing

Employees in inclusive teams are:

- Eight times more likely to be very satisfied than employees in non-inclusive teams
- Six times more likely to feel work has a positive impact on their mental health
- Three times less likely to leave their organisation

Diversity Council of Australia (2024) Inclusion@Work Index 2023-2024. See dca.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/DCA_Case_for_Inclusion@Work_2023-2024.pdf

Both public and private sessions are available, depending on you and your organisations' needs.

For our public sessions, the cost is $995 per participant, excluding GST, and places are limited. The session is virtual.

Upcoming sessions:

Friday 17 October, 2025

Book into an individual session here.

If you would like to learn more about how we can tailor a private Change Makers session for your organisation, register your interest below.

THE TEAM BEHIND CHANGE MAKERS

We work with various thought leaders, educators and professionals to create and deliver a course that results in real change. Sessions are delivered with support from:

Christine Ellem is FW’s Head of Jobs Academy Delivery, supporting women to navigate their return to the paid workforce. She has been a Change Makers facilitator for more than two years, and is passionate about supporting men to become inclusive leaders.

Ruby Leahy Gatfield is FW's Director of Business Solutions and our lead facilitator, delivering change makers to more than 500 leaders across Australia since 2021. Known for her love of research and data, there is no question she can't help you answer.

Astrid Edwards is FW's Senior Lead of Business Solutions. She specialises in project management and delivery and currently leads FW's multi-year national partnership, Cyber5050. She was previously an economics and policy consultant, where she became an expert in community and stakeholder engagement and policy design and evaluation.

Briana Blackett is FW's Learning Programs Specialist. She is an award-winning communications specialist, inclusion advocate and journalist with extensive global news experience. Prior to joining FW, Briana was a founding member of Al Jazeera English in Qatar, which followed a successful career with the Associated Press (TV).

Scott Barrow is a leadership & performance coach who loves helping people find the sweet spot between personal wellbeing and performance outcomes. Scott’s 30 year coaching career has seen him work with organisations such as Victoria Police, AusAID, Victorian Department of Education, Victoria Institute of Sport, and multiple AFL Clubs. Growing up in a male dominated home numbers wise, to now being in a family of 3 strong, assertive, boundary breaking women, has sharpened his awareness of the realities and opportunities of gender equality.

Paul Scott is an experienced change and business transformation leader with a 30-year global track record. Successfully led complex BPO, Customer Care and digital projects across Europe, USA, Asia, the Middle East, and Australia. Renowned for building high-performing teams and delivering major CX consulting assignments for enterprise clients and start-ups alike.

Michael De'Ath leads MDAdvisory, providing expert, independent advice and services across a wide range of sectors. Michael has led large and complex organisations in the education, health, and human services sectors in Queensland, Victoria, the Australian Capital Territory, and New Zealand. In his most recent role as Director-General of the Queensland Department of Education, Michael spearheaded innovative policy and organisational reform.

Jake Workman is an experienced leader across both the private and public sector, including four years as the Dean of Students at Queen’s College, the University of Melbourne. Here, he counselled hundreds of young adults through the complexities and nuances of gender equality, diversity, consent and respect. The proud father of two spirited daughters, Jake is currently the General Manager of Melbourne’s largest boutique residential real estate agency, managing $2.5B in assets. In 2021 he introduced the industry’s first employer-sponsored parental leave scheme.

Placements purchased in the Change Makers program are non-refundable, but can be transferred to a future course date or another participant from the same organisation with a notice period of 48 hours before the program commences. For more information, please get in touch at [email protected].