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 in consultation with business leaders, government heads of department, human resources professionals and the former Sex Discrimination Commissioner Kate Jenkins to create a course that will result in real change. The course has been developed by:

Ruby Leahy Gatfield is FW's Director of Policy and Program Impact 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.

Jamila Rizvi is FW's Deputy Managing Director. She is also a best-selling author, opinion columnist, podcast host and gender equality advocate.

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 become inclusive leaders.

Wes Rogers is the Head of Workplace Relations and Discriminiation at Marque Lawyers. He is an expert in employment contracts, terminations, litigation and workplace investigations, and has contributed to the development of FW programs on gendered harrassment.

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].