IPS Crowned National DEI Strategy Winner at 2025 AHRI Awards

IPS Management Consultants has been named the winner of the 2025 Australian HR Institute’s (AHRI) Award for Best Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Strategy, recognising its ground-breaking Strategy work performed with Tier 1 client organisations. 

The 2025 AHRI Awards celebrate HR professionals and organisations leading innovation, driving impact and redefining the workplace culture across Australia. 

IPS has developed strategies to help enable organisations to provide meaningful pathways for First Nations people, women, youth and the long-term unemployed.  

The programs which IPS build are co-designed and often use a blend of accredited qualifications, industry placements and culturally safe mentoring to build confidence, resilience and long-term employability. 

IPS Co-Founder Damian Chalk, who accepted the award in Melbourne said: “This recognition reinforces the strength of our approach across IPS, from workforce strategy and organisational development to community engagement and cultural advisory.” 

“Our clients trust us to deliver an end-to-end capability which helps organisations transform their workforce, strengthen their culture and achieve meaningful, measurable outcomes with inclusion embedded as just one part of a much broader solution.” 

“We call this the IPS Way and we embrace a whole of system approach which continues to serve us and importantly our stakeholders well.” 

IPS Co-Founder Katina Law said the win highlights the successes the organization continually enjoy with their valued clients and promotes IPS’ position as a national leader in DEI-driven workforce transformation. 
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“This national recognition further strengthens IPS’s position as a trusted leader in DEI and workforce transformation, demonstrating how our integrated approach is shaping the future of inclusive workforce and community outcomes across Australia,” Katina said.