Leading a Positive Workplace Culture

A full-day workshop helping managers and leaders build a culture of success and excellence.

This workshop gives managers, supervisors, and team leaders a clear understanding of what makes up a workplace culture, and practical strategies to create and influence a positive one. Participants assess their own workplace environment, identify the cultural indicators they want to see, and develop strategies to recognise and reinforce the behaviours that support lasting change.

Duration: Half day  ·  Delivery: Online or Face-to-face  ·  Cohort: 8-20 participants

Aligned to the APS Craft Capability Framework and APS Workforce Strategy 2025.

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What your team will learn

What it takes to build a workplace culture that actually sticks.

Participants build a clear understanding of what makes up an organisation’s culture, and the forces that drive it toward, or hold it back from, being a positive one. They explore why people resist change, how to help them move through it, and how to reinforce culture by recognising and rewarding the right behaviours. By the end, each participant has identified specific strategies to improve culture in their own workplace.

What we cover

    • What makes up a culture — Understanding the elements that shape an organisation’s workplace culture.
    • Drivers and barriers — Identifying the forces that drive a positive culture and the barriers that work against it.
    • Resistance to change — Understanding why people resist change and how to support the transition to new norms.
    • Positive reinforcement — Recognising and rewarding positive behaviours to reinforce culture.
    • Improvement strategies — Identifying specific, practical strategies to improve workplace culture.

Workshop format

Half a day, delivered to your team as a closed cohort.

McMillan’s Leading a Positive Workplace Culture workshop gives managers, supervisors, and team leaders the chance to assess their own workplace environment and develop strategies for change. Participants work through what drives culture, why people resist change, and how to reinforce the behaviours that support a positive workplace.

At a glance

    • Length: Full day
    • Audience: All — tailored to audience as required
    • Delivery: Online (live, facilitated) or Face-to-face
    • Cohort size: Minimum 8, maximum 20 participants
    • Approach: Facilitated instruction and self-assessment activities

Who the workshop is for

Suitable for APS6 to EL2 managers, supervisors, and team leaders.

Leading a Positive Workplace Culture is designed for managers, supervisors, and team leaders at APS6 to EL2 level who want to shape a stronger culture in their team or work area. We tailor content and examples to your cohort’s context before delivery.

Typical cohorts

    • Managers and supervisors wanting to build a culture of success and excellence
    • Leaders navigating resistance to change within their team
    • Leadership groups wanting a shared approach to recognising and reinforcing positive behaviours

When this workshop is a good fit:

    • Workplace culture isn’t where leaders want it to be
    • Change is meeting resistance and leaders need strategies to support the transition
    • You want leaders equipped to recognise and reinforce positive behaviours
    • You’re investing in leadership capability that shapes culture across the team

How we deliver

Evidence-based training grounded in adult learning principles, applied consistently to every engagement.

1. Initiate

Confirm outcomes, audience, schedule, and success measures.

2. Design and tailor

Shape content and scenarios to your workplace.

3. Deliver

Interactive, practical sessions online or in-person.

4. Evaluate and close

Capture feedback, measure impact, document improvements.

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Prefer to call? Phone us on (02) 6230 0266.

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