Does your organisation have the workforce capability it needs to succeed? Get independent, evidence-based insight into your human capital risk and performance.
The Skills Gap Problem
employees not proficient in their current role
employers reporting skill gaps having a major impact on their business
Source: Evolving Skills Landscape, Australian Human Resources Institute 2024
Organisational capability gaps reflect deficiencies across skills, processes, technology, structure and leadership—with skill gaps often the dominant factor in underperformance and failed change efforts.
Persistent skill gaps compound silently—undermining performance and strategic execution while fueling workplace stress and eroding team morale.
Organisational people capability is a core governance and risk issue, not just a HR concern. Boards and executives must actively address workforce skills and capability gaps because they are decisive drivers of performance, innovation and successful change.
Skill gaps exist in most organisations—but without disciplined, expert assessment, their true impact on performance, risk and stakeholder value remains hidden. Leaders who move quickly to surface and address these often‑hidden capability gaps give their organisations the best chance to adapt, succeed and thrive in a fast‑changing environment.
Our Approach
Evidence-Based Solutions That Drive Real Change
We don't rely on assumptions or off-the-shelf frameworks. Every solution we deliver is based on rigorous research of your unique situation and data analysis because persistent skills and capability gaps won’t be solved with more of the same.
Independent Assessment
We bring an objective, external perspective to uncover the capability gaps and structural issues—including control design, role clarity and accountability—that internal teams often can't see, are reluctant to acknowledge or lack the capacity to solve.
We don't just deliver reports. We help you implement solutions and establish clear metrics to track progress and demonstrate ROI.
This research-driven approach underpins everything we do – from capability assessments to organisational transformation –ensuring you get solutions backed by evidence.
Workplace Competency & Development
We collaborate directly with VET assessors and industry experts to assess your team's on-the-job competence. This practical evaluation identifies specific skill gaps, allowing us to design and deliver effective gap training to ensure your workforce is fully skilled and compliant.
Collaborative Design
Through facilitated workshops, we work alongside your leadership team to transform insights into practical strategies. This collaborative process builds genuine ownership and buy-in from the people who need to execute the change.
GRC Integration
Workforce capability insights are mapped directly to your governance, risk and compliance frameworks, so you can see where skills gaps undermine controls, where ownership is unclear, and where targeted capability uplift will reduce enterprise risk.
About Us
Based in regional Victoria, we help organisations across Australia solve complex workforce skill gaps that underpin organisational capability. We bring an independent perspective, blending rigorous research methodologies with practical, on-the-ground implementation.
Our expertise combines deep, practical experience in workforce and industry professional development with broad commercial acumen and collective experience in general management, governance, enterprise risk and compliance.
We partner with organisations of all sizes, from regional employers to national enterprises. Our clients are leaders who seek clear, evidence-based insight to solve pressing, current challenges and build the workforce capability to seize strategic opportunities while strengthening their control environment and risk culture.
Our Expertise
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Get clarity on where you stand—and where you need to go.
Pinpoint current skills gaps and receive an actionable roadmap for development. Our comprehensive assessment gives you certainty about your team's capabilities and guides your investment in people and systems. You'll walk away with clear priorities for development and a strategic plan to build a more skilled, effective and future-ready workforce.
Ideal for: Strategic planning, restructures, new initiatives requiring specific capabilities
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Secure the capabilities required to deliver on your 3-5 year strategic mandate.
We facilitate the continuous, cross-functional process required for effective SWP. Our methodology begins with an environmental scan to identify external drivers and plausible scenarios that may disrupt your business. By comparing current workforce supply against future demand, we conduct rigorous gap analysis across critical areas, including: capability, size, source and structure. The final output is an evidence-based Action Plan and Roadmap that guides strategic investment, recruitment (Build, Buy, Borrow), and organisational design priorities. We align with your existing governance structures to ensure robust, collaborative and sustainable workforce transformation.
Ideal for: Mandated planning cycles, significant policy changes, digital transformation and responding to external trends.
Often combined with our Workforce Development services for end-to-end workforce transformation.
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Transform capability gaps into competitive advantage.
We design and implement comprehensive workforce solutions—from team restructuring and role redesign to capability frameworks and performance systems. Working hands-on with your leaders, we close capability gaps through strategic interventions that go beyond training alone. Our approach combines practical implementation support with robust evaluation frameworks, ensuring your investment in people delivers measurable business impact.
Ideal for: Organisational restructures, capability uplift programs, operational improvement, performance enhancement
Often paired with our Strategic Workforce Planning services to move seamlessly from analysis to action.
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Strengthen governance, risk and compliance so frameworks work in practice, not just on paper.
We step into your organisation to design, implement and operate GRC arrangements that align with strategy and are grounded in real workforce capability, role clarity and decision rights. Services include board and committee support (papers, minutes, reporting), enterprise risk management (risk appetite, registers, controls, reporting) and compliance frameworks tailored to your regulatory environment. Engagements can be advisory or hands-on interim, project and contract roles, ensuring controls are embedded, responsibilities are clear and risk culture is reinforced through training, communication and change support.
Ideal for: Governance and risk framework implementation or reset, regulator-driven remediation, major transformation programs and organisations needing interim or fractional GRC leadership (e.g. company secretary, risk or compliance manager).