Inclusive Services
Better Outcomes for People, Organisations and Communities
Inclusive, Trauma-Informed Solutions designed to centre Intersectionality and Lived Experience.
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True inclusion isn't adding diverse voices to the conversation—it's changing the conversation so diverse voices can shape it
Diverse Leaders - why us?
Welcome to Diverse Leaders
At Diverse Leaders, our purpose is to deliver trauma-informed consultancy services that empower and support safe, inclusive teams, organisations, and communities—spaces where people with lived experience are valued, respected, and empowered as both leaders and team members.
Embedding Intersectionality and Trauma-Informed Practice
We recognise that individuals and communities are shaped by a rich tapestry of intersecting identities—such as ethnicity, gender, sexuality, ability, access to resources, and lived experience of trauma and/or mental health challenges. Our consultancy is grounded in the understanding that these overlapping factors can amplify barriers or create unique challenges. By centering intersectionality, we ensure that our approaches are never “one size fits all”; ensuring we are responsive to the complex realities people face.
Our trauma-informed approach acknowledges that trauma—whether personal, systemic, or collective—can profoundly influence how people engage, communicate, and participate at work and in community life. We prioritise psychological safety, trust, choice, collaboration, and empowerment in all our engagements. This means creating environments where people feel safe to contribute, share, and lead without fear of judgement or re-traumatisation.
In the race for exceptional people, organisations that understand lived experience as 'expertise'—not just 'perspective'—will attract the workforce that others are still trying to figure out how to support.
Integrating Industry Expertise and Lived Experience Wisdom
Our Partners
Stories lived become wisdom shared
Acknowlegdments
We acknowledge and celebrate the profound expertise, wisdom, and resilience of people with lived and living experience across the full spectrum of human diversity. We recognise that lived experience encompasses not only mental health challenges, trauma, and suicide, but extends to the rich tapestry of neurodivergent communities, LGBTIQA+SB communities, disability communities, and all those who navigate invisible and visible differences.
We specifically acknowledge and honour:
People with lived experience of mental health challenges, psychological distress, substance use, and suicidality - recognising your unique expertise and the transformational knowledge that emerges from your journey
Neurodivergent communities - including Autistic people, those with ADHD, learning differences, and all forms of neurological diversity that enrich our understanding of human cognition and experience
LGBTIQA+SB communities - celebrating the full spectrum of sexual orientation, gender identity, and relationship diversity, with special recognition for Rainbow Elders who have paved the way for acceptance and inclusion
Disability communities - both visible and invisible disabilities, chronic illnesses, physical differences, and all those navigating systems that often fail to provide equitable access and inclusion
Trauma survivors and those supporting them - recognising the strength it takes to heal and the wisdom that emerges from these experiences
Carers, families, supporters, and those who love and have loved people across these communities - acknowledging your unique perspective and vital contributions
We recognise that many people hold multiple, intersecting identities and that your struggles are more often due to how systems and communities fail to provide safe, equitable access rather than due to your differences.
It is a privilege to live, work, and learn alongside such knowledgeable communities. We acknowledge that no single person holds all the answers - rather, wisdom emerges through collaboration, co-production, and the honouring of diverse perspectives at every level of decision-making.
We commit to challenging the systems that create barriers, to amplifying voices that have been marginalised, and to creating spaces where every person can thrive authentically - because of their differences, not despite them
Stories are the architects of systems. Who controls the story controls the system. We are listening.
Honoring First Nations Wisdom
Acknowledgment
We acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the lands, waters, and skies on which we live, work, and gather. We pay our deepest respects to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Elders past, present, and emerging, and extend special recognition to all First Nations Rainbow Elders whose wisdom, strength, and resilience continue to guide us.
We recognise that sovereignty was never ceded - it always was and always will be Aboriginal land. We acknowledge the ongoing impacts of colonisation and commit to walking together with First Nations peoples on the path toward healing, justice, and reconciliation.
We honour the continuing connection of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to Country - not merely as land, but as the entirety of ancestral domains encompassing all values, places, resources, stories, and cultural obligations. We recognise First Nations peoples as the custodians and caretakers of this knowledge, holding the oldest continuous civilisation on Earth