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IPS Management Consultants IPS delivers innovative and focused consulting services across Australia.

Australia’s Leading Independent First Nations-Owned Consultancy - delivering innovative and focused mainstream consulting services across Australia. IPS provides consulting services to clients from government departments and Tier 1 corporates, to local businesses. ​Our capabilities are diverse and our people are talented, passionate, and committed to great outcomes. Our commitment to our clients and the work we do has been recognised around Australia. IPS has been awarded Certified Supplier of the Year by Supply Nation two years in a row for 2018, and 2019. We are passionate about supplier diversity and Indigenous engagement, because we know and live the benefits that successful Indigenous businesses bring to families, communities, and the wider economy. We are a proud advocate for Indigenous businesses and driver of opportunities for Indigenous people.

22/10/2026

🎉 **11 YEARS. 11 THINGS THAT MAKE IPS, IPS!** 🎉

It's our birthday! 🥳💙

Today, IPS Management Consultants celebrates 11 incredible years!

From humble beginnings and big ambitions to the people, partnerships and unforgettable moments that have shaped our journey, we've certainly got plenty to celebrate.

To mark the occasion, we've put together a special birthday video featuring **11 things that make IPS, IPS!**

It's a little trip down memory lane, celebrating our people, our purpose, our culture and, of course, some of the fun we've had along the way!

As an Aboriginal-owned and led business, we're proud of how far we've come and the opportunities we've helped create alongside the communities we work with.

A huge thank you to our amazing team, clients, partners and everyone who has been part of our story.

🎬 **Turn up the volume and enjoy our 11 things that make IPS, IPS!**

Here's to many more years of creating better futures! 💙

🎂 Happy 11th Birthday, IPS!

Recruitment is often one of the first meaningful experiences someone has of an organisation.For First Nations candidates...
20/10/2026

Recruitment is often one of the first meaningful experiences someone has of an organisation.

For First Nations candidates, that experience can carry considerations beyond the usual questions about a role, a team or career progression. There can also be questions around cultural safety, identity, connection to Country and community, and whether an organisation is genuinely ready to support them.

These were important areas of conversation during a recent First Nations Recruitment Training Workshop facilitated by IPS Executive Lead Marlon Motlop.

Working alongside our client, the workshop explored how shifts in the way organisations communicate, prepare and build relationships can make a meaningful difference to the candidate experience.

Cultural safety is not created through one stage of recruitment alone. It is shaped through the interactions, processes and experiences that sit across the full journey.

For organisations working to strengthen First Nations recruitment, considering that experience in its entirety is an important part of building greater confidence, capability and cultural responsiveness.

To learn more or discuss how IPS can support your organisation, connect with Marlon Motlop:

https://www.ipsau.com.au/marlonmotlop.html
P: (08) 6183 6779
​E: [email protected]

🌱 Growth doesn’t always happen inside our comfort zone.One participant reflected:“Some feedback can feel uncomfortable a...
18/10/2026

🌱 Growth doesn’t always happen inside our comfort zone.

One participant reflected:

“Some feedback can feel uncomfortable at first, but that is often where the greatest growth happens.”

Through coaching, they had the opportunity to step back, challenge their thinking and consider different perspectives.

Sometimes being willing to feel a little uncomfortable today can help us grow into a stronger leader tomorrow.

Challenge today. Change tomorrow.

Participant and client details have been withheld to protect confidentiality.

Good advice should leave you knowing what to do next. 🌱Not another pile of information. Not a list of things you could d...
17/10/2026

Good advice should leave you knowing what to do next. 🌱

Not another pile of information. Not a list of things you could do. Something practical you can actually take back to your business and use.

That might mean looking at where your money is going, rethinking your marketing, preparing for growth, exploring a grant opportunity or working through a decision you’ve been putting off.

Our SBDC Business Advisors are here to help you dig into what’s happening in your business and turn the conversation into practical next steps.

Sometimes a fresh set of eyes is all it takes to uncover a better way forward.

📞 1300 275 477
📧 [email protected]

The SBDC Regional program is funded by the State Government through the Small Business Development Corporation WA.

CONSULTATION IS NOT THE SAME AS SHARED DECISION-MAKINGAnti-racism is not only about challenging individual behaviour. It...
15/10/2026

CONSULTATION IS NOT THE SAME AS SHARED DECISION-MAKING

Anti-racism is not only about challenging individual behaviour. It also requires organisations to look at who has influence, whose knowledge shapes decisions and how power is shared.

That is reflected directly in Closing the Gap Priority Reform One, which focuses on formal partnerships and shared decision-making between governments and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. Strong partnerships are expected to include representative structures, formal agreements, and genuinely shared decision-making authority. https://www.closingthegap.gov.au/national-agreement/national-agreement-closing-the-gap/6-priority-reform-areas/one

For organisations, the issue is therefore not simply whether engagement occurred.
It is whether First Nations participation influenced the decision.

Consultation matters.
Engagement matters.
Advisory structures matter.

But being invited into a conversation is different from being able to shape its outcome.

This is where IPS can help.

Through our First Nations Advisory team, IPS can support organisations to strengthen:

co-design and shared decision-making
First Nations governance and advisory structures
culturally appropriate community engagement
partnership frameworks and agreements
mechanisms that show how First Nations input has influenced decisions

Our focus is on creating a clearer pathway from:

Consultation to collaboration.
Engagement to partnership.
Input to influence.
Commitment to practical action.

The opportunity is to move beyond seeking input and create genuine influence in the decisions that matter.

If your organisation is looking to strengthen First Nations engagement, partnership or shared decision-making, IPS can help turn that intent into practical structures and action.

https://www.ipsau.com.au/first-nations-advisory.html

What does it mean to design and embed cultural safety throughout First Nations recruitment processes?IPS is currently wo...
13/10/2026

What does it mean to design and embed cultural safety throughout First Nations recruitment processes?

IPS is currently working alongside one of our clients to explore this question, with Executive Lead Marlon Motlop bringing First Nations perspectives into the process and supporting a deeper understanding of what cultural safety can look like across the recruitment journey.

Together, the work is reviewing and advising across:
• recruitment policies and job advertisements
• application review and assessment
• interview design and preparation
• candidate communication
• onboarding and probation
• ongoing support once someone joins the organisation.

Most recently, Marlon facilitated a training and process-mapping workshop with those involved in recruitment, creating an opportunity to reflect on current practices and build greater confidence and capability in First Nations engagement.

Embedding cultural safety requires consideration across the whole recruitment journey. It means looking at how policies, processes, communication and interactions are experienced by candidates, and where First Nations perspectives can strengthen that experience.

This work is helping to build a more considered and culturally responsive approach to recruitment in practice.

To learn more or discuss how IPS can support your organisation, connect with Marlon Motlop:
https://www.ipsau.com.au/marlonmotlop.html
P: (08) 6183 6779
​E: [email protected]

💬 “Our team isn’t communicating.”Sometimes the challenge isn’t a lack of communication.Meetings are happening. Emails ar...
11/10/2026

💬 “Our team isn’t communicating.”

Sometimes the challenge isn’t a lack of communication.

Meetings are happening. Emails are being sent. People are talking.

But is everyone walking away with the same understanding?

Clear expectations, shared priorities and the opportunity to ask questions can make a significant difference to how teams work together.

Because good communication isn’t always about communicating more. Sometimes it’s about communicating better.

From challenge → to change.

👏 well done team.
10/10/2026

👏 well done team.

💚 World Mental Health DayToday is a little reminder to look after yourself and the people around you.Take the break. Ste...
10/10/2026

💚 World Mental Health Day

Today is a little reminder to look after yourself and the people around you.

Take the break. Step outside. Have the coffee. Go for a walk. Have a laugh with someone. And check in on a mate, colleague or loved one. 💚

Sometimes the smallest things can make a big difference.

What’s something that helps you reset when you need it?

💡 Got an idea that could become a business?Sometimes the hardest part is knowing where to begin.Our SBDC Business Adviso...
08/10/2026

💡 Got an idea that could become a business?

Sometimes the hardest part is knowing where to begin.

Our SBDC Business Advisors can help you take that idea out of your head and start working through the practical next steps, from business planning and finances to understanding your market and what you need to get started.

You don’t need to have everything figured out before you reach out. That’s exactly what we’re here for.

Our SBDC Regional business advisory sessions are FREE and confidential.

📞 1300 275 477
📧 [email protected]

Turn your idea into a plan. Get in touch and have a chat with one of our Business Advisors.

The SBDC Regional program is funded by the State Government through the Small Business Development Corporation WA.

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Wednesday 8am - 5pm
Thursday 8am - 5pm
Friday 8am - 5pm

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