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An Extension To Your HR/ER Team
Human Resources Consulting Firm
Garside Consulting is a boutique human resources consultancy providing services to organisations large and small in the private, public and community sectors since 1995. We provide the full scope of services including: training (both compliance and skills-based), policy advice, case management, mediation, counselling and help lines.
We enjoy long-term relationships with our clients and we have worked with some clients for the entire duration of our existence.
Other than having a web presence, we do not advertise and the majority of our work comes from word–of-mouth and repeat business.
Specialising in risk management: protecting our clients in any area where they may have to present at a tribunal and justify their actions.
Consequently we do a lot of work in the spheres of harassment, discrimination, bullying, discipline and poor performance.
We are also licensed private investigators and conduct a range of corporate investigations and climate surveys.
Other areas we cover are job interview training and coaching and resume writing.
We also offer negotiation skills training and advice, and we have coached negotiation teams through major negotiations, both industrial and commercial.
About Philip Garside
Philip is one of Australia’s leading consultants in Human Resources, who has provided training courses to many of Australia’s major organisations, both private and public.
With a background of practitioner experience in hundreds of cases of harassment and discrimination, Philip is able to deliver a ‘real life’ approach to these issues.
Philip has been training in his areas of expertise for over twenty-five years. He has conducted several climate surveys which have resulted in millions of dollars being saved for his clients and has advised on numerous cases, including many dismissals, all of which stood up to scrutiny at tribunals.
About Margaret Winson
Margaret Winson established the consultancy with Philip in the 1990s. With a background in industrial relations, she works with clients on cases they need assistance with, running a ‘help line’ for clients who require confidential advice on the practical handling of particular HR/ER issues. In addition to her advisory role, Margaret also provides a ‘hands on’ service, investigating and mediating complaints between employees, assessing and updating clients’ policies on workplace harassment, discrimination, EEO, and disciplinary action, and assisting clients in dealing with discrimination and harassment complaints at the state anti-discrimination bodies around Australia.
Margaret worked for the Victorian Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission for eighteen months, where she investigated discrimination and harassment complaints from the public until a backlog of cases was cleared.
Margaret’s tertiary qualification is a Bachelor of Arts (Social Sciences) and has studied investigation skills and case law research methods.