We partner with leaders to cascade strategy into actionable results, foster leadership alignment, enhance human performance, cultivate team-based cultures and drive impactful human-centred change in times of complexity.

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Who we are. Our purpose. What we do.

PeopleHQ uses powerful people insights to empower self-directed leaders to tackle complex people challenges and drive human performance to achieve meaningful and impactful change.

We operate across leadership, governance, strategy implementation, human resources, learning and development and communication, specialising in behavioural strategy and the human dimension of change management, combining applied psychology, social cognitive neuroscience, behavioural economics and human-centred design. 

We use evidence-based systems and models in partnership with a team of psychologists, psychiatrists, neuroscientists, behavioural economists, human resource professionals, and educators, integrating more than a dozen fields of study and over 50 frameworks to simplify the complexity of human behaviour.

With offices in Brisbane, Launceston, and Perth, our work has spanned all Australian states and territories, nationally and internationally—the UAE, New Zealand, Italy, Ireland, England, Indonesia, the USA (Texas), the Netherlands, and Singapore.

We partner across a wide range of industries and sectors, acting as a trusted advisor to senior leaders, including Deputy Director-Generals, Executive Directors, Directors, Boards, Mayors, CEOs, and Managing Directors.

The organisations we work with typically share a common set of challenges:

  • Complex people and performance issues that require thoughtful, practical solutions

  • Significant change that must be effectively adopted and sustained

  • The need to build capability—not just learn, but apply and embed new skills

  • They have tried other approaches that have delivered limited or short-term results

  • A desire for human-centred strategies that create lasting, positive impact

For a list of clients, please see below.

We have worked with leaders from a broad range of industries and sectors

  • Play to our strengths

  • Love what we do

  • Be generous

  • Add value

  • Be human

Our principles

Our clients

  • Qld Department of Health

  • Qld Department of Communities,
    Housing and Digital Economy

  • Arts Qld

  • Clinical Excellence Qld

  • Mastermyne Ltd

  • Rio Tinto

  • Arup

  • Qld Police

  • Qld Fire and Rescue Services

  • PNG Air

  • Cape York Partnership (Cape York Employment, BAMA Services, Djarragun College, Ngak Min Health, PAMA Futures)

  • Department for Education, SA

  • WALGA - Local Government Association,
    Western Australia

  • Department of Health, Ireland

  • Mass Participation World, Singapore

  • Various State, Independent and Catholic Schools
    – Qld and SA

  • Terrain, Natural Resource Management 

  • Sustainable Solutions Global

  • State Library of Queensland

  • Cape York Partnerships

  • Various local government councils

  • One Claim

Leaders from:

  • Virgin Unite

  • New Zealand Police

  • Commonwealth Bank

  • PwC, PricewaterhouseCoopers

  • James Cook University

  • Saatchi, Australia

  • Westpac

  • Cape York Employment

  • Clean Co

  • Champions Academy

  • Qld Police Service

  • Qld Fire and Rescue Services

“Shelley was an outstanding RDA FNQ & TS Inc. Board member during its inaugural term. Shelley played two critical roles on the Board. She was crucial in establishing the organisation from a standing start, securing its original constitution, operating policies, and systems. She then played an outstanding role in welding a team culture with a diverse range of Board members. As the Board's continuing chair, I regularly appreciate the foundation legacies Shelley left for this successful organisation.”

— Allan Dale, Progressor, Tropical Regional Development

“Shelley Wild is an accomplished consultant and educator. Her coupling of leadership and management practices with social cognitive neuroscience sets her apart from others working in the commercial, government, education, and not-for-profit sectors. Her expertise involves working with both the external and ‘inner’ working of organisations, individual leaders, and teams. Her approach brings sure-footedness, helping build sustainable and innovative organisations. As an educator, Wild’s practice exemplifies the maxim that ‘great educators do not rely on technique; real education comes from the identity and integrity of the teacher”

— Professor Judith McLean, Qld University of Technology (Creative Industries)

“I have witnessed Shelley make significant contributions to the Cairns community through various organisations as a volunteer leader. She has led large-scale fundraising efforts and was instrumental in establishing the Cairns Young Chamber of Commerce. I admire her generosity and ability to influence others for good and engage them in large projects. I worked with her directly as part of her work with Advance Cairns, where we undertook a deep-dive review of the organisational structure. Shelley led the review of the structural alignment of Advance Cairns to ensure its long-term value. I also witnessed her work as a volunteer CEO of the Cairns Chamber of Commerce. She navigated it through a challenging time, reset its resources and structure, realigned the Board with the staff, reengaged members and moved it from a secretariat/committee structure to a functioning Board. She also turned around its falling revenue and reset its assets. She earned the respect of many of the region’s leaders as she was seen as the person who led the evolution and transformation of the organisation.”

— Warren Entsch MP, Federal Member for Leichhardt

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