We lead change by harnessing 60,000 years of wisdom.
We teach others how to respectfully apply Aboriginal values.
We facilitate greater meaning, purpose and direction.
Gregory Phillips
Well@Work
Well@Work was established by Aboriginal professionals, staffed by Aboriginal and non-aboriginal professionals, to work with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples regardless of their situation and location.
Well@Work also works with non-Indigenous people with private and professional connections with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples in a way that improves relationships and benefits all involved.
Well@Work is strongly motivated to optimise social and emotional wellbeing for organisations wanting to support employees to improve their wellbeing and longevity in the workplace.
Organisations are recognising the need to implement well thought out wellbeing strategies and supports in the workplace.
Well@Work Vision
Our vision is to support individuals, families, and teams to maintain strong relationships, make healthy and informed decisions, improve resilience and overall health and wellbeing.
Well@Work Mission
Our mission is to provide the most culturally safe, competent, responsive, flexible, and diverse services needed to address individual, team and organisational concerns.
Well@Work Suite of Services:
- EAP – counselling – an Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Event wellbeing support
- Online training
- Supervision
- Well@Work Solutions – training on how to manage lateral violence, interpersonal communication, conflict management, leadership, and suicide prevention.
- Incident debriefing – Well@Work can flexibly deploy a package suitable for difficult situations
Please reach us at 03 9863 8146 or wellbeing@abstarr.com
Our Well@Work team will respond to your enquiry within 48 hours.
Professor Gregory Phillips
Chief Executive Officer
ABSTARR Consulting
ABSTARR Consulting is led by Gregory Phillips. Gregory is from the Waanyi and Jaru Aboriginal Australian peoples, and comes from Cloncurry and Mount Isa.
He is a leading change maker, thought leader and medical anthropologist.
He has lived, worked and studied with Indigenous peoples globally for the last twenty-five years.
Gregory’s unique gift is his ability to facilitate thought-provoking meetings and workshops where participants learn to respectfully apply Aboriginal values and knowledge in community, business and government settings.
Gregory is a respected public spokesperson on issues of cultural safety, race, whiteness and power, while also consulting in transformational learning and leadership.
He developed an accredited Indigenous health curriculum for all medical schools in Australia and New Zealand, founded the Leaders in Indigenous Medical Education (LIME) Network, and co-wrote a national Indigenous health workforce strategy. He established the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Healing Foundation Ltd in the wake of the federal apology to Indigenous Australians, has advised federal ministers on Indigenous health inequality, and was honoured in 2011 with an ADC Australian Leadership Forum Award.
Gregory has a PhD (‘Dancing With Power: Aboriginal Health, Cultural Safety and Medical Education’), a research master’s degree in medical science (‘Addictions and Healing in Aboriginal Country’; published as a book in 2003), and a bachelor degree in arts (Aboriginal Studies and Government majors).
Gregory is Chief Executive Officer of ABSTARR Consulting and is a Professor of First People’s Health in the School of Medicine at Griffith University (Adjunct). He serves on several boards and committees, including chairing the Cathy Freeman Foundation and AHPRA and the Australian Medical Council’s Indigenous health strategy groups.
Change
We lead change by facilitating transformational growth in culturally safe environments.
Excellence
We deliver excellence in strategic thought leadership, critical analysis and communications.
Clarity
We bring clarity and confidence for those who want to deliver better outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples.