Supporting a work culture of inclusion, safety, respect and belonging.

What We Do

At the heart of Equality Consulting is a belief that healthy and human workplaces are built on five essential experiences: Inclusion, Psychological Safety, Respect, Belonging and having a Voice. When people are valued for who they are, feel safe to speak up, are treated with dignity and connected to something meaningful, they exceed expectations. Inclusive Leadership is the catalyst that brings these experiences to life. Our work equips leaders and teams with inclusive practices and inclusive mindsets to create work cultures where everyone can belong and thrive.

DEI training programs and inclusive leadership workshops

Inclusive Leadership Impact Model

Five workplace experiences framework: inclusion, psychological safety, respect, belonging and voice

How We Partner With Clients

Training

Our training programs are practical, flexible and designed for real workplaces. Delivered in-person or online, they build capability to create inclusive team cultures, psychological safety, inclusive leadership and unconscious bias awareness. Every session is practical, interactive and immediately applicable.

Consulting

Receive expert guidance to shape and strengthen your DEI strategy, programs and plans. We help listen to the voice of your employees, identify priorities and move from intention to impact. Our five-phase consulting framework accelerates progress and delivers tangible outcomes.

Coaching

Support leaders with personalised coaching that builds confidence, clarity and adaptability. With 25+ years of corporate. professional and coaching credentials, Sonali helps leaders think more strategically, lead with inclusion and navigate the complexities of modern workplaces.

Speaking

Invite Sonali to your next leadership event or internal conference for an energising, human-centric and humour-filled keynote. Her thought-provoking presentations inspire awareness, spark insights and offer practical actions to build inclusion, respect and belonging at work.

Meet Sonali Dsilva 

Founder, Facilitator and Coach

Sonali Dsilva started Equality Consulting in 2017 in Adelaide, South Australia, on the back of long corporate career in learning and leadership development. Sonali leads the design and delivery of leadership training, consulting and coaching solutions for a wide range of industry clients. Her core purpose is to offer practical and actionable strategies that develop leaders who can create inclusive work cultures.

Over the years, she has partnered with organisations to build inclusive, respectful and psychologically safe work cultures where people can thrive.

A Certified Professional in Inclusive Leadership (Catalyst USA) and Certified Organisational Coach, Sonali is also the creator of the Six Dimensions of Psychological Safety Framework. She designs practical and engaging learning experiences that equip leaders to lead with confidence, courage and care in a diverse and rapidly changing workplace.

Recognised by LinkedIn as an inclusivity expert, Sonali participates in the opt in Harvard Business Review Advisory Council and has contributed articles for Forbes Australia on leadership, DEI and culture transformation.

Over her 25+ year career, Sonali has held leadership and organisational development roles in the IT and Healthcare sectors, including learning and leadership development across Asia Pacific for a Fortune 500 company. 

She has delivered more than 500 workshops across 13 countries, bringing a deep global perspective and cultural insight to her work.

Sonali is a highly regarded facilitator, coach and keynote speaker known for her practical frameworks and human-centred approach. She is also an author and writer, widely published in respected management and leadership publications.

Sonali’s Education and Expertise

  • Master of Business Administration (MBA) – Human Resources

  • Certified Organisational Coach – ICF Graduate Level 1 Certified Inclusive Leadership Professional, Catalyst Inc. USA Inclusive Behaviors Inventory (IBI) Certified, Aperian, USA Inclusive Leadership Certified, University of Colorado at Boulder.

  • Women in Leadership Certified, Weatherhead School of Management.

  • Inspiring Leadership Through Emotional Intelligence, Case Western Reserve Univ.

Connect with Sonali on LinkedIn and find out more about her work!

Sonali Dsilva, DEI consultant and inclusive leadership expert Adelaide

Some of Our Valued Clients 

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  • Logo of the City of Murside with a stylized tree and green and purple text.
  • Logo with a star shape made of five colored sections and the text 'City of Norwood Paynesham & St Peters'.
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  • Detmold Group logo with red background and white and gray text
  • A circular logo with rainbow-colored curved lines and the text 'EDU SA'.
  • Nerve logo with the tagline 'Connecting you with tomorrow'
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  • Campbelltown City Council logo with stylized waves and hills in green, yellow, blue, and teal

What Our Clients Say

  • I recommend Sonali Dsilva for designing and developing inclusive leadership development programs. Sonali supported Arup to present a seven-module program across Southeast Asia for our leaders - opening hearts and minds to the leadership qualities and behaviours which enable inclusive teams at work.

    Abbie W, Head of Equity, Diversity & Inclusion APAC, Arup

  • Sonali presented at Beyond Bank Australia ‘In Conversations with D&I” speaking about the topic of Inclusion to our employees. She is an inspiring presenter who speaks authentically, sharing numerous personal experiences around the topic of Inclusion and giving simple practical strategies for our employees to adopt in their day-to-day life. Sonali not only spoke wholeheartedly about the topic but she clearly role modelled inclusion throughout the presentation ensuring that she was inclusive with all individuals through the various forms of technology that were used to deliver her message. We will certainly continue to work with Sonali in our business for future D&I Initiatives.

    Deborah B R, Fmr Organisational Development Manager, Beyond Bank

  • Sonali's expertise, professionalism and support on our Diversity Equity Inclusion and Belonging journey has been brilliant. Her work as a keynote with our leaders, and facilitation of staff workshops to build our inclusive culture, has been highly valued by all. I truly value Sonali's guidance, expertise and personable nature, and very much value her as part of my network. If you're truly looking to make an impact on DEI and to partner with someone to help you, I highly recommend Sonali.

    Jo M, Unit Manager Organisational Development, City of Marion

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