Our Family of Brands
We specialise in delivering women in leadership, return to work and work life balance programs through our multi-brand group of companies – Parents At Work, Mums At Work and Talented Women are well known brands that form part of the Changing Places Group.
We support women to have a thriving career. We do this by delivering leadership programs tailored specifically to women. Designed to support women to create and build sustainable and meaningful careers, Talented Women offers essential training courses, coaching, tools and networking opportunities to accelerate their career and improve the gender gap at leadership levels. A Talented Women program incorporates live and online interactive courses, executive career & wellbeing coaches, toolkits and resources.
Parents At Work is a membership based organisation and - working in partnership with progressive employers - we have provided over 100,000 families with access to vital parental leave and return to work transition programs, work life balance support, career management and other care services. We provide expertise, advocacy and education programs to inform and empower parents, carers and their employers, to successfully balance the ongoing and interdependent demands of career, family and personal wellbeing.
Our Team
Our Journey
2004
Changing Places HR Services (CPHR), now known as Changing Places Group (CPG), was established by founder Emma Walsh to provide both small business and large organisations with a range of Leadership Development, Coaching, HR, Training and Recruitment services on demand, on a freelance, retained or project-based arrangement. CPHR was Australia’s first online HR consulting network uniquely providing businesses with free, on demand access to independent HR practitioners.
2007
Mums At Work was the first dedicated return-to-work advisory service established in Australia for parents. Mums At Work broke new ground for mums and dads needing advice and support to navigate and negotiate their return to work journey. Mums At Work later expanded to Parents At Work to support not only mums and dads but also their organisations to better manage the challenges of juggling work and family life.
2010
Emma Walsh was shortlisted for NSW Telstra Business Woman of the Year
2015
Parents At Work was recognised by the Australian Human Rights Commission as a AHRC Business Award finalist.
2017
Parents At Work was recognised by Westpac as top 200 Australian business of the future.
2018
Parents At Work initiate and lead the Parental Leave Equality Campaign that sees a number of successful events that inspire change in some of Australia’s largest organisations. Launch of the Aussie Dads photographic exhibition alongside Swedish Dads is a key highlight.
2019
APLEN is a network of organisations established as part of a commitment to lead UN global gender equality efforts to advocate and advance parental leave equality in Australia.
Changing Places Group support the launch of the Advancing Parental Leave Equality Network.