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Toni is a highly skilled learning and development consultant with over two decades of experience in environments ranging from small not-for-profit organisations to national public service organisations and international corporates spanning service industries, health providers, the financial sector and the performing arts.
She started her career as an Occupational Therapist assisting individuals in a range of settings to achieve their optimum independence and wellbeing despite injury or disability. This understanding of how the right support can enable everyone to progress towards the best version of themselves has transferred very effectively into her work in adult learning and development.
With qualifications in Adult Education, Positive Psychology, Organisational Coaching, Mental Health and Training and Evaluation Toni is well placed to apply her personal passion for continuous learning and realising human potential to all aspects of individual, group and team development. She is also experienced in using formal tools which can greatly assist in supporting the self-awareness and growth of her clients. This includes accreditation as Strengths Profile Practitioner, Team Management Systems Facilitator, DiSC Certified Trainer and Psychological Safety Certified Practitioner.
‘I believe that learning should always be positive, fun and just far enough outside your comfort zone to nudge you to grow’ – Toni Williams
All Positive Tone Learning projects apply an approach grounded in these five key values
Collaboration
The synthesis of ideas and the power of building on everyone’s contributions
Contribution
Focusing on providing meaningful and sustainable value
Creativity
Looking with fresh eyes to discover new and innovative ways
Growth
Believing in each person’s potential to progress towards being the best version of themselves
Balance
Considering all the needs and priorities of life
Testimonials
Toni is a warm and approachable trainer who has given us not just the theory but also practical tools and strategies that have already been helpful in our teams!
It was very useful to have the training spaced over several months, it allowed us to take time to reflect on learnings and gradually build skills.
The training allowed our team to have conversations that were new. It was a space to share personal growth, strategies and successes.
Thank you, Toni, for sharing your knowledge and helping our team grow as great leaders. Your patience and sense of humor contributed to a great atmosphere in the room. I’ve learned a lot and look forward to using these new skills in real life.
Leadership Development Program for St Andrews Residential College Leadership team, Sydney University 2023
A people focused leader with a curious spirit, who specialises in innovative organisational learning and development programs to create high performing teams and individuals. As a mentor and coach Toni is a thought leader in positive psychology leadership principles and feedback coaching.
Her skills benefit organisations wishing to improve employee engagement, leadership team development and cultural alignment across the organisation.
A sought-after facilitator Toni is adept at understanding the needs of an organisation and developing bespoke solutions that speak to the heart of any development opportunity. Toni has extensive experience in creating and delivering successful programmes across all levels of the organisation including customer centric frontline teams, executive leadership teams and highly specialised technical teams.
Her key strength is her ability to guide the creative process of integrating perspectives, cultural behaviours, and seemingly disparate needs, into coherent and practical strategies that create individual growth, and importantly, consensus and engagement.
Neredith Elliott
Director, Guest Experience at Spotless Group
Toni has been volunteering with Dress for Success (DFS) since 2017. I have come to know and work closely with Toni through her involvement as a volunteer coach with the DFS coaching program. In this role, Toni has demonstrated her insight and empathy in coaching clients of Dress for Success towards their employment goal. Many of our clients not only face unemployment but struggle with a lack of confidence, self-esteem and external barriers such as racism and ageism. In her coaching role, Toni uses her expertise and skills to provide a coaching partnership that encourages women to identify and draw on their strengths whilst supporting them to manage things both within and out of their control.
One of the most subscribed workshops is ‘Relationships in the Workplace’, developed and facilitated by Toni. Clients provide overwhelming positive feedback that this workshop has assisted them to think differently and challenge their negative thoughts enabling some shifts in moving towards their goal.
Finally, I have been lucky to work with Toni on a new program ‘Success Works’, working with women in correctional centres. As a pilot, this program has required a degree of resilience and flexibility. Toni has all this and more! She is the person who want by your side when things are not set in stone and you have to adapt quickly to your surroundings. She is confident working with women in prison and creates a warm and engaging workshop where the women feel comfortable to speak up, ask questions, even expose their vulnerabilities and learn. I cannot speak highly enough of her skill in delivering this program.
Michelle Bonner
Career Support Programs Manager, Dress for Success Sydney
Toni had an amazing ability to understand and work out our staff, what they do, the challenges they face and the real issues that we were trying to address. This meant that the training she delivered was incredibly relevant and personalised to those receiving it. This provided a better engagement than we have experienced previously and was not a “cookie cutter” session that people would turn off or shut down during.
She was also not afraid to call out or question people on their feedback during a session to make sure they truly understood and had taken on board what was being discussed. In addition to her ability, Toni’s passion for training people was very evident and something she would find hard to hide even if she wanted to.
Philby Lewis
Technical Manager at Sydney Opera House