Talent Strategy and Workforce Consulting
Grounded in evidence, not assumption and delivered across the full lifecycle, from attraction, through to development and mobility. We determine what needs to be human versus automated. So that it’s built for the work that needs to happen.
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Our clients span a range of industry sectors
Combining the what and the how,
to drive better solutions
Our consultants have walked in your shoes, allowing them to deliver with great understanding and empathy. We’re able to deploy a team of experts to cover adiverse range of projects, covering Talent or Workforce Strategy, Employer Branding, People Team Service and Talent Acquisition Operating Model Design, and HR Tech & AI Solutions. Working across the talent lifecycle, we are a one-stop-shop
for talent consulting services.
Strategic Workforce Planning and Work Design
You cannot transform the work you haven’t analysed. We use sophisticated technology to provide you with a top-down and bottom-up view of work and tasks to better inform your human vs digital strategy.
Employer Brand and EVP
End-to-end Employer Branding. From research to defining your EVP, we build employer brands, design creative strategy, optimise recruitment marketing and improve employee advocacy.
HR Technology Strategy and AI Solutions
We help you design the HR tech & AI stack that will best support your strategy and better enable the business.
HR Strategy and Operating Model Design
Aligned to your core business and workforce priorities, re-design your HR/People team Services and Talent Acquisition Strategy and Operating Model and build a future fit roadmap to better support the business strategy.
Where deep industry experience meets complex data and insights
Expertise from hire to retire
From developing a broad talent and Workforce Strategy, to a deep-dive into specialisations like talent acquisition, talent management or talent marketplace.
Independent advice you can trust
When it comes to your HR Tech and AI Solutions, our focus is on what's right for you. We're vendor agnostic, meaning we provide independent advice on the best vendors and options to consider.
Quality you can count on
Our highly collaborative consulting methodology delivers clarity and confidence. It goes beyond guidance, to enhancing your capability - that's how we've built our trusted reputation.
An approach tailored to you
We adapt our methodology and approach for each project to ensure our recommendations are tailored. No two problems are the same, so we stay nimble to get the best results.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Below are the most common questions we get asked. If you do have a question though, please feel free to reach out directly.
While the Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO) and the HR team design and facilitate the talent strategy, ultimate accountability rests with executives and business leaders. People managers drive day-to-day execution by coaching, evaluating, and retaining their teams
• Treating Talent as an HR-Only Issue: Disconnecting talent strategy from overall business strategy.
• Focusing Only on Hiring: Prioritising recruitment while neglecting employee development and retention.
• Short-Term Thinking: Reacting to immediate hiring fires rather than planning for future skill needs.
• Ignoring Data: Relying on gut feel instead of workforce analytics and performance metrics.
• Align with Business Goals: Identify where the business is growing and what skills are needed to get there.
• Assess Current Capabilities: Audit your current workforce to spot existing skills and critical gaps.
• Define Key Pillars: Establish actionable plans for hiring, developing, and retaining talent.
• Track & Measure: Set clear KPIs (e.g., retention rate, time-to-fill, internal promotion rate) to continuously refine the strategy.
• Talent Acquisition: Attracting and recruiting the right skills aligned with business goals.
• Performance & Development: Continuous learning, skill-building, and clear career paths.
• Retention & Engagement: Competitive compensation, strong company culture, and flexible work options.
• Workforce Planning & Succession: Forecasting future skill needs and identifying internal successors for critical roles.
A talent strategy is an organisation's plan for attracting, developing, retaining, and deploying people to achieve its long-term business goals. Rather than treating HR as a reactive support function, a modern talent strategy intentionally aligns workforce capabilities, operating models, and AI enablement with future business ambitions – ensuring you have the right capabilities, in the right roles, at the right time.
Client success stories
TQ's client relationships span years – and we love working with teams who are in it for the long haul.
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Jo Cullen
GM - Culture, Leadership & Talent
NRMA
Senior HRBP
Major National Retailer
Melanie Mitchell
Head of Executive Search & Senior Talent Mobilisation
Bupa Asia Pacific
Global Head of TA
Global Banking Organisation
Shani Jarvis
General Manager People & Culture
Anglicare WA
Andrew Griffiths
Senior Manager Employer Brand
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