DK Sonin & Associates

DK Sonin & Associates provides Generalist HR Consulting across Victoria, combining workforce strategy, policy development and embedded change support to bring recommendations to life.

• Covers HR-employee relations, policy development, organisational culture and change management across all organisation levels.
• Serves a range of Victoria-based clients in aged care, local government, health, education and professional services sectors.
• Team expertise includes Debbie Sonin, an acknowledged expert in workplace conflict resolution, discrimination and sexual harassment, and Philip Cornish with 30 years in organisational improvement and health and community services.
• Strength-based approach; embedded recommendations and facilitated implementation ensure change takes hold.

Best for: Victorian employers seeking practical, collaborative HR support grounded in organisational change and people development.

DK Sonin & Associates provides Mediation and Conflict Resolution across Victoria, combining three intervention strategies – conflict coaching, mediation and facilitated conversation – with attention to mental health and wellbeing.

• Integrated approach using one-on-one conflict coaching, mediation for binding agreements, and facilitated conversation to restore working relationships.
• Leverages psychometric tools (MBTI, EQ-i, FIRO, TKI) to build self-awareness and conflict competence.
• Conflict coaching offered as preventative professional development to help managers and team leaders manage conflict confidently.

Best for: Victorian organisations facing interpersonal conflict or seeking to build conflict competence and psychological safety in teams.