talenting. was founded by Jonathon Woolfrey and he leads the West Australia Office as State Director (West). 

Throughout his career, Jonathon has held executive and leadership roles across many sectors and industries, including Commonwealth and State Governments, large and medium not-for-profit organisations, and corporate organisations, making a strong professional contribution to the services these organisations deliver. From leading teams delivering strategy and service to workforces of over 12,000 staff, to delivering on projects for small and medium enterprises, Jonathon has a proven track record in delivering end-to-end solutions.

Jonathon is also currently serving as a Commissioner and Deputy Chair for Catholic Education WA Limited, a Non-Executive Director overseeing a $1.6b system of 162 schools with 12,000 staff across Western Australia.

Jonathon is State Director (Non-Executive Director), WA State President and a Fellow of the Australian Human Resource Institute, the national association representing human resource and people management professionals with 20,000 members from Australia and across the globe.

Jonathon is also on the Edith Cown University’s Centre for Work + Wellbeing Strategic Research Centre advisory board 

In addition to his executive and leadership roles, Jonathon has lectured at the Curtin University’s Graduate School of Business and at Edith Cowan University’s School of Business and Law, in subjects including Strategic Human Resources and Employment Relations. 

Jonathon was on the Board of Hope Community Services Ltd for 6 years, including 4 years as Chair. Jonathon was also on the Board of Holy Rosary School Doubleview for 6 years, including 4.5 years as Chair.  

In addition to his work at talenting. Jonathon is currently also Academic Coordinator for the Australian Human Resource Institute’s Practicing Certification Program.

Jonathon has complemented his executive experience by completing a Master of Business Administration, and a Bachelor of Psychology degree from Curtin University, Western Australia. Jonathon was also selected (through scholarship) to undertake an Executive Master of Public Administration, jointly through the Australia New Zealand School of Government and the University of WA’s Faculty of Law.

With his strong networks, Jonathon works with some talented partners to help deliver holistic strategy and solutions to his clients

Tara brings her background & postgraduate experience in Organisational Psychology, providing a strong understanding of what motivates and drives people. Tara’s strengths-based approach is underpinned by positive psychology, which focuses on growing what is working well.

In addition, she brings with her managerial experience in a fast-paced corporate sales environment. This experience adds to her insight in assisting clients with the bigger picture strategic planning and capability reviews. Her authentic, friendly and passionate professionalism stands out when dealing with her clients.

Tara has a contemporary background in psychology and is up to date with emerging evidence-based practices. In addition to her work at talenting, she is involved in research in implicit bias, leadership and organisational intervention. Through her work experience, she has become skilled at encouraging successful, inclusive and diverse business cultures.

Tara has experience working on government and private personnel selection, assisting with end-to-end recruitment processes, such as developing position descriptions & selection criteria, advertising, interview questions & assessment methods, shortlisting, psychometric testing & reporting, structured interviews, referee and pre-employment checks, selection reports and on-boarding. She understands the importance of reducing selection bias and the value of tailoring recruitment to the needs of the position and organisation.

She is an accredited coach and accredited in multiple psychometric assessment tools, with a fundamental understanding in their administration, debriefing as well as the benefits to organisations in the recruitment process, on-boarding and individual & team development. With her coaching background, she is skilled at encouraging growth and high performance for individual, team and organisational success.

Tara is passionate about empowering organisations, teams and individuals to practically apply evidence-based solutions that enable workforces to thrive.

Sonya is a leader in Business Transformation through effective change management in business operations to processes, people, and systems (technology) across the WA state government sector. Sonya’s highly collaborative approach to change management and her exceptional stakeholder engagement skills has ensured projects have been delivered on time and within budget.

Throughout Sonya’s career she has held leadership, executive and senior management roles. Sonya has been working as a Senior Business Consultant since 1997. With 30+ years’ extensive experience across various small, medium and large WA government agencies (ranging from 30 to 2000+ staff), Sonya has gained specialist skills in management transformation, cultural transformation, information systems transformation, and transformation of business processes.

Sonya led the successful 2016 transformation and transition of the Road Safety Commission’s corporate support systems, services and processes, through the establishment of an effective project governance structure and accountability arrangement. Sonya has provided business analyst advice, direction, and end to end project management on the transition of Financial Information Management Systems and Payroll Systems, for various WA government agencies.
Sonya has extensive experience and specialist expertise in the development of online policy and procedure documents for a range of corporate management disciplines (including corporate management, finance, procurement, human resources, and ICT etc).

Sonya has recently developed a business transformation strategy and implementation plan for developing and implementing a Workforce and Diversity Plan and has restructured, simplified, and harmonised Human Resource policies for merged WA government agencies, as part of the MOG reform environment.

Ninka brings her background in not-for-profit (NFP) organisations, government (local and state) and health to talenting. with particular capability in NFP strategy, governance and program review.

Ninka combines her experience with a Health Promotion degree and a Certificate 4 in Frontline Management. She has successfully secured funding for local government and not for profit organisations through a variety of funders as well as administered grants and sponsorship programs. As a team leader she has developed and implemented comprehensive operational plans for projects valued over $5.5m. She has a high level of consultation and negotiation skills and has demonstrated an ability to develop strong partnerships with key stakeholders and community based organisations across challenging and complex projects. 

Ninka has a deep commitment to the work of community-based organisations, and has a track record of ensuring the sustainability of organisations with which she works.