Our Team

Alignment Group is led by James Hare, a people, culture and workplace consultant with more than 20 years of experience across HR, strategy, inclusion, mediation and change.

James has worked across corporate, government, health, aged care, disability, community and purpose-led organisations. This includes senior roles as an HR Director in mulitple organisations in Australia and overseas and HR leadership within a Health organisations, alongside consulting work with clients across Australia.

He brings a practical understanding of how workplaces really operate: the pressure on leaders, the complexity of people issues, and the challenge of making change land well.

Most work is led by James, with trusted specialist partners brought in when needed. This may include support across HR, mediation, workplace legal matters, leadership, facilitation, learning design, strategy or evaluation.

The model is flexible by design, so the support fits the work, not the other way around.

Meet the Team

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  • I support organisations across Australia to strengthen their people, culture and inclusion work through clear strategy, practical review and real-world capability building.

    My approach combines structured analysis, stakeholder consultation and a maturity lens to help leaders move beyond good intent and into clear priorities, shared ownership and practical action.

    I also contribute to the broader HR and inclusion profession through my role as AHRI Victoria DEI Network Convenor and as a member of AHRI’s DEI Advisory Committee, supporting the board on contemporary DEI practice.

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  • Karen is an employment lawyer who supports organisations to navigate workplace obligations, risk and policy with clarity.

    She brings a practical, grounded approach to employment law, helping leaders understand their options, make sound decisions and manage workplace matters with confidence.

    Her work supports organisations to balance legal obligations, people impact and real-world decision-making.

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  • Patricia is a learning and development practitioner, learning designer and leadership coach with more than 15 years of experience supporting organisational capability and behaviour change.

    She brings strong learning design and facilitation expertise to help organisations build practical leadership habits, shared language and capability that sticks.

    Patricia’s work blends strategy with delivery, supporting leaders and teams to create values-led, high-performing environments where learning is practical, embedded and measurable over time.