GU COLLEGIATE
SPECIAL ONLINE ONLY EVENT Victor Perton TUESDAY, 20 TH OCTOBER 2020
12:25pm LOG-ON FOR 12:30 pm START
Optimism – your super power – the why and the how Victor Perton asks people what makes them optimistic. Victor is Chief Optimism Officer at the Melbourne-based Centre for Optimism. Formed one year ago as the offspring of The Australian Leadership Project, the Centre’s members are drawn from 56 countries. Victor’s underpinning beliefs are “The leader looks like the person in your mirror” and “All good leadership is infectiously optimistic”. He is the author of Optimism: The How and Why and The Case for Optimism: The Optimist’s Voices; and editor and founder of The Australian Leadership Project. Victor’s life experience includes stints as Commissioner to the Americas, 18 years as a parliamentarian, practice as a barrister, mediator, arbitrator, businessman and board service. He was a Senior Engagement Adviser to the Australian G20 presidency focused on the G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors Meetings, and the Brisbane G20 Leaders Summit described by the Prime Minister as “the most important gathering Australia has ever hosted”.
Cost $ 10 Members $ 15 non-members Telephone (03) 9347 3428 Email admingh@graduatehouse.com.au Book Online https://www.graduatehouse.com.au/coming-events/optimism-your-super-power-thewhy-and-the-how/
The evidence for the health impact of optimism is now so strong, Professor Laura Kubzansky, Harvard’s’ Lee Kum Kee Professor of Social and Behavioral Sciences, said in September “Optimism is a health asset and a potential target for public health interventions.”
Due to COVID-19 lockdown restrictions, this Special Event will be online only. To book, see online booking link above, or email/phone us to gain the Zoom link. We recommend that you connect 5 minutes before the event to ensure you are able to view the presentation and that, for question time, your speakers and microphone work properly. www.graduatehouse.com.au
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