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Wellbeing Speaker in Sunshine Coast, QLD
- Travels Nationwide
- From $7,500 to $9,500
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Available on Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun
From boardrooms to a mental health unit and back.
Born in rural, housing-commission Australia, Peter built a 35-year career across Australia, New Zealand, SE Asia & the UAE leading teams, coaching executives & educators in classrooms & boardrooms alike. From the outside, he looked entirely capable. Then, on 25 June 2020, he walked him into a mental health unit & 4 weeks later he walked back out. That reshaped how he leads, coaches and speaks, & it sits at the heart of every keynote he gives today.
Now Peter speaks with humour, humility & hard-won practical tools, helping audiences close the gap between what they show & what they carry while giving a room permission to be human.
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These are the categories of entertainment or other services offered by Peter Sutton: Bridging The Mental Health Gap.
Bridging the Mental Health Gap - A shared language for mental health, and the courage to use it.
Helping workplaces see the gap between looking okay and being okay before pressure becomes crisis.
In workplaces, capable people often become experts at hiding the cost of pressure. Burnout can look like commitment, silence can look like strength, and high performance can mask someone quietly running out of capacity.
In this powerful lived experience keynote, Peter Sutton shares the story of walking into a mental health unit with work driven burnout and rebuilding with a deeper understanding of strength, recovery and sustainable performance. The keynote draws on Peter’s personal story, then tailored to the workplace context, helping leaders and teams recognise the signs earlier, speak more honestly, and protect people, performance and culture before pressure becomes crisis.
Audiences will learn:
1. Recognise how pressure and burnout can hide behind performance, reliability and commitment.
2. Understand why looking okay is not the same as being okay.
3. Build clearer language for honest conversations about mental health and support.
4. Identify practical ways to check in and respond earlier.
5. Protect people, performance and culture before pressure becomes crisis.
The following are required:
Audio/Visual
1. Sound connected to laptop
2. Screen connected to laptop
3. Lapel microphone
Stage Set-up
1. 2 x portable flipcharts placed on opposite sides of the stage.
2. Flip chart paper attached to flipcharts
Participants
Require access to:
1. Blank Paper
2. Coloured Markers
Not Applicable
Available on request to meet your specific needs.
Working With Children Queensland - Card No. 2029728/1 24 Feb 2024