Melbourne

This presentation explores the personal story of Brett Burton, former AFL player, High Performance Coach and Senior Football Executive going from being at the top of his game in the AFL to sensationally sacked – front page news.

He shares the lessons he learnt and evidenced-based strategies he utilised in the aftermath on how to lead himself through that challenge back to performing at his best and supporting his wife and 5 kids.

Through this engaging presentation, the audience will learn about:

• Self-Leadership > Before we can lead others, we need to first lead ourselves
• Move > We were born to move and movement generates energy
• Reflect > Training self-awareness and metacognition are important skills for our Wellbeing
• Connect > The quality of our relationships determines the quality of our lives

Brett Burton played 177 AFL games for the Adelaide Crows, earning the nickname “The Birdman”, and won Mark of the Year after reconstructing his knee at 31. He spent a decade leading high-performance programs before being appointed Head of Football at Adelaide — where a Grand Final appearance was followed by a very public sacking.

That fall became the foundation for everything he does now. Brett rebuilt himself using evidence-based wellbeing science and now teaches individuals and organisations the ‘Built to Perform’ framework he used to come back. He’s not a motivational speaker. He’s a recovery architect.