Opening Keynote: Real Talk on Vulnerable Leadership

Newton Cheng went on mental health leave on Jan 18, 2022.  Despite working in the field of health & wellbeing for 20+ years, being a world champion competitive athlete, and having access to world class experts and robust mental health support services, he still burned out. 

In this keynote he will share the story of his journey to burnout and back, and what he's learned about how we're hampering innovation by not practicing vulnerable leadership… so many of us leaders get it wrong when we do try to demonstrate vulnerability, and how we can practice it effectively via a skills-based approach.

True leadership requires risk taking and failure. However, our culture tells us to "fake it until we make it" and to "never let them see us sweat".  What might we be able to achieve if we could actually share our struggles so that we could take better care of ourselves and each other while pursuing our most daring ambitions?