Life is short. The pandemic has been a wake-up call. Workers are re-evaluating their priorities and resigning in record numbers, while young people are reimagining their uncertain futures and leaving toxic and unsupportive workplaces — all in the pursuit for passion and purpose.

Whether it’s starting side hustles, figuring out the next move for your study or job, or switching professions altogether, this workshop will teach you to become a career entrepreneur with the courage to design your own path.

We are in the midst of the Great Resignation. The past year has sparked a yearning for a career that is life-giving and rejuvenating. Yet, it can be confusing to figure it all out – from the overwhelming smorgasbord of career options to feeling lost about our true selves and our passions.

At the same time, there is immense need in our world for innovation: from climate change to gender inequality and racial injustice. How do we combine passion and purpose in our professions? How can we be true to our values and be bold? How can we forge our own career paths with no regrets?

This workshop will equip you to unpack your authentic self, inspire you with the ingredients for impact, and empower you with practical strategies to find your calling, so you can design a career — and life — that is fulfilling and meaningful.

About the presenter: Philip Chan

A career adventurer, Philip Chan is a human rights lawyer, academic and leadership facilitator.

Philip left behind corporate law at a top tier global firm to courageously forge his own path in human rights. He has embarked on a series of career experiments and adventures: serving in public diplomacy at the Australian Embassy, hitting the streets of Seoul as a journalist, working on the frontline of the refugee crisis, and advising the United Nations on children’s rights and technology.

Relentless in his search for a fulfilling career, Philip has redefined and achieved multiple dream roles early on: being headhunted to lead human rights projects and inspiring the next generation as an educator. He has advised the world's largest companies and organisations to drive impact through human rights and sustainability, including at Westpac, KPMG and the University of Sydney. He is also the Wesley College Academic Dean and a lecturer at Western Sydney Uni.

Philip is recognised as a Prime Minister’s Australia Asia Scholar, World Economic Forum Global Shaper, Westpac Future Leader, and named one of Australia’s top 25 most influential people in the social impact sector by Pro Bono Australia.

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