About
Michael J Perez is a motivational speaker for hire in Perth, WA.
The subject is mental health, leadership and the business of being an adult, and Michael J Perez gets at all three through his own stories. A leader and trainer who has been through poor mental health, organisational change and performance management in both corporate and public sector roles. A coach who has guided people through behavioural interviews and the job search. Someone who supported his wife through recovery after a traumatic brain injury. He grew up in Perth in the 80s and 90s as the child of migrants, and the stories are comic, tragic and often both. Sessions include a Beyond Blue keynote, leadership through repeated failure, managing change, and interview coaching built on three stories.
The show
Michael talks straight about mental health, leadership and the ordinary difficulty of being a grown-up, and he does it through his own life rather than a slide of bullet points. Growing up in Perth in the eighties and nineties as the child of migrants. Not getting the marks for university and working it out since. Becoming a parent, a leader, a trainer, a coach, a husband. The stories are funny, then they're not, and often they're both at once. He's frank about the challenges he still faces, which is a good deal rarer on a stage than it should be.
