Thanh Bui – whose LinkedIn page describes him as a ‘People and Engineering Leader, Agile Coach and Scrum Master working in the Melbourne IT software industry' also leads a team working on the...
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Life Matters workshop helping to Connect – Correct – Direct
The latest Life Matters workshop, delivered in Melbourne from 19–22 February 2026, aligns closely with the organisation’s strategic priority of ‘building resilient communities grounded in...
Life Matters for an indigenous literacy activist in the Papua-Indonesia highlands
When Neas Wanimbo, a young Indonesian from Wamena, Papua-Indonesia, first participated in an IofC event in Indonesia in 2016, he was shy and not confident. ‘I’m sorry, my English is not good,’ he...
‘Life-Work’ conference impacts Chinese in Melbourne
Mike Brown reflects on the recent weekend conference held at Armagh - ‘Life-Work: examining life’s fundamental struggle through problems in everyday life' -hosted by Ren-Jou Liu and his wife Grace....
Ethical Leadership workshops are back!
As life returned to ‘normal’ in early 2021 in Melbourne, the Life Matters team sprang into action. The lockdown of 2020 meant that our Australia-Pacific Centre, Armagh, had to close its doors to...
Effective Leadership: Community, Inner Peace, Diversity and Tools for Change (Part 2)
IofC Australia and Work Force Diversity collaborated to offer a seven-part public webinar series on ‘Effective Leadership in Times of Crisis,’ from September 2020. The webinars brought together a...
Effective Leadership: Compassion, Hope and Humour (Part 1)
Could the COVID-19 crisis become a transformational experience for you? IofC Australia and Work Force Diversity think so! From September 2020, we collaborated to offer a seven-part public webinar...
Life Matters Alumni: Sudarshan Suresh
Thursday, January 16, 2020 Sudarshan Suresh, took part in a Life Matters workshop in Melbourne in 2017. The four-day residential workshops give participants a chance to reflect on their lives and...
Recalibrating one’s life at a Life Matters workshop
A chance to re-set ‘Recalibrating my life’ was how one participant described their experience of the November 2019 Life Matters workshop. Structured as a personal retreat for people or all faiths,...
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