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Football great motivates Peninsula campus

27 July 2005

Australian Rules football legend Tommy Hafey shared stories of his success with the Peninsula business and education community at a breakfast seminar hosted recently by Monash.

Motivating the masses: Mr Tommy Hafey with guest Ms Lyne Taulla at the breakfast seminar.

During his career, Mr Hafey coached four Victorian Football League/Australian Football League teams and is one of only three men to have coached more than 500 VFL/AFL games.

His seminar, presented by the Monash Peninsula Business Associate Program, addressed how businesses could use the motivation skills used in sport to gain a competitive advantage.

The head of the Faculty of Business and Economics at the Peninsula campus, Associate Professor Ron Edwards, said Mr Hafey had motivated thousands of individuals to high levels of personal performance over the past 25 years.

"Tommy identified principles of leadership, self-development and teamwork by using football analogies, but he applied them to educational and business settings," Dr Edwards said.

The Monash Peninsula Business Associate Program aims to link Monash with the local business and education community and provide interesting and motivational speakers.

"The program is Monash's way of giving something back to the community, which in turn encourages them to support us and our students," Dr Edwards said.

More than 100 people attended this latest seminar, including staff and students from local schools, local business people and Monash staff.

Further information on upcoming seminars is available at the Business seminars website.