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The one lesson from his mum that helped this CEO succeed
Mark Collette once considered pursuing a career an astronaut. Although he ended up in energy, the challenge he faces may prove even harder.
- Colin Packham
Why ‘fake it until you make it’ is terrible advice
Experts offer five tips to overcome impostor syndrome. ‘Fake it until you make it’ is not one of them.
- Euan Black
This exec started out flipping burgers. Now he runs a $2b company
Tabcorp chief executive Adam Rytenskild never finished university, and now he is taking on some of the world’s most powerful wagering companies.
- Elouise Fowler
These dads took extended parental leave – and their careers are fine
Paid paternity leave is often described as a powerful weapon in the fight against the gender pay gap. BOSS hears from five dads who took it.
- Euan Black
This expat’s first offshore role is running $18b insurer QBE
British-born Andrew Horton took the job in Australia because he feared he had ‘missed out on something’.
- Liam Walsh
September
What I learnt from running a $13b tech company
Xero chief Steve Vamos has six tips for success.
- Sally Patten
Meet the 27-year-old with degrees from Harvard, Stanford and Oxford
Online education company founder Jamie Beaton says getting into the top universities in the world has opened up enormous opportunities for him.
- Sally Patten
This bank boss failed to make the Arsenal team. The rest is history
In 1978, at the age of 16, Joseph Healy tried out for the soccer team. He is now CEO of Judo Bank.
- James Eyers
What this rising star learnt after a brutal career setback
Losing her seat in the election put a full stop on Terri Butler’s career for the first time in two decades. Here’s why she isn’t in a hurry to go back to work.
- Tess Bennett
- Opinion
- Governance
Lessons from this book will make you a better director
Directors’ intention is to protect themselves against accusations of failed governance when something inevitably goes wrong.
- Rod Sims
The employment perks that work (and the ones that don’t)
In the rush to retain scarce talent, companies are dangling everything from a four-day week and unlimited annual leave to office pets. But do employees care?
- Sally Patten
August
Four business lessons from fashion’s power players
Thriving in the fashion industry is incredibly, notoriously tough. So, what can business leaders learn from those who’ve stuck it out?
- Lauren Sams
Taiwan tensions send CEOs into the war room
A few simple steps can help companies outperform their rivals when disaster hits.
- Patrick Durkin
From the son of a migrant garbage truck driver to an ASX100 CEO
Alumina Limited’s CEO Mike Ferraro says when he got to law school after growing up in Melbourne’s working-class suburbs, he felt like a “square peg in a round hole”.
- Patrick Durkin
Six tips for giving that dreaded keynote speech
Such a presentation at a business conference is not a TED talk, where the audience comes primed for inspiration and whimsy.
- Alana Piper
The executives working for their Australian employers from Europe
As a dreary winter draws to an end, many workers are dreaming of a European summer. But what if you could mix work and play? Several companies are trialling it.
- Lucy Dean
The best advice I ever received: ‘Do your best, else it’s time to go’
Alexis George is the chief executive of wealth group AMP. She reveals an emotional and pivotal moment in answering our CEO Q&A.
- Sally Patten
How Alexis George is trying to bring AMP back from the brink
Ask the chief executive of AMP for examples of risky jobs she has undertaken and she does not mention the troubled wealth manager.
- Sally Patten
Forget diet and exercise. What you really need is more sleep
Inadequate rest is costing the Australian economy more than $66 billion a year. Of that figure, $17.9 billion is down to loss of productivity.
- Sally Patten
This simple trick will make networking less stressful
Hate that feeling of walking into a large conference hall and seeing a sea of people you don’t know? Here are two strategies to help you to start networking.
- Amantha Imber
What playing pro soccer taught this crypto CEO about success
Prioritising the team over the title has been a winning game plan for Cosmos Asset Management chief executive Dan Annan.
- Aleks Vickovich
Ted Lasso’s leadership lessons for CEOs
Poor communication can lead to confusion, a perception of an inability to lead effectively and even resistance from staff. Here’s how CEOs can become better communicators.
- Natasha Boddy and Sally Patten
Kellie Parker plots Rio Tinto’s path back from insult and injury
As Rio Tinto’s “CEO Australia”, Kellie Parker’s goal is remarkably similar to the one she had upon joining Rio’s injury management team 21 years ago.
- Peter Ker
How I got back to executive work after breaking my neck
On a 2013 snow trip to Perisher in NSW, feeling increasingly comfortable on a snowboard Nathan Kirby attempted a jump, fell and broke his neck.
- Sally Patten
July
Rich Bosses who’ve lost billions in tech wreck
AfterPay’s Anthony Eisen and Nick Molnar, Zip’s Larry Diamond and Ruslan Kogan lost close to $6 billion last financial year, after the sector dived 35 per cent.
- Patrick Durkin and Sally Patten
