Yesterday
- Opinion
- Opinion
Albanese is running Australia like a low-energy state premier
Labor would be foolish to blame their poll slide solely on interest rates. Their problem is their model of governance belongs in the cheap-money era.
- Tim Wilson and Jason Falinski
This Month
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
Why the work from home debate is entering a new phase
Australia’s top CEOs have accepted flexible work is here to stay. But almost four years on from the pandemic, there are growing questions about productivity, culture and career development.
- Updated
- James Thomson
Rinehart calls for tax cuts, criticises renewables and ‘eyesore’ solar panels
Gina Rinehart, named The Australian Financial Review Business Person of the Year, demanded a cut to taxes, while Boris Johnson spoke in defence of Donald Trump.
- Edmund Tadros and Maxim Shanahan
Gina Rinehart looks to life beyond the rivers of cash from iron ore
The mining magnate, crowned The Australian Financial Review Business Person of the Year, is recognised for the role she has played in shaping Australia’s economy.
- Brad Thompson
How Sam Hupert turned Pro Medicus into an understated giant
With a team of just 115 people and an understated approach to business, the healthtech co-founder has created an Australian success story.
- James Thomson
How the Y2K bug reset Opera House CEO Louise Herron’s career
When the anticipated global computing meltdown did not happen on January 1, 2000, the former lawyer couldn’t help thinking her career was “really stupid”
- Sally Patten
This CEO of a $6b company was told he ‘could do better’ at school
Whitehaven chief Paul Flynn may not have been an enthusiastic student, but he learnt to debate around the kitchen table with his parents and eight siblings.
- Sally Patten
- Opinion
- BOSS
Drumstick Awards: Five biggest corporate stuff-ups of 2023
It’s been a golden year for corporate scandals. But one company has outshone the rest, taking home the inaugural Triple Drumstick.
- James Thomson
- Opinion
- Tax reform
Why Emmanuel Macron is bravest leader of the year
The French president is probably the only Western leader to stare down public dissent at much-needed austerity measures. The rest should study his shattering experience.
- Janan Ganesh
AirBnB’s boss on the perils of being too good at negotiation
Susan Wheeldon once made the mistake of negotiating too good a price for a contract. She realised that down the track the deal was not the win she thought it would be.
- Sally Patten
- Opinion
- Opinion
Why Ray Dalio should not be venerated
He created the world’s biggest hedge fund at Bridgewater Associates. But the business operated a cult-like psychodrama under his leadership.
- Aaron Patrick
LinkedIn is rotting our leaders, says Alan Joyce’s former speechwriter
Lucinda Holdforth reckons executives should focus on delivering results and ditch the bubble talk about authenticity and vulnerability.
- Myriam Robin
November
Feel overworked and underpaid? You’re not the only one
Insufficient recognition, poor change management and inappropriate workloads are the biggest risks for employee wellbeing, a study has found.
- Euan Black
What this CEO did after being made redundant from Macquarie
Tim Fung didn’t waste a crisis when the company let him go after the GFC. Instead, he tried his hand at an entirely new industry.
- Sally Patten and Euan Black
The 25 best-performing CFOs in Australia
Whitehaven Coal’s Kevin Ball has topped the ranks of the country’s best performing financial bosses, based on the increase in the miner’s market capitalisation.
- Patrick Durkin
For Domino’s CEO, pepperoni and a Tarantino movie hard to beat
Domino’s CEO Don Meij says investors expect perfection from large ASX companies, as he regroups and avoids becoming ‘lost in the past’.
- Simon Evans
Political correctness is too much for the ‘exhausted majority’
You should concentrate on how you say things rather than walking on eggshells for fear of offending someone by what you say.
- Peter Quarry
This CEO swims for an hour before work, but is ‘terrible’ at stretching
AICD chief Mark Rigotti is also a big believer in keeping a daily journal. “Don’t rely on Stanford for everything you need to know.”
- Sally Patten
How skills learnt playing chess have helped this business owner
When jewellery designer Alina Barlow’s dad taught her to play, she loved it straight away.
- Lauren Sams
This CEO was once told he wasn’t making enough mistakes
Renato Mota, the chief executive of Insignia Financial, talks about embracing risk and the importance of allowing the mind to wander.
- Sally Patten
