This Month
Meet Wei Li, the maths nerd who became BlackRock’s chief strategist
Wei Li’s rise from Shenzhen maths nerd to the upper echelons of the asset manager by 35 relied on an unusual strategy: making sure she was replaceable.
- Hans van Leeuwen
Can’t name a woman who chairs an ASX20 company? There is a reason
Despite the proportion of female directors on ASX20 boards surging to 44 per cent, none of them sit at the top of the table, analysis by the AICD found.
- Sally Patten
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
10 work hacks from the guru to CBA’s Comyn, Nadella and Branson
Adam Grant’s client list includes some of the biggest names in business. Chanticleer goes inside a private session between Grant and CBA boss Matt Comyn.
- James Thomson
How the AFL’s introverted CEO will win over NSW and Queensland
Lawyer and self-described “introvert” Andrew Dillon plans to drive the game further into the rugby league heartland of NSW and Queensland.
- Patrick Durkin
- Opinion
- BOSS
Why the real ASEAN action happens on the sidelines
Peripheral conversations and persona; connections, rather than grand speeches and grandstanding, are what drive real change, the Asia Pacific CEO of Fujitsu says.
- Graeme Beardsell
What the Carlton Football Club CEO learnt about ambition
Brian Cook says he became a good leader when he realised leadership wasn’t all about him.
- Cindy Yin and Sally Patten
- Exclusive
- Liberal Party
What Scott Morrison does next
Unable to find a job in Australia, the former prime minister has joined a large engineering company in Dubai. He is also working in venture capital.
- Aaron Patrick
What one of Australia’s top bankers thinks about the pay gap
Jarden co-chief executive Sarah Rennie discusses taking the plunge on a start-up and why investment banking is becoming more female-friendly.
- Sally Patten
February
The best advice this boss was given: don’t let somebody else manage your career
Having a clear strategy around how you manage yourself, both in business and outside, is important, says Blackmores CEO Alastair Symington
- Cindy Yin and Sally Patten
This CEO chose a job because it sounded fun. Now he runs a $12b company
Light & Wonder CEO Matt Wilson was offered two graduate jobs. His father recommended he opt for the media company role but Wilson was already hooked on gaming.
- Sally Patten
The judge who made business better
When the economy opened up in the 1980s, Andrew Rogers helped Australia become a more commercially sophisticated country, NSW’s chief justice writes.
- Andrew Bell
Meet the CEO who doesn’t do Friday drinks
Karl Morris, CEO of stockbroking firm Ord Minnett and chairman of National Rugby League team Brisbane Broncos, is trying out intermittent fasting. But he is “no disciple”.
- Updated
- Sally Patten
The podcasts this top CEO always goes back to
When Aware Super CEO Deanne Stewart was offered the chance to run a business in the early 2000s in New York, she broke down and said, “No, I can’t do it.”
- Cindy Yin and Sally Patten
‘Deadset nightmare’: Why small business failures are soaring
MYOB CEO Paul Robson fears small businesses may not enjoy the soft landing tipped for the rest of the economy.
- Patrick Durkin
At ASIC, a noon showdown killed any chance of peace
Ex-ASIC chairman James Shipton desperately wanted to avoid the meeting with his deputy that was exposed on the front page of the Financial Review.
- Aaron Patrick, Ronald Mizen and Patrick Durkin
More staff expected back in office: Lendlease, Seek, SBS chairmen
Senior directors are predicting an increase in office attendance the coming months as benefits of spending time in the workplace increase for workers.
- Sally Patten and Patrick Durkin
- Exclusive
- BOSS
‘Cuts to follow hiring freeze’: directors warn on job market shake-out
Leading company directors are predicting a shake-out in the job market this year as wages and price pressures bite and business looks to make cost savings.
- Patrick Durkin and Sally Patten
How these company bosses handled their cancer diagnoses
These bosses know all too well what King Charles is going through, having been given their own confronting news.
- Sally Patten
Lowitja O’Donoghue, ‘the greatest Aboriginal leader’
Indigenous trailblazer Lowitja O’Donoghue is being celebrated as a giant of modern Australia after her death at the weekend.
- Michael Pelly
- Opinion
- Leadership lessons
CEO succession needs a shake-up
It’s the most important job corporate boards have, and all too often they fail miserably.
- Beth Kowitt
