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The four steps that change your behaviour - and achieve goals
Rather than setting goals, we are better off finding cues to trigger new habits.
- Amantha Imber
How directors can avoid protest votes against executive pay
Boards should consult more with investors and governance experts to avoid protest votes against remuneration reports, says the new chairwoman of the AICD.
- Sally Patten
The one tip PEXA’s boss got about property investing
The former Geelong schoolboy says flexibility is crucial as he insulates the monopoly digital property exchange from the threat of greater competition.
- Michael Bleby
The CEO who loves breakfast so much, she had a brunch wedding
The boss of Advanced Cosmeceuticals Skin Group, Shaunte Mears-Watkins, is up by 5.30am at the latest, and has a well-honed routine to set her up for the day.
- Lauren Sams
How missing AFL’s top job drove the F1 Grand Prix CEO
Travis Auld, the former AFL chief financial officer-turned F1 GP chief executive, has big plans for the race to go more female and family friendly, to help attract record crowds.
- Patrick Durkin
March
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- Governance
Australia’s highest-paid directors revealed
Women now account for more than 30 per cent of directors on ASX 200 companies – but they still don’t perform as well as their male colleagues in the money stakes.
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- Patrick Durkin
No degree required: Canva, WiseTech and Culture Amp’s new workforce
Companies are relaxing or eliminating such qualifications from their job ads to access deeper talent pools.
- Euan Black
Best career advice? ‘Get some feathers on your wings’
Damien Nicks, the chief executive of giant electricity and gas supplier AGL Energy, answers our CEO Q&A.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
How this Deloitte auditor got his chance to rescue AGL as CEO
Becoming a CEO was never a goal that drove Damien Nicks’ career, but when the energy company hit its lowest point, he knew it was the right time to step up.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
Where boards are still going wrong
Only a few chairmen have dared look outside the usual pathways to the board to find a director with deep skills in technology, marketing or human resources.
- Sally Patten
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
- ASEAN
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 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
Slack CEO says don’t blame me if you can’t disconnect
Some blame our exhausting, always-on culture on the technology that powers it. But bosses say it’s more about the work practices surrounding it.
- Euan Black
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
How to avoid a car crash interview
Woolworths CEO Brad Banducci now has plenty of time to reflect on Monday night’s car crash interview. Here’s what other leaders can learn.
- Patrick Durkin
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”.
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- Sally Patten
How Microsoft, Lendlease and Virgin changed their culture
Here are key takeaways from The Australian Financial Review Workforce Summit.
- Patrick Durkin and Sally Patten
Five tips to manage your Gen Z workers
Knowing what these young employees want is one thing. Actually managing them – and trying to retain them – is quite another.
- Sally Patten
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
- Governance
‘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
HR bosses reveal this year’s biggest people problems
The HR bosses of six of our biggest companies – BHP, ANZ, Stockland, Lendlease, Medibank and Woodside – reveal their biggest issues for 2024.
- Euan Black, Patrick Durkin and Sally Patten
January
The best piece of advice the CEO of this $1.5b company was given
Drew O’Malley, chief executive of Collins Foods, operator of KFC fast food outlets, answers our CEO Q&A.
- Sally Patten
Nine CEOs reveal their favourite productivity hacks
Removing social media apps, reducing the length of meetings, listening to podcasts at faster speeds, and ChatGPT are among the tools chief executives use to get more out of their day.
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- Sally Patten and Euan Black
