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The unlikely CEO team tackling Australia’s toughest job
Bran Black and Luke Achterstraat represent business at the opposite ends of the spectrum but are determined to present a united front in Canberra.
- Patrick Durkin
Highest-paid CFOs revealed
The country’s top CFOs continue to enjoy a “breakout period” on pay and remain in the box seat as the country’s next CEOs.
- Patrick Durkin
Rita Ora is ‘crazy about supplements’ in the morning
TypeBea co-founders Rita Ora and Anna Lahey met through Lahey’s other business, ingestible beauty brand Vida Glow. They have now launched their own haircare line.
- Lauren Sams
- Exclusive
- Richard Goyder
Richard Goyder counts down the days at Woodside, Qantas and the AFL
The businessman faces a crucial vote at the oil and gas giant’s annual meeting. He’s already planning his exit from the highest-profile boards in the country.
- Patrick Durkin
Why this CEO keeps Fridays for thinking
Claire Rogers has co-founded a technology start-up that draws on her experience as a former ANZ executive and World Vision CEO.
- Patrick Durkin
This Month
Why this top 100 CEO gets his executives to swap jobs
The architect of a corporate experiment where the execs change jobs admits it is a little on the crazy side for a $5.2 billion, top 100 ASX tech company.
- Updated
- Patrick Durkin
Great work: Gen Z’s anti-hustle ethos may hurt their careers
A new survey shows the number of anti-hustle job ads has risen 30 per cent since the pandemic as employers emphasise work-life balance to entice young workers.
- Sophia Money-Coutts
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
March
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
- Exclusive
- 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.
- Updated
- 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”.
- Updated
- 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
