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    Cem Ozenc, general manager and vice-president of Novo Nordisk Oceania, in Sydney.

    Aussies aren’t all Bondi Beach fit, Ozempic’s new local exec has just realised

    Novo Nordisk Oceania managing director Cem Ozenc mourns the fact Australia’s obesity challenge is lost amid the celebrity hype surrounding the medication.

    • Sally Patten
    Tottenham Hotspur coach Ange Postecoglou, right, and former Socceroos captain Mile Jedinak thanks fans at the MCG on Wednesday night.

    ‘There is no work-life balance’ for Ange Postecoglou

    How does the Tottenham manager balance the Premier League with being a father and husband? He doesn’t.

    • Euan Black
    The boss’ decision may have been uncaring but it wasn’t wrongful, the commission found.

    What the state of your desk says about your work

    Whether you have a Jane Austen or Bill Gates type ordered desk or a Steve Jobs or Albert Einstein messy desk, might explain the way you think and work.

    • Eleanor Steafel
    Kmart and Target managing director Ian Bailey: “The journey we’ve been on for many years is really moving from being a retailer to being a product company.”

    How Kmart is now more product maker than retailer

    Kmart Group’s own brand has boomed, helping it deliver record profits. Its CEO says the low-cost goods chain is now more product maker than retailer.

    • Patrick Durkin
    Katerina Lamb, owner and director of The World Of, a luxury events company, at bills in Darlinghurst, Sydney.

    Why this event maestro takes a bath every single morning

    Katerina Grant is the founder and director of The World Of, an events agency that produces experiences for clients such as Hermes, Louis Vuitton and Tommy Hilfiger.

    • Lauren Sams
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    Telstra boss Vicki Brady

    Why so many top executives start in accounting, consulting

    BOSS delves into the career paths of the senior executives at Australia’s 20 biggest companies to discover where they started – and the critical skills and experience they gained.

    • Sally Patten
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    ‘The gap below Cartier and Tiffany’: Michael Hill’s luxury play

    ASX-listed jeweller Michael Hill has been undergoing a major rebranding exercise.

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    • Patrick Durkin
    “You can’t get in the door here at Macquarie [Telecom] without customer service in your DNA,” says Luke Clifton.

    Embedding customer service brings its own rewards

    Companies that know how to satisfy customers – and deal with complaints ‘enthusiastically’ – can inspire a feel-good workplace culture.

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    by Macquarie Telecom

    SCHF director of people and culture Mariam Hares says that in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, “flexibility, culture, wellbeing and … purpose” have emerged as key priorities for employees.

    Flexibility the new quid pro quo in the workplace

    With employees holding more bargaining power post-pandemic, enterprises are embracing wide-ranging trade-offs to retain staff and motivate them.

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    by Sydney Children’s Hospitals Foundation

    Australia’s Future Fund employs high-quality specialists who “come to the table as generalists”, charged with bringing the best ideas and opportunities for the greater good of the whole portfolio.

    Whole-of-portfolio approach to investing brings collaboration to the fore

    Breaking free from the shackles of restrictive investment principles demands that fund managers collaborative for the greater good of the portfolio.

    Sponsored 

    by Future Fund

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As well as hiring externally, AGL Energy is busily reskilling its 4300-strong workforce.

    Australia’s renewables push creating demand for wide-ranging jobs, new skills

    The transition to a low-carbon economy is throwing up huge workplace challenges for companies at the energy coalface.

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    by AGL Energy

    Food chain Sushi Sushi has narrowed its gender pay gap to 5 per cent, compared to the wider food services industry gap of 7.8 per cent.

    Closing gender pay gap part of holistic approach to employee satisfaction

    Getting serious about inequity in the workplace and encouraging work-life balance can pay off for savvy operators.

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    by Sushi Sushi

    A survey of 4000 primary healthcare nurses revealed that about 12 per cent conduct breast, bowel, cervical, skin and other cancer screenings daily, and 15 per cent do so weekly.

    Allowing nurses to have a bigger impact in frontline healthcare

    Expanding the role of nurses in primary care is helping bridge skills shortages, with one national network of clinics showing how it’s done.

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    by MoleMap

    Some of the 200 UpGuard employees who gathered in Thailand for the company’s safari and global awards dinner.

    Looking after people a no-brainer for driving better business outcomes

    Investing in ‘human sustainability’ brings reciprocal benefits for companies including trust and transparency.

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    by UpGuard

    An Australian National University study has found that the gender of board appointees does not impact firm financial performance.

    Gender of directors added no financial value: study

    A study by the Australian National University has found that the gender of directors appointed to company boards had no impact on the financial performance of those businesses.

    • Patrick Durkin
    Ruslan Kogan still works at his Melbourne office in a T-shirt and jeans.

    Why Kogan stops interviews with marathon runners to hire them

    BOSS sat down with Kogan.com founder Ruslan Kogan just as his share price collapsed by 30 per cent.

    • Patrick Durkin
    Susan Anderson Global VP Uber Retail and Grocery in Sydney this week.

    Uber’s new retail boss has a plan to shake up groceries in Australia

    Susan Anderson says online penetration for the $130 billion Australian grocery sector is still low. She predicts a big step change within the next few years.

    • Patrick Durkin
    Dr Amantha Imber of Inventium

    Pioneering CEO reveals the truth about four-day work weeks

    Workplace consultancy Inventium was the first company in Australia to adopt a shorter schedule, but three years later it is not on track to hit its targets.

    • Amantha Imber

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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
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    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
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    Breakfast with the Boss with Anna Lahey and Rita Ora at the Capella Hotel in Sydney.

    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
    Woodside Energy chairman Richard Goyder has already indicated to some shareholders that this will be his last term.

    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
    laire Rogers,  former World Vision Australia’s CEO during a Breakfast with Boss in Melbourne.

    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
    TechnologyOne CEO Ed Chung says there has been a noticeable shift in the tech market in the past three to six months.

    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.

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    Gen Z and younger Millennials have a new way of framing the work/life balance.

    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