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These high flyers have money and status. This is what they did next
Meet the former high achieving, highly paid executives who, having had it all once, are determined to have it all again. But they are striving for different things.
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- Sally Patten
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May
Olympian Grant Hackett’s rise from rock bottom to top 500 CEO
The three-time Olympic gold medallist has always been a long-term planner, and had his career mapped out well before his illustrious swimming career ended.
- Patrick Durkin
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
Adam Powick failed to make partner twice. Now he runs Deloitte
The chief executive says when people fail to get a promotion, they are often told they are doing a good job and should continue along the same path. He reckons that advice is “BS”.
- Ciara Seccombe and Lap Phan
- Opinion
- Best places to work
The secrets to a happy workplace revealed
In a world where many leaders are putting in place back to office mandates, the best places to work prioritise freedom and choice.
- Amantha Imber
How these firms retained staff by helping them grow
Boutique management consultancy Grosvenor has won the professional services category of the 2024 AFR Best Places to Work list.
- Euan Black
How this organisation prevented burnout for staff
A surge in complaints to the Australian Financial Complaints Authority led to a rethink of hiring and leave policies, adding 500 new staff to cope with the workload.
- Nina Hendy
This company pays you for your commute with extra days off
This fintech has taken a different approach to getting people back into the office and the results are paying dividends for diversity, too.
- Ayesha de Kretser
- Analysis
- Best places to work
How we picked the award winners
The AFR BOSS Best Places to Work ranks the best workplaces in Australia and New Zealand across nine different industries.
- Amantha Imber
Family-focussed firm offers fertility benefits
Staff at Engage Squared can receive up to $5000 towards fertility treatments.
- Christopher Niesche
Solving the worker shortage with overseas recruits
NDIS provider Concept Care says a shortage of skilled disability care workers has driven the company to sponsor workers to come to Australia, helped with visas, loans and bank accounts.
- Sian Powell
April
This CEO didn’t go to uni and never had a career plan
Australia Post chief Paul Graham left school and tried out myriad manual jobs. Now he is responsible for 63,000 employees.
- Sally Patten and Lap Phan
Job seekers refuse to meet employers in person
Virtual job interviews are making it harder to assess applicants and highlighting a decline in people skills since the rise of working from home.
- Euan Black
What happens when Rio Tinto’s Australian CEO gets cranky
Kellie Parker, Rio Tinto’s Australian boss, discusses what happens when she gets tired, why she likes puzzles and why she continually tracks her emotions.
- Ciara Seccombe and Lap Phan
Why AGL chairman Patricia McKenzie couldn’t get a job in a law firm
She almost didn’t take up legal studies in the first place, but didn’t expect to find job hunting so difficult.
- Sally Patten
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
Why Lendlease CEO Tony Lombardo landed on the career fast track
The double jolt of his mother being diagnosed with cancer and his father dying at an early age put Lendlease CEO Tony Lombardo on the career fast track to everything.
- Sally Patten and Lap Phan
Young lawyers win changes to ‘unfair’ barrister exam
A review slammed the Victorian Bar exam, which is infamous within the legal industry, as “unnecessarily restricting access to the Bar” and in need of reform.
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- Hannah Wootton
March
This lawyer realised life can’t be measured in six-minute increments
Welcome to our fortnightly AFR series featuring professionals who have made a big career leap into the unknown.
- Tess Bennett
