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    Yesterday

    In some industries employers are prepared to offer significant sums in order to attract the very top talent.

    ‘My graduate job starting salary was $343,000 – here’s why’

    Some law and investment banking firms in Britain are paying graduates in their early 20s enormous salaries. The financial rewards are vast but come at a big cost.

    • Kimberley Bond

    This Month

    Tammy Medard, Managing Director, Institutional Australia & PNG at ANZ, Danielle Wood, Chair of the Productivity Commission, and Jessica Vanderlelie, Deputy Vice Chancellor Academic and Professor La Trobe University and Bronwyn Le Grice
CEO and Managing Director of AND Health.

    The winners of the Women in Leadership Awards

    Meet the winners of the 2024 Women in Leadership Awards, in eight key economic categories.

    25% discount to Dan Pink on work, life and the human condition

    Financial Review subscribers receive a 25% discount on tickets to this virtual event on August 21, 2024.

    Kerryn Coker and Kate West believe the cooperative model has, in addition to its benefits for work-life balance, allowed more effective strategic and operational guidance of the company.

    ‘Non-conforming bid’ that took dynamic duo to the top

    The winners of the Professional Services category are two Arup engineers who proposed a unique joint arrangement to enable them to balance leadership and family commitments.

    • Maxim Shanahan
    Ingrid Maes, CEO of W23 Global; Tammy Medard, managing director of ANZ’s Institutional in Australia and PNG; Alison Telfer, country head Australasia for UBS Asset Management.

    What’s your best career tip? Award winners share theirs

    Lead with compassion, don’t assume you know all the answers, and play to your strengths: winners in the Women in Leadership Awards share advice that has helped them.

    • Victoria Thieberger
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    Danielle Wood, chairwoman of the Productivity Commission, Tammy Medard, managing director, institutional Australia & PNG at ANZ, Bronwyn Le Grice, CEO and managing director of AND Health, and Jessica Vanderlelie, deputy vice chancellor academic and professor at La Trobe University.

    ‘Inclusion, resilience, empathy’: How modern leadership is changing

    Modern leadership is about more than successfully deploying skills and industry expertise – it strongly encompasses the people side, writes Patricia McKenzie.

    • Patricia McKenzie
    Gender equality campaigners need to do more to get young men on board, Susan Lloyd-Hurwitz says.

    Director urges equality advocates to leave their echo chamber

    True gender equality benefits men as well as women, Susan Lloyd-Hurwitz says, but advocates need to convince boys of that or risk going backwards.

    • Hannah Wootton
    UNSW’s Toby Walsh says workers who know how to use AI will replace those who do not.

    Need to get up to speed on gen AI? Here’s how

    Workers who know how to use AI are expected to eventually replace those who do not. Four experts explain how and where to level up your skills.

    • Euan Black

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    Why workers are shunning plum foreign postings

    Some companies have found that the impact of the pandemic has intensified a reluctance to move abroad for work.

    • Pilita Clark

    May

    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

    Autonomy the key to career paths at this consumer giant

    A shift in career planning and transparency in job ads have been central to keeping Unilever’s employees engaged.

    • Prashant Mehra

    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

    Planning delays transformed into social housing solutions at Toga

    Property developer Toga turns vacant apartments and retail spaces in projects awaiting planning approval into pop-up accommodation for vulnerable communities.

    • Larry Schlesinger

    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
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    Ventia creates careers for people with disabilities

    ASX-listed infrastructure services company Ventia has increased the representation rate on some government contracts to 9 per cent.

    • Larry Schlesinger

    April

    Education can open all kinds of doors for him.

    You can break out of a career plateau. Here’s how

    Great leaps are possible. Two people who’ve stuck the landing share their best tips.

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