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    Sue Houghton is happy to make calls on her way to work, but the drive home is her time.

    Why the local CEO of this $26b company likes her commute

    When QBE Australia chief Sue Houghton rises at 6am, the self-described introvert relishes a walk on her own.

    • Sally Patten
    Productivity Commission chairwoman Danielle Wood.

    ‘You smile too much’: the early career advice Danielle Wood ignored

    Be brave and have fun, is what Australia’s leading women would say to their younger selves.

    • Lucy Dean
    AOC chef de mission Anna Meares knows a thing or two about going to the Olympics.

    Why Anna Meares chased the job of leading the Aussie Olympic team

    As one of the country’s most decorated athletes, Australia’s chef de mission knows the triumph and heartache of competing at this level better than most.

    • Zoe Samios
    Anna Wiley, BHP’s asset president of copper South Australia; Siobhan Toohill, Westpac’s chief sustainability officer; Tammy Medard, managing director of ANZ’s Institutional in Australia and PNG.

    ‘I shot Bambi’: Women leaders on their toughest decisions

    Often the toughest decisions are those that affect other people. Here winners of the Women in Leadership awards share their hardest calls.

    • Sally Patten
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    Tax cuts will prolong rate pain: directors

    Economic uncertainty and the energy transition are among the top issues being debated in our biggest boardrooms.

    • Patrick Durkin and Sally Patten
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    June

    Paul O’Sullivan says it is appropriate for directors to disclose personal information about themselves if they wish.

    ANZ’s openly gay chairman warns on ASX’s sexuality disclosure

    Asking boards to disclose the sexuality, age and ethnicity of directors risks encroaching on their privacy and could make them a target for activists, leading directors warn.

    • Sally Patten and Patrick Durkin
    Orica CEO Sanjeev Gandhi and chairman Malcolm Broomhead at Orica House in East Melbourne.

    What do Nobel, Dulux and Australia’s first high-rise have in common?

    From making bricks for the 1956 Olympics to paint, explosives and mining technology company Orica’s long history mirrors the Australian economy.

    • Patrick Durkin

    Why this top 100 CEO goes undercover shopping

    Melbourne’s Chadstone shopping centre showcases the very latest in fashion. It’s also a test case for how the big mall owners manage their vast real estate.

    • Nick Lenaghan
    ABC chair Kim Williams.

    Kim Williams shares Paul Keating’s lesson on art of persuasion

    The ABC’s new 72-year-old chairman plans to use a speech next week to argue a tsunami of American and British content is diluting Australian culture.

    • Sam Buckingham-Jones
    Janet Menzies eats breakfast at Industry Beans in the Sydney CBD.

    Inside Amazon’s art of decision-making

    Janet Menzies, Australian country manager for the online retail giant, discusses business dinners and the surprising way decisions are made at the company.

    • Sally Patten
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    Top CEO reveals the biggest mistakes he ever made

    Koda Capital CEO Paul Heath says among the worst errors he has made is failing to realise how difficult change can be for staff.

    • Ciara Seccombe and Lap Phan
    Mark Cubit at The School of St Jude in Tanzania.

    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.

    • Sally Patten
    Nathan Damm is one of four AI prompt engineers at KPMG.

    Why KPMG employs four full-time ‘prompt engineers’

    Amid warnings that AI could destroy millions of jobs, the emergence of prompt engineers offers an insight into the type of job the technology might create.

    • Euan Black

    May

    Jennifer Westacott, Geoff Wilson and Philip Lowe in Sydney this month.

    How Geoff Wilson assembled his investment dream team

    Philip Lowe, Jennifer Westacott, Mike Baird, David Paradice, Andrew Forrest and Solomon Lew are among the heavy-hitters who have joined Geoff Wilson’s charitable mission to raise money for kids.

    • Patrick Durkin
    Three-time Olympic gold medallist Grant Hackett.

    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

    What this CEO has learnt about spouting off ideas in meetings

    Netwealth CEO Matt Heine is a self-proclaimed “ideas fountain,” but has learnt the trait doesn’t always work in the top job.

    • Ciara Seccombe and Lap Phan
    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
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    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
    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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    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.

    Sponsored 

    by Sydney Children’s Hospitals Foundation