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Two things have killed the post-pandemic job-switching boom
Fewer Australians are switching jobs as employers pull back on recruitment and more employees decide the rewards for moving no longer outweigh the risks.
- Euan Black
What this CEO eats depends how bad the last meeting was
Joy Krige, CEO of Cranecorp Australia in Perth, grazes from her snack drawer during the day, rather than eat a formal breakfast or lunch.
- Sally Patten
- Exclusive
- Industrial relations
CFMEU conditions risk pushing up Queensland build costs by a third
Restrictive CFMEU conditions on Queensland sites risk dragging out work and making apartment buildings up to 33 per cent more expensive to build, a new analysis says.
- David Marin-Guzman
‘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.
- Updated
- Sally Patten
A beginner’s guide to surviving a business conference
“Making new connections”? If you don’t know why you’re at an industry gathering, you need to come up with a strategy.
- The Economist
- Exclusive
- Industrial relations
CFMEU deal helps add 10pc to apartment costs
The CFMEU’s latest wages deal for NSW will increase labour costs by up to 19 per cent in the first year alone, a new analysis finds.
- David Marin-Guzman
Recent columns
Go ahead, write your cover letter with ChatGPT
But where generative AI may be strongest is in helping applicants prepare for the job interview.
Contributor
This is the new normal of office life
Flexible working patterns in a decent place that makes it easy to do the job you’re paid for is a basic recipe for success in a post-pandemic world.
Columnist
The productivity hack that really does boost careers
Physical stamina is an oddly overlooked superpower in working life. But although it will take you a long way, it won’t always be enough to achieve enduring success.
Columnist
‘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.
AGL chairman
Yesterday
- Opinion
- Jobs
Go ahead, write your cover letter with ChatGPT
But where generative AI may be strongest is in helping applicants prepare for the job interview.
- Sarah Green Carmichael
This Month
Unions hail return of $35m Industrial Court
Unions NSW boss Mark Morey says the court will “help moderate the excesses” of the federal system.
- Michael Pelly
Why you shouldn’t set a deadline if you want to be more resilient
The strongest leaders believe in themselves and don’t try to set timelines for when a difficult period will pass, says Macquarie Technology Group CEO David Tudehope.
- Updated
- Ciara Seccombe and Lap Phan
On Wall St, 100-hour weeks return for junior bankers
As transactions pick up, some young staff are lying about their work hours to save themselves a little free time.
- Katherine Doherty
- Exclusive
- Gender equality
The client meeting from hell: how sexism still stalks the C-suite
Culture Amp research suggests that while all men in board positions believe their opinions are valued, 10 per cent of executive women don’t.
- Euan Black
- Opinion
- Working from home
This is the new normal of office life
Flexible working patterns in a decent place that makes it easy to do the job you’re paid for is a basic recipe for success in a post-pandemic world.
- Updated
- Pilita Clark
River Capital nabs Archer Capital’s education roll-up Aspire2
Andrew Larke, Orica’s former star dealmaker, will co-invest alongside the Melbourne-based investment firm and come on as Aspire2’s chairman.
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
Sending kids to selective schools doesn’t pay off: study
Demand for selective public high schools far outweighs places, but a new study casts doubt on whether they live up to their promise.
- Julie Hare
Work-free Friday nights ‘unrealistic’ for CEOs
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer says he tries not to work past 6pm on a Friday. Some of Australia’s top CEOs say that wouldn’t fly in their world.
- Euan Black
The education method that’s made this family millions
When Charles and Colette Assaf bought a Montessori childcare business in 2000, the IT entrepreneur never expected it would become his family’s future.
- Yolanda Redrup
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
Inside Atlassian’s new workplace – just don’t call it an office
The company’s new Melbourne site has been designed as a so-called connection hub. It only has 12 desks, with an emphasis on social spaces instead.
- Euan Black
The #MeToo lawyer accused of being a tyrant
Roberta Kaplan’s poor treatment of colleagues, including micromanagement, insults and personal attacks, triggered her expulsion from the firm she founded.
- Katie J.M. Baker
You’re not alone, workers are avoiding becoming managers
Working from home is far from the only enduring workplace trend of the pandemic. It’s clear that our attitudes to work have changed significantly too.
- Euan Black
BCG’s local boss Grant McCabe on why he has taken up pilates
Boston Consulting Group’s Australian chief, Grant McCabe, says rookie executives should “remove that baggage” about whether they are going to succeed.
- Lap Phan and Ciara Seccombe
Why underperforming executives need to be worried
It’s about doing more with less and finding leaders who can operate in that environment, says the managing partner at an executive search firm.
- Euan Black
Aged care pay rise delayed due to Labor funding decision
Pay rises for 250,000 aged care workers of up to 14 per cent – likely costing up to $5 billion extra in government funding – have been delayed until next year.
- David Marin-Guzman
- Opinion
- World elections
The productivity hack that really does boost careers
Physical stamina is an oddly overlooked superpower in working life. But although it will take you a long way, it won’t always be enough to achieve enduring success.
- Pilita Clark
June
Why Cynthia’s uni trip to Silicon Valley was life-changing
Study-abroad programs have become something of a rite of passage for Australian university students, and it can be a life-changing experience.
- Julie Hare
‘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
