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AGL's Michael Fraser tells Katrina Nicholas how he's trying to repair the damage caused by his bullmarket predecessor.

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AFR BOSS illustration gallery


Each month AFR BOSS features illustrations created by artists from both Australia and around the world to accompany articles. To showcase some of these illustrations, there is now a gallery page on the AFR BOSS website. To view the gallery click here.


New section on afrboss.com - Work space


Work space investigates the way we work and how we can get the best from individuals and our jobs.




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Hear It From The Boss

Staying Power - Resilient Leadership

Join the Boss panel of business leaders in a stimulating discussion of what makes a great leader for today’s turbulent times.

Sydney – Thursday, 28 August 2008
City Recital Hall, Angel Place
MC Adam Spencer

Melbourne – Tuesday, 26 August
Palladium Ballroom, Crown Casino
MC - Geraldine Doogue AO


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2007
» 2007 Melbourne event    » 2007 Sydney event

2006
» 2006 Melbourne event    » 2006 Sydney event

2005
» 2005 Melbourne event    » 2005 Sydney event

Young Exec

Young Executive of the Year, 2008

The AFR BOSS Young Executive of the Year Awards are run in association with DDI consultants. The awards recognise the achievements of our aspiring future senior leaders, by identifying six young Australians with the skills, talent and drive needed to make a successful leader. The winners have been announced in the July 2008 issue of AFR BOSS.

» View the bios of the judging panel

Leaders

AFR BOSS True Leaders

Jonathon Sands What makes a good leader? How is leadership changing? Do women "do" leadership differently? To celebrate the True Leaders special edition of AFR BOSS we joined some of our 25 leaders at the Crystal Bar, Sydney on the 9th of August. See the pictures from this event here.

Salaries

AFR BOSS Salaries

We take a close look at one of the reasons we work our pay packets. Whether youre a Top 200 CEO or a junior marketer, your salary is vital to the way you are judged and the way you judge yourself.

Marketing

AFR BOSS Marketing

For the first time since AFR BOSS has been running its Marketing Directions survey, marketers report that its about sales, not brand. with the pressure on to show results, companies are looking for a new marketing mix. Keep an eye out for our next survey results in May 2008.

afr.com - the key to investment success

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AFR BOSS this month

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The power of one

The policy wonk whose influence is causing agro with employers and unions. Ai Group's Heather Ridout talks to Colleen Ryan.

BOSS Young Executive of the Year

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Welcome to AFR BOSS

Narellehooper JULY issue out now!

It's strange, this mood of shifting realities we're dealing with. The pain of rising prices and interest rates and the shock at the petrol pump swirls through the media. And after a decade of low inflation, the impact on business inputs, supply chains and consumer behaviour is thudding home even as the resources sector struggles with meeting soaring demand. To this we add the looming impact of the Federal Government's evolving carbon emissions trading scheme, which is a bit like trying to wrestle with smoke. It comes as decision-making horizons are shrinking sharply and the strategists are busy revising scenarios. Scientific research suggests we are often ill-prepared, unable to countenance change, especially after long periods of prosperity. The psychologists even have a name for the phenomenon - deferred salience, a state in which people forget or have no experience of dealing with adversity and are ill equipped emotionally and pragmatically to respond to a challenging, ambiguous environment.


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BOSS - KEY DATES 2008

AFR BOSS KEY DATES 2008

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