AFR BOSS this month
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.
AFR Magazine this month
The enforcer
AFR profiles the governor of the Reserve Bank whose regime of rising interest rates to combat inflation has met with a storm of protest.
AFR Smart Investor this month
China champions
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Asset this month
Good catch
Quality financial planners are in short supply and dealer groups are scrambling for ideas to round up the best and keep the talent from breaking away.
BRW this week
Show & tell to succeed
With input costs rising almost daily, companies have to learn how to put up prices without alienating their customers. And it’s vital to justify any increases. » More
CFO this month
All options open
Challenging times mean many executives won't realise the value of long-term incentives. So will there be a move to cash?
MIS Australia this month
Surviving merger mayhem
IT can make or break a deal, and a smooth integration
is crucial for success. For CIOs, grasping the prize at
the end means starting early.
MIS ASIA THIS MONTH
Hong Kong's new IT guru
What will it take to develop Hong Kong as Asia’s leading IT hub? The new chief government CIO, Jeremy Godfrey, talks about his many challenges.
BOSS Young Executive of the Year
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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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