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The unlikely CEO team tackling Australia’s toughest job

Bran Black and Luke Achterstraat represent business at the opposite ends of the spectrum but are determined to present a united front in Canberra.

  • Patrick Durkin
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Highest-paid CFOs revealed

The country’s top CFOs continue to enjoy a “breakout period” on pay and remain in the box seat as the country’s next CEOs.

  • Patrick Durkin
Breakfast with the Boss with Anna Lahey and Rita Ora at the Capella Hotel in Sydney.

Rita Ora is ‘crazy about supplements’ in the morning

TypeBea co-founders Rita Ora and Anna Lahey met through Lahey’s other business, ingestible beauty brand Vida Glow. They have now launched their own haircare line.

  • Lauren Sams
Woodside Energy chairman Richard Goyder has already indicated to some shareholders that this will be his last term.

Richard Goyder counts down the days at Woodside, Qantas and the AFL

The businessman faces a crucial vote at the oil and gas giant’s annual meeting. He’s already planning his exit from the highest-profile boards in the country.

  • Patrick Durkin
laire Rogers,  former World Vision Australia’s CEO during a Breakfast with Boss in Melbourne.

Why this CEO keeps Fridays for thinking

Claire Rogers has co-founded a technology start-up that draws on her experience as a former ANZ executive and World Vision CEO.

  • Patrick Durkin
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This Month

TechnologyOne CEO Ed Chung says there has been a noticeable shift in the tech market in the past three to six months.

Why this top 100 CEO gets his executives to swap jobs

The architect of a corporate experiment where the execs change jobs admits it is a little on the crazy side for a $5.2 billion, top 100 ASX tech company.

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  • Patrick Durkin
Gen Z and younger Millennials have a new way of framing the work/life balance.

Great work: Gen Z’s anti-hustle ethos may hurt their careers

A new survey shows the number of anti-hustle job ads has risen 30 per cent since the pandemic as employers emphasise work-life balance to entice young workers.

  • Sophia Money-Coutts
Setting yourself a goal to lose weight may not work.

The four steps that change your behaviour - and achieve goals

Rather than setting goals, we are better off finding cues to trigger new habits.

  • Amantha Imber
Naomi Edwards, incoming chair of the Australian Institute of Company Directors in Sydney on March 27, 2024.

How directors can avoid protest votes against executive pay

Boards should consult more with investors and governance experts to avoid protest votes against remuneration reports, says the new chairwoman of the AICD.

  • Sally Patten
Glenn King CEO

The one tip PEXA’s boss got about property investing

The former Geelong schoolboy says flexibility is crucial as he insulates the monopoly digital property exchange from the threat of greater competition.

  • Michael Bleby
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Shaunte Mears-Watkins loves eggs on toast - the perfect meal after an hour of early morning rowing.

The CEO who loves breakfast so much, she had a brunch wedding

The boss of Advanced Cosmeceuticals Skin Group, Shaunte Mears-Watkins, is up by 5.30am at the latest, and has a well-honed routine to set her up for the day.

  • Lauren Sams

March

Australian Grand Prix Corporation boss Travis Auld.

How missing AFL’s top job drove the F1 Grand Prix CEO

Travis Auld, the former AFL chief financial officer-turned F1 GP chief executive, has big plans for the race to go more female and family friendly, to help attract record crowds.

  • Patrick Durkin

Australia’s highest-paid directors revealed

Women now account for more than 30 per cent of directors on ASX 200 companies – but they still don’t perform as well as their male colleagues in the money stakes.

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  • Patrick Durkin
Canva’s Charlotte Anderson says dropping degree requirements from job ads has helped the software giant hire more people from diverse backgrounds.

No degree required: Canva, WiseTech and Culture Amp’s new workforce

Companies are relaxing or eliminating such qualifications from their job ads to access deeper talent pools.

  • Euan Black
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Best career advice? ‘Get some feathers on your wings’

Damien Nicks, the chief executive of giant electricity and gas supplier AGL Energy, answers our CEO Q&A.

  • Angela Macdonald-Smith
Damien Nicks, CEO of AGL at the Mount Beauty hydro scheme in Victoria.

How this Deloitte auditor got his chance to rescue AGL as CEO

Becoming a CEO was never a goal that drove Damien Nicks’ career, but when the energy company hit its lowest point, he knew it was the right time to step up.

  • Angela Macdonald-Smith

Where boards are still going wrong

Only a few chairmen have dared look outside the usual pathways to the board to find a director with deep skills in technology, marketing or human resources.

  • Sally Patten
EXCLUSIVE FOR BOSS: Announcement of the opening AFL round in Sydney with AFL CEO Andrew Dillon.

How the AFL’s introverted CEO will win over NSW and Queensland

Lawyer and self-described “introvert” Andrew Dillon plans to drive the game further into the rugby league heartland of NSW and Queensland.

  • Patrick Durkin
Andrew Forrest, executive chairman of Fortescue, speaks with Treasurer Jim Chalmers during the CEO Lunch at ASEAN.

Why the real ASEAN action happens on the sidelines

Peripheral conversations and persona; connections, rather than grand speeches and grandstanding, are what drive real change, the Asia Pacific CEO of Fujitsu says.

  • Graeme Beardsell
Investment banking wasn’t in Sarah Rennie’s frame of reference when she was at school.

What one of Australia’s top bankers thinks about the pay gap

Jarden co-chief executive Sarah Rennie discusses taking the plunge on a start-up and why investment banking is becoming more female-friendly.

  • Sally Patten
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February

Slack chief executive Denise Dresser says leaders can help workers achieve a better work-life balance by modelling certain behaviours.

Slack CEO says don’t blame me if you can’t disconnect

Some blame our exhausting, always-on culture on the technology that powers it. But bosses say it’s more about the work practices surrounding it.

  • Euan Black

This CEO chose a job because it sounded fun. Now he runs a $12b company

Light & Wonder CEO Matt Wilson was offered two graduate jobs. His father recommended he opt for the media company role but Wilson was already hooked on gaming.

  • Sally Patten
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How to avoid a car crash interview

Woolworths CEO Brad Banducci now has plenty of time to reflect on Monday night’s car crash interview. Here’s what other leaders can learn.

  • Patrick Durkin
Karl Morris at Avenue on George in Sydney’s CBD.

Meet the CEO who doesn’t do Friday drinks

Karl Morris, CEO of stockbroking firm Ord Minnett and chairman of National Rugby League team Brisbane Broncos, is trying out intermittent fasting. But he is “no disciple”.

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  • Sally Patten
Amy Coleman, Corporate Vice President, Human Resources & Corporate Functions, Microsoft.

How Microsoft, Lendlease and Virgin changed their culture

Here are key takeaways from The Australian Financial Review Workforce Summit.

  • Patrick Durkin and Sally Patten