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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
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
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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
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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

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
You won’t die wondering what young employees think, says Kris Webb.

Five tips to manage your Gen Z workers

Knowing what these young employees want is one thing. Actually managing them – and trying to retain them – is quite another.

  • Sally Patten
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Company directors expect more staff will begin to return to the office in coming months.

More staff expected back in office: Lendlease, Seek, SBS chairmen

Senior directors are predicting an increase in office attendance the coming months as benefits of spending time in the workplace increase for workers.

  • Sally Patten and Patrick Durkin

‘Cuts to follow hiring freeze’: directors warn on job market shake-out

Leading company directors are predicting a shake-out in the job market this year as wages and price pressures bite and business looks to make cost savings.

  • Patrick Durkin and Sally Patten
Ruth Limkin faced a myriad of questions when diagnosed with breast cancer in 2019.

How these company bosses handled their cancer diagnoses

These bosses know all too well what King Charles is going through, having been given their own confronting news.

  • Sally Patten
Top row, from left: Jad Vodopija (BHP),  Elisa Clements (ANZ), Kylie Bishop (Medibank); bottom row: Deb Yates (Lendlease), Karen Longergan (Stockland), Julie Fallon (Woodside).
 

HR bosses reveal this year’s biggest people problems

The HR bosses of six of our biggest companies – BHP, ANZ, Stockland, Lendlease, Medibank and Woodside – reveal their biggest issues for 2024.

  • Euan Black, Patrick Durkin and Sally Patten

January

“As leaders we like to think that we sit in judgment of others. The reality is  the exact opposite,” says Drew O’Malley

The best piece of advice the CEO of this $1.5b company was given

Drew O’Malley, chief executive of Collins Foods, operator of KFC fast food outlets, answers our CEO Q&A.

  • Sally Patten