June 2016
How Colliers International chief financial officer Sean Unwin got his house in order
A bit of job tweaking can put an end to the office drudgery, as Sean Unwin quickly discovered.
May 2016
Adore Beauty's Kate Morris founded a $16 million business on cosmetics and code
When Kate Morris launched her Adore Beauty website, she knew about cosmetics but had to teach herself to code.
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How All Age Music's Sandra Lie funded her music school from her redundancy
Retrenchment was the start of something exciting for All Age Music founder Sandra Lie.
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Bastion Collective founder Fergus Watts says emotionless business is 'a crock'
Fergus Watts says you need to bring every inch of your human self to everything, including work.
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April 2016
Grant Thornton offers long service leave for short stayers
Accountancy firm decides long service leave should come after just two years, rather than 10.
How Expertise Events founder Gary Fitz-Roy came back after being sacked
Gary Fitz-Roy was given a cardboard box and shown the door, but he stayed positive and turned crisis into opportunity.
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Why Slush winner CareMonkey said no to $1 million prize
It takes a certain sort of self-confidence to turn down one million big ones.
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Smaller ASX listed companies are letting the side down on diversity
Smaller listed companies continue to ignore the advantages of getting some diversity on their boards.
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The women's work club - a group you don't want to be a part of
The more "masculine" a job is perceived to be, the less a woman will be paid for doing it.
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Dr JP Pawliw-Fry's six steps to performing under pressure
Do you believe that you perform at your best when under pressure? You're wrong.
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Tutu Du Monde founder Andrea Rembeck creates princess dresses to die for
This designer's $2.5m business was born after her daughter started asking for princess dresses.
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March 2016
BrandWorks' Eleena and Michael Tan come up with a new kind of creative workplace
Trying to manage "creatives" can be like herding cats, but BrandWorks has come up with a new kind of workplace.
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The new Workplace Gender Equality Agency head, Libby Lyons, has famous relatives
The new head of the Workplace Gender Equality Agency, Libby Lyons, comes from a family of high achievers.
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Was the ASX Funke Kupper's last CEO gig? No, say headhunters
What's next for Elmer Funke Kupper - the exiting chief of the ASX whose name makes you like him before you have even met him?
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10 lies men tell themselves about flexible work
When law partner Michael Chaya used to watch his personal assistant hoist her gym bag on her shoulder and head off for some lunchtime exercise, his face was smiling, but he seethed inside.
Linkedin, Deloitte report says we all work in IT
Technology and the internet are now so embedded in nearly every job, we are all now doing "something in IT".
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Norton by Symantec, Beyondblue say online harassment affects half of all women
The internet remains a scary place for young women, who are the most common targets of abuse and rape and death threats.
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How WME's Nick Bell perfected the art of the cold call
Cold calling, cold sweat. But WME founder Nick Bell built a $46 million business on the back of his unsolicited calls.
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Olli Ella sisters Chloe and Olivia Brookman split up to handle expansion
Business growth sent sisters to opposite ends of the planet to run their homewares company, Olli Ella.
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What Incy Interiors founder Kristy Withers learned from working at eBay
Incy Interiors founder built a $7 million business from experience gained at eBay.
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