June
‘I shot Bambi’: Women leaders on their toughest decisions
Often the toughest decisions are those that affect other people. Here winners of the Women in Leadership awards share their hardest calls.
- Sally Patten
ANZ’s openly gay chairman warns on ASX’s sexuality disclosure
Asking boards to disclose the sexuality, age and ethnicity of directors risks encroaching on their privacy and could make them a target for activists, leading directors warn.
- Sally Patten and Patrick Durkin
I had a difficult childhood. It made me an amazing employee
To the outside world, my success was unimpeachable – built around work – but inside I was a mess.
- Jennifer Romolini
Inside Amazon’s art of decision-making
Janet Menzies, Australian country manager for the online retail giant, discusses business dinners and the surprising way decisions are made at the company.
- Sally Patten
- Opinion
- ESG Summit
In the ESG debate, this is what’s really torching shareholder value
For all the talk about the “E” in “ESG”, what gets CEOs sacked and costs investors money are old-fashioned social licence and governance issues.
- Updated
- Anthony Macdonald
- Investigation
- The Star Entertainment Group
At Star, only the executives got a Christmas party
At an end-of-year dinner with chief executive Robbie Cooke, the casino group’s top managers learnt they were in a war with their regulator.
- Aaron Patrick
May
At Star, one man held all the cards
Chief executive Robbie Cooke was determined to lead every important project at the troubled casino group, former executives say.
- Aaron Patrick
- Opinion
- Workplace
Business school blather can’t beat real-world CEO know-how
What’s needed is a new management theory that avoids the deceptive certainties of neoliberalism and the equally deceptive vagaries of stakeholder capitalism.
- Adrian Wooldridge
- Opinion
- Best places to work
No amount of leave offerings will compensate for poor leadership
Companies can have all the flexible and hybrid work arrangements and offer all the leave entitlements under the sun, but if their leaders are poor at leading, they will count for naught.
- Sally Patten
April
Why this leading brain expert doesn’t do the same thing every day
Neuroscientist Raymond Dolan says people who continue to have an exploratory goal-directed life appear to be less susceptible to disorders like dementia.
- Jill Margo
March
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
10 work hacks from the guru to CBA’s Comyn, Nadella and Branson
Adam Grant’s client list includes some of the biggest names in business. Chanticleer goes inside a private session between Grant and CBA boss Matt Comyn.
- James Thomson
February
- Opinion
- China
Why ignoring modern business thinking can be key to success
The inventor of the AeroPress disregarded conventional wisdom about marketing, pricing and almost everything else on how to run a profitable business.
- Pilita Clark
How bosses are using generative AI to work smarter, better
Companies are still divided on whether automation and new AI will guarantee productivity and efficiency gains.
- Samantha Hutchinson and Patrick Durkin
How to manage staff who work from home
Managing staff who work partly, or mostly, at home is no mean feat. Senior business leaders reveal how they do it.
- Sally Patten
Meet the bosses insisting on five days a week in the office
Some bosses are bucking the hybrid working trend and requesting staff return to the office full-time. They believe it makes it much easier to get stuff done.
- Euan Black and Sally Patten
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
Inside the boardroom, investors’ comments carry weight
Having covered plenty of fund managers criticising non-executive directors, the directors have their say.
- Updated
- Anthony Macdonald
January
How leaders became ‘accidental counsellors’
Managers were once advised to steer clear of employees’ personal problems. But now they are expected to show interest in them and offer support if required.
- Euan Black
December 2023
- Exclusive
- Chanticleer CEO poll
Top CEOs tell PM to fix housing, improve planning to rescue growth
Australia’s top bosses have called on the prime minister to tackle the housing crisis and cut red tape to lift productivity and keep the economy firing next year.
- James Thomson and Anthony Macdonald
November 2023
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
It’s not just Optus’ network that has failed
Network failures happen. But how the telco so badly botched its response to this episode, 12 months after its hacking disaster, is bewildering.
- James Thomson
August 2023
Lendlease gains support from investor Tanarra
The intervention by a veteran banker may ease pressure on Lendlease CEO Tony Lombardo to sell at a time of falling values.
- Michael Bleby