Yesterday
A top CEO reveals what you shouldn’t do in a job interview
Cicada Innovations chief Sally-Ann Williams discusses tips when trying to advance your career, and the thing she does every morning to make better decisions.
- Sally Patten and Martin Peralta
Social cohesion hits record lows, support for immigration slumps
The cost of living, high interest rates, the growing wealth gap and concern over migration all contributed to Australians feeling more anxious about life.
- Patrick Durkin
This Month
- Exclusive
- Women in Leadership
Why Charlotte says her ‘otherness’ is a cause for celebration
Charlotte Young, who is studying at ANU, has been named the overall winner and rising star (under 25) of the Asian-Australian Leadership Awards.
- Julie Hare
Monash University’s new boss says don’t call us elite
Despite coming in third overall in The Australian Financial Review’s Best Universities Ranking, it has long had a chip on its shoulder about rival Melbourne.
- Patrick Durkin
Why bosses should stop railing against Gen Z
They may do things differently, but new research suggests younger workers are often the most engaged and motivated segment of the workforce.
- Euan Black
The mantra that keeps this CEO ahead of the game
Former Virgin CEO Paul Scurrah reveals how he avoids distractions, what he has learnt from the collapse of two airlines and why he doesn’t eat until midday.
- Sally Patten and Martin Peralta
If you want the top job, say so: Coles CEO
Leah Weckert has some refreshingly honest career advice for aspiring executives, particularly women.
- Patrick Durkin
This top fundie names the best business leaders she has met
WaveStone director Catherine Allfrey has worked in equity markets for 30 years. Over breakfast, she reveals the top thinkers who have impressed her most.
- Sally Patten
Why retail was the Bunnings MD’s third career choice, and why he stayed
Michael Schneider found doing the thing he was passionate about helped make his career much more worthwhile than seeing it as a job with a fortnightly pay.
- Sally Patten and Lap Phan
October
BHP grooming ‘internal candidates’ for chairman, CEO succession
BHP chairman Ken MacKenzie says directors of the miner will discuss whether it’s time for a new chairman in 2025.
- Tess Bennett and Peter Ker
- Analysis
- Mining
Inside the contest to succeed Ken MacKenzie at the top of BHP
It has been one of the most coveted prizes in corporate life. The next chairman of the Big Australian will have profound influence on the entire market.
- Patrick Durkin
What this CEO learnt from losing $30m
Kyle Faulconer, the CEO of PepsiCo in ANZ, discovered the value of rapid prototyping and minimum viable products after a failed launch cost his client $30m.
- Euan Black, Sally Patten and Lap Phan
BHP chairman Ken MacKenzie eyes the end of his rule
Ken MacKenzie is expected to retire next year as he prepares to honour the informal nine-year limit he imposed on director terms at the mining giant.
- Peter Ker
Why most managers are set up to fail
Employers underinvest in training managers and are often bad judges of who could make a good one. But there are signs things are starting to change.
- Euan Black
- Analysis
- Governance
Director goes from ‘troublemaker’ to whistleblower
It is hard for investors to work out if a director is any good, when the first rule of director club is don’t talk about the director club.
- Patrick Durkin
This top accountant doesn’t eat in airport lounges, with one exception
Tony Schiffmann, chief executive partner at accounting firm BDO, reveals why he schedules all his meetings in the morning, why he doesn’t lunch, and the airport lounge he likes to eat in.
- Sally Patten
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
Why NAB’s new CEO just set the bank a seriously big goal
While shareholders have taken delight in NAB’s turnaround, customers haven’t. Newish CEO Andrew Irvine wants to change that.
- James Thomson
The simple ‘reframe’ that helped this leader become a big bank CEO
Zip Co CEO Cynthia Scott nominates a simple reframing exercise that taught her not to fear the word ‘no’ as the best career advice she ever received.
- Euan Black, Sally Patten and Lap Phan
- Opinion
- The AFR View
A rare insight into the role of founders in listed companies
There can be a tension between the maverick individualist approach needed to create new businesses from scratch, and the obligations of a public company.
- The AFR View
This year’s worst corporate jargon, and the woman trying to fight it
Ducks in a row, reinventing the wheel, putting a pin in it, circling back, low-hanging fruit and thinking outside the box are among this year’s most hated buzz phrases.
- Patrick Durkin