January
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
10 CEOs under the pump in 2025
Overextended stockmarket valuations equal heightened investor expectations. The market has these 10 chief executives in its sights.
- James Thomson
The brave career move that helped propel Matt Comyn to the top of CBA
The CEO of Australia’s biggest bank reveals pivotal moments in his career – and how much sleep he likes to get.
- Sally Patten and Lap Phan
The most important lessons these CEOs learnt in 2024
Celebrating your wins, staying grounded and embracing generative AI were some of the key things these top business leaders took away from last year.
- Euan Black and Sally Patten
Six leadership and investing lessons from cricket
Lifelong cricket fan and seasoned investment executive John Knox reflects on the impact of the game on his career.
- Michelle Bowes
This exec has a fix for jet lag that’s been staring you in the face
Booking.com Oceania manager and BOSS Young Executive Todd Lacey says he also swears by two supplements to keep him healthy.
- Sally Patten
December 2024
ASX falls 1pc; More Liberal chaos; Good, bad, ugly of corporate Oz
Read everything that’s happened in the news so far today.
- Opinion
- Governance
The good, the bad and the ugly of corporate Australia in 2024
Big deals, big names, big disasters. From AirTrunk to Woolies to our own Nine Entertainment, here are the biggest moments of the year.
- James Thomson
The CEOs are tripping. Can psychedelics help the C-suite?
A growing cottage industry is dedicated to the theory that mind-altering drugs can improve business leadership.
- Emma Goldberg
Why Gurner gave up alcohol – and what he learnt
The property developer and wellness entrepreneur has rarely had a drink for 18 months. He doesn’t like what he sees from people who are imbibing.
- Sally Patten and Martin Peralta
- Opinion
- BOSS
Drumstick Awards: The five biggest corporate stuff-ups of 2024
From miners to retailers to tech giants, corporate Australia put its foot in it again this year.
- James Thomson
Shayne Elliott’s rented Corolla wasn’t enough for ANZ in the end
The career banker took the top job in 2016, unwinding a failed regional expansion and wowing shareholders. Those shareholders are a bit less wowed now.
- Updated
- Jonathan Shapiro
What Cleary and Payne can teach us about winning (and Armstrong can’t)
Penrith Panthers head coach Ivan Cleary, Melbourne Cup-winning jockey Michelle Payne and mindset coach Ben Crowe share their secrets to success.
- Campbell Kwan and Joanne Tran
- Opinion
- Business People of the Year
Matt Comyn finds his voice – and delivers for shareholders
The CEO has driven the Commonwealth Bank from strength to strength, propelling him on to the 2024 The Australian Financial Review Business People of the Year list.
- James Eyers
WiseTech board is team White, and ‘Richard’s not going anywhere’
Richard White’s successor as WiseTech CEO will be free to practise the same “creative abrasion” style of leadership that invited accusations of bullying.
- Tess Bennett
Staff got a nine-day fortnight, but still waste time on one thing
Grant Thornton CEO Greg Keith doesn’t like to see staff, who work a nine-day fortnight, wasting time waiting for everyone to get their coffee before they go back to the office.
- Updated
- Sally Patten and Lap Phan
November 2024
How IAG boss Nick Hawkins weathered the perfect storm
In the past four years, the CEO of the $20b insurance giant has battled both cyclonic conditions and swirling regulators and politicians.
- James Eyers
Why being good at your job isn’t enough to get a promotion
Brighter Super CEO Kate Farrar reveals the secrets to getting a promotion, what she does at 4am and what she learnt from failing at an investment bank.
- Updated
- Sally Patten and Lap Phan
Six tricks to focus like a Formula 1 driver
McLaren’s team driver, Australian Oscar Piastri, along with a sports psychologist and an attention expert share their tips for staying on track.
- Updated
- Adam Bluestein
- Exclusive
- Online gambling
Deposed Tabcorp boss has a warning for CEOs everywhere
In his first interview since being sacked as the chief executive of the wagering giant, Adam Rytenskild says he was put “six feet under” with no warning.
- Zoe Samios
How a jibe from this CEO’s teenage daughter triggered a career rethink
Kate Galvin, the chief executive of the $92 billion Victorian Funds Management Corporation, hadn’t applied for a new job in 23 years and, without realising it, needed a push.
- Patrick Durkin