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Why we should all learn to be OK with embarrassment

If we let fear of failing and ego get in the way, we will stop trying and stop moving forward, says this high-profile education leader.

  • Sally Patten and Lap Phan

September

Former David Jones boss on the ideal time to quit as CEO

Paul Zahra, the former chief executive of David Jones, says, as a general rule, there is a minimum and maximum amount of time the leader should be in the role.

  • Sally Patten and Lap Phan

The most powerful people in the consulting sector in 2024

As the fallout from the PwC scandal still looms large, smaller operations are moving in on the big four’s turf.

  • Edmund Tadros
Changing landscape: Amazon’s Andy Jassy has ordered workers back to the office, while also announcing that the e-commerce giant will cut one in six middle managers.

Why work from home might get mugged by a slowing economy

A slowing economy and shift in technological advancements are set to change the battle over the future of work again.

  • James Thomson
The Walt Disney Company’s managing director ANZ, Kylie Watson-Wheeler, is also president of AFL club the Western Bulldogs.

Disney chief goes retro for AFL finals to reel in streaming rivals

Disney’s Australian boss Kylie Watson-Wheeler is bringing her AFL obsession into her day job as the US giant takes on the dominant players in the local streaming wars.

  • Patrick Durkin
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Sydney’s Isaac Heeney celebrates a goal against GWS in the qualifying final at the SCG.

AFL more important to Khuda than data centres, Swans chairman suspects

Andrew Pridham is vice chairman of asset manager MA Financial and chairman of Sydney Swans. AirTrunk founder Robin Khuda texts him before games.

  • Sally Patten

What this CEO learnt from Mike Cannon-Brookes and Scott Farquhar

Culture Amp chief Didier Elzinga met the Atlassian duo at an awards function years ago, and got an insight into scalable business models.

  • Sally Patten and Lap Phan
Katherine Bray

‘We clearly have a problem’: Dearth of women on pathway to CEO

Nearly half of the country’s top 300 companies have no women in roles regarded as pathways to becoming a chief executive.

  • Sally Patten
Susan Lloyd-Hurwitz did an MBA, in part to improve her financial literacy skills.

When the CEO pipeline is mostly men it’s time to look outside the box

One of the reasons for the dearth of female CEOs is that companies are choosing from a pool that is far too shallow.

  • Sally Patten
Pilbara Minerals chief Dale Henderson is a competitive beast.

Meet the lithium high-climber taking on the short sellers

Pilbara Minerals CEO Dale Henderson thrives on a challenge and hard work, and is willing to tackle everything from Chinese lithium buyers to Himalayan mountains.

  • Brad Thompson
Simone and Matt Rennie, co-CEOs of consulting challenger Rennie Advisory, at the Fig & Olive in Brisbane.

The one family rule these married co-CEOs (and ex-EY execs) stick to

Simone and Matt Rennie, co-founders of rising consulting challenger Rennie Advisory, avoid work after dinner at all costs.

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  • James Hall

How this former accountant became a top music exec

Sean Warner, the CEO of Universal Music in Australia, thought he wanted to be an accountant, until he realised he didn’t.

  • Sally Patten and Lap Phan
Rajneen Aroro wants to further her studies at Harvard.

What this exec has learnt from becoming a CEO at 29

In 2022, Rajneen Arora was the GM of Best Gift Group when the hospitality gift card company fielded a buyout offer. The deal was contingent on Arora becoming its chief executive.

  • Sally Patten
Jon Davey.

How this former teacher became CEO of a $540m company

Jon Davey, chief executive of payments provider Tyro Payments, became a teacher after finishing school but realised it wasn’t for him.

  • Sally Patten

The Australian Financial Review Chanticleer Spring Carnival brunch

Celebrate half a century of unparalleled business insight at The Australian Financial Review Chanticleer 50th Anniversary brunch in Melbourne.

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Family trust: Inside the Pratts’ legal soap opera

Richard Pratt carefully designed a succession plan for his three children, Anthony, Heloise and Fiona. But even the best-laid plans can wind up in court.

  • Max Mason and Patrick Durkin
Vicki Doyle has recently stopped drinking coffee and alcohol.

How a tragic car accident upended this CEO’s life

Rest Superannuation’s Vicki Doyle worked at insurer Suncorp for more than nine years. Three weeks into her first general manager role, she got a phone call.

  • Sally Patten and Lap Phan

August

Lauren Williams, director of Megaport, Anna Leibel, director of AMP, David Whittle, director of Myer, and Joanne Palmer, director of Paladin.

The directors under 50 making their mark on top ASX boards

BOSS talks to five directors under the age of 50 about their careers and the experience they bring to the boards on which they serve.

  • Sally Patten
Lucy Letby, who was convicted of murdering seven babies and attempting to murder six others.

British statisticians worry a murder conviction doesn’t add up

Nurse Lucy Letby’s guilty verdict raises troubling questions about the numerical skills of judges, politicians and other leaders.

  • The Economist
Anthony Pratt at the 2024 Met Gala in New York. He and his sisters argue their half-sister’s claim to the family’s $23 billion empire should be dismissed.

Anthony Pratt a witness to father’s love for half-sister: court claim

Billionaire Anthony Pratt and his sisters were witness to the “bonds of love and affection” between their late father and his “love child” Paula Hitchcock, claim new court documents.

  • Patrick Durkin and Max Mason

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