The modern leader has it tough. As well as dealing with myriad business and people challenges, leaders are expected to periodically demonstrate their brilliance live on stage, in the form of the dreaded keynote address.
As the director of AFRLive, The Australian Financial Review’s events arm, I’ve had a front-row seat at more than a thousand of these speeches. I’ve been enthralled, I’ve been challenged, I’ve laughed, I’ve cried (usually because the speaker is 20 minutes over time). And, yes, I’ve been bored.
