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Why this CEO believes being ‘a little cold’ in interviews pays off
Lisa Claes says she can come across as “officious” when interviewing potential recruits. It’s part of a deliberate strategy to maintain objectivity.
- Euan Black
The seven best tips from the BOSS Young Executives Summit
Panellists offered a plethora of advice for emerging leaders, from being selective about taking on new roles to choosing more than one mentor.
- Sally Patten
WWIII is coming and investors should be ready, says drone-downing CEO
DroneShield CEO Oleg Vornik says capital markets should back the local defence industry amid rising geopolitical tensions, and warns World War III could come in our lifetimes.
- Tess Bennett
‘Fake it till you make it’ is terrible advice, says this bank CEO
Melanie Evans, the Australian CEO of Dutch banking behemoth ING, says young people who want to get ahead should be ready to put in some hard work.
- Patrick Durkin
- Opinion
- The AFR View
Hard calls for next-gen corporate leaders
Where does Australia place its bets on the future? It’s the coming generation of corporate leaders who will have to make big calls amid rising uncertainty, and be accountable for the results.
- The AFR View
August 2023
The young execs making WFH work for them
A cultural review across the big professional services firm is part of a wider trend giving young workers permission to speak up without damaging their promotion opportunities.
- Tess Bennett
The career hack this CEO wishes he'd known earlier
Speaking at BOSS Young Executive Summit 2023, AICD managing director and CEO Mark Rigotti talks about how he got switched on to journaling and the career benefits that the practice brings.
- Updated
Rio Tinto boss on working with traditional owners
Rio Tinto chief executive for Australia, Kellie Parker, speaks to Patrick Durkin about the company's efforts to work with indigenous owners.
- Updated
Young executives warned of ‘sustained operational crisis’
The remilitarisation of Europe, along with cyberattacks and climate change, are changing the business environment. Australia is also in the line of fire.
- Updated
- Julie Hare
Rio Tinto CEO warns Australia’s ‘vile racism’ hits Voice
The Australian CEO of Rio Tinto, whose destruction of the Juukan Gorge led to controversial cultural heritage laws that are set to be repealed, has promised traditional owners it wants to go beyond the legislation.
- Patrick Durkin
The elevator pitch still works: Top tips on leadership
Executives say cementing relationships with a wide variety of people is still the most potent way to prepare for leadership.
- Jessica Sier
Why putting up with boring tasks made this executive a better boss
Fiona Lang of BBC Studios says mastering technical skills early in your career will give you confidence later on.
- Sally Patten
How these BOSS Young Executives went on to become top dog
These former young leaders became CEOs or set up their own businesses after winning the award. Here’s their advice for the next cohort coming through.
- Euan Black
These five won BOSS Young Executive awards. This is what they do now
This year AFR BOSS celebrates the 20th anniversary of its program for outstanding leaders under 35. We talk to past winners to find out what they are up to.
- Sally Patten, Euan Black and Patrick Durkin
Woolworths faces criminal prosecution over leave underpayments
The retail giant is facing more than 1000 criminal charges for allegedly failing to pay long service entitlements. But some employers have warned of overreach.
- David Marin-Guzman
- Analysis
- Flexible working
The rise of the ‘workcation’, ‘green desking’ and ‘work from anywhere’
Post-COVID working options now include “workcations”, or doing a job from a holiday location; “green desking” or working amid nature, and “work from anywhere” weeks.
- Simon Kuper
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
‘We’re a tech company’: Rio boss draws on lessons of history
Rio Tinto CEO Jakob Stausholm says history helps prove the miner is actually a technology company. It will need to be to solve the decade’s next big challenges.
- James Thomson
Starting a family a ‘luxury’ as cost of living bites
Surging expenses are prompting young Australians to change their approach to having children.
- Lucy Dean
The unis turning students into entrepreneurs (riding unicorns)
The success of companies such as Atlassian and AirTasker is fuelling an entrepreneurial spirit at universities, but their experts say good ideas, not dreams of money, are the golden ticket.
- Julie Hare
EY’s ideal worker ‘is always available’. Some find that unbearable
The tension between the way the firm markets itself and the reality of working there goes some way to explaining its 37.4 per cent employee turnover.
- Edmund Tadros
- Opinion
- Workplace
Work-from-homers may come to regret their couch time
Capital-city employees who avoid the office may eventually find themselves replaced by cheaper workers in Manila.
- Aaron Patrick
- Opinion
- Working from home
The surprising truths about remote working
From return-to-office demands to productivity levels, a lot of what we think we know about working from home is wrong.
- Pilita Clark
July 2023
- Exclusive
- Women in Leadership
Why the final act in Margaret Gardner’s current job is the perfect end
Victoria’s next governor is about to hang up her academic gown for the final time after a stellar 40-year career.
- Julie Hare
Right to disconnect dismissed as ‘a step back’ for flexibility
Legislating a right to disconnect from work would undermine the move towards more flexible working, lawyers and employer groups have warned.
- Euan Black
- Exclusive
- BOSS
Boards pull back on investment amid slowing economy
BOSS this week met with boardroom heavyweights from some of our largest companies around the country who warned the economy is in “very mixed” shape.
- Patrick Durkin and Anthony Macdonald
