January
Why the nationality of global CEOs is suddenly important
Foreign-born executives are more exposed in an era of harder borders and political pressures.
November 2025
Push to scrap two strikes rule on executive pay
Directors and investors are divided over whether Australia’s unique shareholder power works. Its architect, Allan Fels, has warned against moves to weaken it.
Lawyers at fault for Australia’s regulatory red tape burden
At the risk of being disowned by the legal community, it is worth highlighting that external legal spending by firms has tripled since 2010.
CEOs are having pay docked. They still may be getting off lightly
ASX boards are responding to pressure from regulators and investors to make executives accountable for failures in risk management. But is it enough?
Cultural fit, attitude ‘more important than skills’ in retaining new hires
When hiring the wrong person can be a very costly mistake, in terms of productivity and morale as well as recruitment expenses, it is essential for businesses to hire based on attitude and cultural fit, not just skills.
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The $1m nap: What truly separates great CEOs from the 5am club
It’s estimated that more than 40 per cent of leaders sleep six hours or less a night – but a lack of rest can affect decision-making and relationships at work.
October 2025
Reviving shareholder-centric governance can save the ASX
The exchange operator’s fall from global leader to regional laggard was driven by a shift to stakeholder-centric values by its now-defunct Corporate Governance Council.
Tell me another one: the make-believe backstories CEOs spin
Business leaders should be careful of the people they pretend to be – because then they have to remember who that is.
Michael Chaney’s succession school needs its star pupil
One of the doyens of the board circuit looks to educate the next generation on how not to do a corporate handover.
Burnout and politics: Why senior staff are deserting Elon Musk
The churn at Tesla and xAI comes amid disillusionment with the billionaire’s activism, strategic pivots and mass lay-offs.
September 2025
Optus and ANZ show the governance failures of the director class
Competence and skin in the game should be a requirement for a board seat at a big business. A fetish for independence isn’t enough to ensure good governance.
Here’s how to really handle a toxic boss
There are many strategies you could deploy when faced with a difficult leadership situation. Which one is right for you?
Why Woolworths hired a start-up to yell at its employees
Three core customer types have been identified as causing increasing aggression against retail staff. Can virtual reality help defuse the bomb?
August 2025
The AI era is HR’s time to shine. But they’re not invited
Australia’s top bosses think their people chiefs are not up to managing the artificial intelligence transition, and that’s a big problem.
Why bosses are back in charge – and the workers who can rebel
Employers who had struggled to fill positions as the economy came out of lockdown are ghosting job applicants and turning up their noses at strong candidates.
Banks’ new brooms signal cultural shift in corporate Australia
The conversations at Westpac and ANZ about boosting productivity could become an increasingly common part of the new culture in corporate Australia.
July 2025
Feel like you never belong? You may be an otrovert
If you secretly feel like an outsider, feel awkward in groups and uneasy in public, you might be a personality type defined by a sense of “non-belonging”.
Australia’s 50 Richest Bosses revealed
The Chemist Warehouse and Guzman y Gomez floats, as well as a change in intergenerational wealth, are creating a new wave of wealthy leaders.
‘Riding the tiger’: Why Linda Yaccarino had to leave Elon Musk’s X
Tasked with bringing back advertising to a platform whose owner had told brands who did not spend with them to “go f--- themselves”, she was set up to fail.
June 2025
When your chatbot makes titanic mistakes
In the right hands, artificial intelligence can clearly be a force for great good. It’s just that I keep coming across people who know how dire it can be.
Virgin’s comeback is a lesson on managing executive energy
Strategy alone doesn’t supercharge a corporate transformation, it takes a leader who drives change while quietly building reserves for whatever tomorrow brings.
Samuel: A fork in the eye is less painful than AICD director’s course
Former competition watchdog chief Graeme Samuel says executives would learn more about governance reading APRA’s report on CBA than doing the company directors course.
