This Month
Why more bosses are cutting ‘sludge’ such as email chains
From executive coaching to banishing middle managers, employers are getting creative about getting more out of their staff without increasing salaries or their workloads.
- Euan Black
MH17 taught this leader how to manage through a crisis
The Malaysia Airlines plane was shot out of the sky two days before a large health conference being organised by Doherty Institute director Sharon Lewin was due to begin. Several delegates were on board.
- Sally Patten
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
Why Dan Murphy’s boss was almost sacked on his first day
As he celebrates three decades working at Dan Murphy’s, the Endeavour Group chief executive is ready for more direct feedback from his critics.
- Updated
- James Thomson
How the Qantas board fell for the cult of Alan Joyce
A scathing review of the national carrier’s board tells the story of a highly successful chief executive whose growing power was not adequately challenged. It ended badly for everyone.
- Updated
- James Thomson
Why most executives don’t reach their full potential
Early in his career, a senior colleague suggested Mick O’Brien, now a $900 million company CEO, take on a management role. Luckily his colleague could see his potential.
- Sally Patten and Lap Phan
Water polo’s golden girls have feisty medallist in their corner
Gold medallist turned coach Taryn Woods says her sport has to be prepared to do what it needs to ensure exposure and inclusion.
- Michael Bleby
July
- Exclusive
- Workplace culture
The top skills leaders need to succeed this decade
Knowing how to get the most out of hybrid working and generative AI are among the skills that leaders need today. The future will call for much more.
- Euan Black
The six tips that stuck with 2024’s BOSS Young Executives
There’s no single route to the top. But a few good habits will help you on your way.
- Sally Patten
Four traits that stand out among the 2024 BOSS Young Executives
This year’s BOSS Young Executives have a desire to master the task at hand, collaborate and inspire – and they are tech-savvy.
- Sally Patten
The 10 wealthiest executives in the ASX 300 revealed
The Australian Financial Review’s Rich Bosses list for 2024 is dominated by tech and mining executives and also welcomes a new face.
- Euan Black
- Exclusive
- Rich Bosses
The secrets to becoming a rich boss
There are good reasons why tech companies dominate this year’s Rich Bosses list.
- Patrick Durkin and Sally Patten
More workers feel stuck in their jobs. Bosses are responding
Executive coaches and HR professionals say managers are seeking guidance on how to re-energise workers who are staying put because they have no better option.
- Euan Black
Secrets of Olympians who have conquered the business world
BOSS speaks to six Olympians, including Wesfarmers CEO Rob Scott and Generation Life CEO Grant Hackett, about the most valuable business lessons they learnt from sport.
- Euan Black and Patrick Durkin
‘I shot Bambi’: Women leaders on their toughest decisions
Often the toughest decisions are those that affect other people. Here winners of the Women in Leadership awards share their hardest calls.
- Updated
- Sally Patten
EY’s new boss leaves split questions up in the air
Janet Truncale’s alternative to a failed spin-off of the firm’s consulting arm is criticised for lacking detail.
- Stephen Foley and Simon Foy
June
- Exclusive
- Architecture
‘Huge demand’: Australia’s largest design firm expands worldwide
Architecture practice Woods Bagot is focusing on growing demands for luxury and non-traditional consultancy services for design firms.
- Michael Bleby and Patrick Duffy
‘You smile too much’: the early career advice Danielle Wood ignored
Be brave and have fun, is what Australia’s leading women would say to their younger selves.
- Lucy Dean
Will John Mullen’s emotional intelligence work at Qantas?
The business veteran’s decency, toughness and persistence could make him one of the airline’s great chairmen.
- Aaron Patrick
BHP entrusts rising star with its copper mines
Anna Wiley, a leader in the Resources category, has barely put a foot wrong in a diverse career in mining that has led her to the top job in the group’s copper operations in South Australia.
- Brad Thompson
- Non-bank Winner
- Women in Leadership
Versatile risk-taker who shines when the going gets tough
Washington H Soul Pattinson’s Jaki Virtue swears by the power of ‘unknown sponsorships’, as she takes out the Financial Services - Non-banking category.
- Kanika Sood
