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SCHF director of people and culture Mariam Hares says that in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, “flexibility, culture, wellbeing and … purpose” have emerged as key priorities for employees.

Flexibility the new quid pro quo in the workplace

With employees holding more bargaining power post-pandemic, enterprises are embracing wide-ranging trade-offs to retain staff and motivate them.

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by Sydney Children’s Hospitals Foundation

Australia’s Future Fund employs high-quality specialists who “come to the table as generalists”, charged with bringing the best ideas and opportunities for the greater good of the whole portfolio.

Whole-of-portfolio approach to investing brings collaboration to the fore

Breaking free from the shackles of restrictive investment principles demands that fund managers collaborative for the greater good of the portfolio.

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by Future Fund


As well as hiring externally, AGL Energy is busily reskilling its 4300-strong workforce.

Australia’s renewables push creating demand for wide-ranging jobs, new skills

The transition to a low-carbon economy is throwing up huge workplace challenges for companies at the energy coalface.

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by AGL Energy

Food chain Sushi Sushi has narrowed its gender pay gap to 5 per cent, compared to the wider food services industry gap of 7.8 per cent.

Closing gender pay gap part of holistic approach to employee satisfaction

Getting serious about inequity in the workplace and encouraging work-life balance can pay off for savvy operators.

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by Sushi Sushi

A survey of 4000 primary healthcare nurses revealed that about 12 per cent conduct breast, bowel, cervical, skin and other cancer screenings daily, and 15 per cent do so weekly.

Allowing nurses to having a bigger impact in frontline healthcare

Expanding the role of nurses in primary care is helping bridge skills shortages, with one national network of clinics showing how it’s done.

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by MoleMap

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Some of the 200 UpGuard employees who gathered in Thailand for the company’s safari and global awards dinner.

Looking after people a no-brainer for driving better business outcomes

Investing in ‘human sustainability’ brings reciprocal benefits for companies including trust and transparency.

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An Australian National University study has found that the gender of board appointees does not impact firm financial performance.

Gender of directors added no financial value: study

A study by the Australian National University has found that the gender of directors appointed to company boards had no impact on the financial performance of those businesses.

  • Patrick Durkin
Ruslan Kogan still works at his Melbourne office in a T-shirt and jeans.

Why Kogan stops interviews with marathon runners to hire them

BOSS sat down with Kogan.com founder Ruslan Kogan just as his share price collapsed by 30 per cent.

  • Patrick Durkin
Susan Anderson Global VP Uber Retail and Grocery in Sydney this week.

Uber’s new retail boss has a plan to shake up groceries in Australia

Susan Anderson says online penetration for the $130 billion Australian grocery sector is still low. She predicts a big step change within the next few years.

  • Patrick Durkin
Dr Amantha Imber of Inventium

Pioneering CEO reveals the truth about four-day work weeks

Workplace consultancy Inventium was the first company in Australia to adopt a shorter schedule, but three years later it is not on track to hit its targets.

  • Amantha Imber
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The unlikely CEO team tackling Australia’s toughest job

Bran Black and Luke Achterstraat represent business at the opposite ends of the spectrum but are determined to present a united front in Canberra.

  • Patrick Durkin
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Highest-paid CFOs revealed

The country’s top CFOs continue to enjoy a “breakout period” on pay and remain in the box seat as the country’s next CEOs.

  • Patrick Durkin
Breakfast with the Boss with Anna Lahey and Rita Ora at the Capella Hotel in Sydney.

Rita Ora is ‘crazy about supplements’ in the morning

TypeBea co-founders Rita Ora and Anna Lahey met through Lahey’s other business, ingestible beauty brand Vida Glow. They have now launched their own haircare line.

  • Lauren Sams
Woodside Energy chairman Richard Goyder has already indicated to some shareholders that this will be his last term.

Richard Goyder counts down the days at Woodside, Qantas and the AFL

The businessman faces a crucial vote at the oil and gas giant’s annual meeting. He’s already planning his exit from the highest-profile boards in the country.

  • Patrick Durkin
laire Rogers,  former World Vision Australia’s CEO during a Breakfast with Boss in Melbourne.

Why this CEO keeps Fridays for thinking

Claire Rogers has co-founded a technology start-up that draws on her experience as a former ANZ executive and World Vision CEO.

  • Patrick Durkin
TechnologyOne CEO Ed Chung says there has been a noticeable shift in the tech market in the past three to six months.

Why this top 100 CEO gets his executives to swap jobs

The architect of a corporate experiment where the execs change jobs admits it is a little on the crazy side for a $5.2 billion, top 100 ASX tech company.

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  • Patrick Durkin
Gen Z and younger Millennials have a new way of framing the work/life balance.

Great work: Gen Z’s anti-hustle ethos may hurt their careers

A new survey shows the number of anti-hustle job ads has risen 30 per cent since the pandemic as employers emphasise work-life balance to entice young workers.

  • Sophia Money-Coutts
Setting yourself a goal to lose weight may not work.

The four steps that change your behaviour - and achieve goals

Rather than setting goals, we are better off finding cues to trigger new habits.

  • Amantha Imber
Naomi Edwards, incoming chair of the Australian Institute of Company Directors in Sydney on March 27, 2024.

How directors can avoid protest votes against executive pay

Boards should consult more with investors and governance experts to avoid protest votes against remuneration reports, says the new chairwoman of the AICD.

  • Sally Patten
Glenn King CEO

The one tip PEXA’s boss got about property investing

The former Geelong schoolboy says flexibility is crucial as he insulates the monopoly digital property exchange from the threat of greater competition.

  • Michael Bleby
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Shaunte Mears-Watkins loves eggs on toast - the perfect meal after an hour of early morning rowing.

The CEO who loves breakfast so much, she had a brunch wedding

The boss of Advanced Cosmeceuticals Skin Group, Shaunte Mears-Watkins, is up by 5.30am at the latest, and has a well-honed routine to set her up for the day.

  • Lauren Sams

March

Australian Grand Prix Corporation boss Travis Auld.

How missing AFL’s top job drove the F1 Grand Prix CEO

Travis Auld, the former AFL chief financial officer-turned F1 GP chief executive, has big plans for the race to go more female and family friendly, to help attract record crowds.

  • Patrick Durkin

Australia’s highest-paid directors revealed

Women now account for more than 30 per cent of directors on ASX 200 companies – but they still don’t perform as well as their male colleagues in the money stakes.

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  • Patrick Durkin
Canva’s Charlotte Anderson says dropping degree requirements from job ads has helped the software giant hire more people from diverse backgrounds.

No degree required: Canva, WiseTech and Culture Amp’s new workforce

Companies are relaxing or eliminating such qualifications from their job ads to access deeper talent pools.

  • Euan Black
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Best career advice? ‘Get some feathers on your wings’

Damien Nicks, the chief executive of giant electricity and gas supplier AGL Energy, answers our CEO Q&A.

  • Angela Macdonald-Smith