How becoming a mother changed my brain and made me better at business
Forget the myth of 'baby brain'. Julia Jones says motherhood has made her better at business. Here are the reasons why.
How to overcome tech challenges in remote and hybrid working models
Despite the indisputable benefits of flexible working arrangements, it’s not always smooth sailing. Remote work has introduced a new set of challenges that business leaders haven’t dealt with in the past.
The five roles of effective change agents
Research and observation has identified five key roles that leaders need to fulfill in order to reshape organisational wellbeing.
Julie Bishop stars in comically long “employee induction video” featuring Hugh Jackman for mining company
The former minister for foreign affairs has leapt into her new role as a strategic advisor for a Perth-based mining company by starring in a very long “employee induction video”.
Booktopia co-founder Tony Nash chooses “better rather than bitter” after being pushed from CEO role
Taking to LinkedIn after the company announcement, Nash said being placed on "gardening leave for 6 months" after 26 years of company leadership is "a bit freaky for an obsessive entrepreneur".
For the sake of employee health and wellbeing, it’s time for businesses to again offer work from home options
The work from home debate has ramped up over the past week, as employers once again deliberate how to avoid COVID-19 office outbreaks and contend with rising living costs.
Foot and mouth disease: Aussies returning from Bali put on alert as virus detected
With the disease detected in Bali last month, one traveller's dirty shoes could devastate Australia's $27 billion livestock export industry.
The national focus on skills shortages is welcome, but we can’t afford to wait
This acute and ongoing skills crisis must urgently be addressed, and while the government has a plan, there is a clear role for the private sector to play as well.
Gig economy: Workers and customers are exiting the sector. How can we make it better?
Five years of research reveals an industry facing pushback from both workers and customers, with many workers seeking to leave the gig economy.
Onboarding gifts: Five reasons you should give them to your new employees
Now more than ever, every business needs to attract, excite, motivate, and keep great people, especially now that remote working and doing it solo is the new normal. Enter the onboarding gift pack.
Afterpay duo Nick Molnar and Anthony Eisen lead top 20 list of highest-earning CEOs
The milestone earnings of Afterpay co-founders Anthony Eisen and Nick Molnar have crowned them as the top-earning Australian CEOs of the 2021 financial year — no surprise, given the combined $264 million they pocketed.
Will Albanese’s jobs summit be genuinely useful, or a futile talkfest?
Bob Hawke popularised the political summit in 1983, and Labor leaders ever since have tried to emulate it. But are they actually worthwhile?