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Insurance Australia chief executive Mike Wilkins will be in conversation with BOSS editor Narelle Hooper on Thursday May 17 in Sydney for our next Emerging Leaders forum. He will share some of his career experiences from more than 25 years in the sector, thoughts on where the business is headed and offer some insights on managing or up-and coming-executives.
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Thanks to the many readers who emailed and tweeted comments on our April cover story recognising the outstanding contributions of the 1 million Australians working offshore and the Advance global network. Winners of the inaugural Advance Global Australian Awards were announced in Sydney on April 19 …
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Michael ‘The Wolf’ Rebelo: The ‘go to’ guy is back Speaking at the Financial Review BOSS Emerging Leaders forum in Sydney, Saatchi & Saatchi’s Michael Rebelo reflects on his 15-year career at the ad agency, having recently returned home as the local chief executive. View the video |
Meet the 2011 emerging leaders winners hereThe annual AFR BOSS Young Executives of the Year Awards are run in association with global talent management consultancy DDI. The awards, now in their eighth year, recognise the achievements of aspiring future leaders. BOSS identified six young Australians with the skills, talent and drive needed to make a successful future leader. View the video |
Leadership panel discussionJoin facilitator and company director Bonnie Boezeman discussing the challenges facing corporate leaders in the modern world. Panel: Steve Vamos, Telstra; Ram Kangatharan, Bank of Queensland; Amanda McCluskey, Colonial First State Global Asset Management and Glenice Maclellan, Egon Zehnder International consultant. View the video |
Lessons from a turnaroundCollective leadership and why learning to fail is important Hear from a panel of Chief Executive Officers as they discuss their experiences in driving change in their organisations. Scott MacDonald, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Investa, Kathy Keele, Chief Executive Officer, Australia Council for the Arts and Alex Malley, Chief Executive Officer, CPA Australia. View the video |
The Power of ThreeSocial researcher Hugh Mackay; author of What makes us tick?, executive coach and leadership philosopher Norman Drummond; and Michael Traill, CEO of Social Ventures Australia, explore the changing expectations of leaders and offer tools and insights to help develop your leadership capacities. View the video |
The spirit of successFounder and CEO of Drummond International and author of The Spirit of Success, Norman Drummond challenges you to a tick test on yourself and others; courage, integrity and open-heartedness. View the video |
What is leadership?Hugh Mackay speaking at BOSS club, outlines his views on leadership. This revealing discussion about the human need to be taken seriously by our peers is what drives people. Hugh Mackay, psychologist, social researcher and writer discusses the ten desires that drive us from his recent work What Makes Us Tick? View the video |
Women to watchGender is back on the agenda as companies introduce a range of programs to reverse the low level of participation by women at senior levels. AFR and BOSS magazine hosted a forum on the topic and Sue Morphet, chief executive of Pacific Brands gave some useful insights on how companies can build better gender balance into their organisations. View the video |
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Young Executive of the Year 2012
The annual AFR BOSS Young Executives of the Year Awards are run in association with global talent management consultancy DDI. The awards, now in their ninth year, recognise the achievements of up and coming executives who have the skills, talent and drive needed to make a successful future leader. We've been overwhelmed by the number of high quality entrants for this year's awards. Ten finalists are interviewed by a panel of business leaders and participate in a one day business simulation exercise to test their leadership capabilities. The winning six are featured in the July issue of BOSS magazine. » The 2012 Judges Last year’s Young Executive of the Year winners (pictured) were a savvy lot and they showed international experience increasingly counts. » Read the 2011 profiles
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AFR BOSS True Leaders
BOSS True Leaders 2011 When the absence of leadership is as notable as shining examples of it, you know you’ve got a problem. This year’s panelists for the annual BOSS True Leaders discussion indicated that long-term vision is sadly missing in action. Read about this year’s True Leaders. Last year, some of our 2010 True Leaders reflected on the qualities needed in future. Read what they said then, or view the video.
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When teamwork gets the bonus The latest trend in a wave of new remuneration practices is a team bonus – but will it work? | Key remuneration trends | Pay day: Top-paid Australian executives (table)
10th Anniversary
AFR BOSS celebrated a decade of publishing with its March 2010 issue. Click here to view the AFR BOSS 10th Anniversary special features.

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