Leadership

Journalist Katie Phang has asked the court to fine Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche $1,000 per day until he turns over all the files.

Opinion: Many managers are promoted for their technical ability without being taught emotional intelligence or self-regulation. The result is poor workplace behaviour that damages company culture, argues communication expert Leah Mether. Most of us assume that when we leave high school, we’ll also leave behind the gossip, cliques, passive-aggressive behaviour and playground politics that came […]

Macquarie head of banking and infrastructure Greg Ward will in November take the reins from Wikramanayake, who has led the bank for eight years. Key Takeaways Key Background Wikramanayake is a Macquarie lifer, having joined the Millionaire’s Factory in 1987 – just two years after Macquarie Bank was spun out of UK firm Hill Samuel. […]

Opinion: As businesses race to adopt AI, weak governance is creating costly delays, reputational damage and regulatory risk, argues OneTrust’s Corey Rice. Artificial intelligence is quickly becoming embedded in modern business, promising greater efficiency, faster decision-making and new opportunities for innovation. Yet many organisations still treat governance as an afterthought – something to address after deployment rather than a capability that should shape […]

Rick Carragher will leave Xero in early August after serving 16 months as chief technology officer, employees were told on Wednesday.

Xero’s chief people officer, charged with driving the company’s “performance-driven culture”, departed the ASX accounting giant earlier this month.

Opinion: Employers remain legally responsible for workplace safety, so they need enough authority to decide when remote work is appropriate, argues founder of Safetrac, Deborah Coram

In an interview with Forbes, the design software giant’s CEO Melanie Perkins discusses her and husband Cliff Obrecht’s latest philanthropic initiative.

Opinion: Meetings consume up to a third of the working week, but often leave us drained. Work futurist Dominic Price offers a practical way to decide which ones to kill, keep or tweak.

Stalled decision-making, perfectionism, withheld innovation, and wasted cognitive energy are quietly tanking corporate productivity. Dr. Shade Zohrai outlines a framework to help teams build the internal authority required to face disruption head-on.