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Leadership
Why you don’t want to be the smartest person in the room
Being the smartest person in the room may feel like an advantage, but it can increase a leader’s workload, weaken team capability and erode trust, writes Chris Power I’ve worked with some very smart leaders over the last 26 years. They know it and the team knows it. They’re smart and they’re fast. They pre-empt the […]
The most underrated leadership skill—emotional regulation
Have you ever seen a leader receive one difficult email and let the frustration spread across the entire team? Within minutes, one emotional reaction shapes their leadership, and people act as though everything is going better than it is. Leadership emotions rarely remain personal. They are expressed through conversations and decisions with remarkable efficiency. Emotional regulation […]
Why executive presence isn’t about looking the part
Opinion: Executive presence is often mistaken for polish, confidence and the ability to command a room. But the leaders people trust and follow are defined less by how they look than by how they behave when the pressure is on. Think about the last time you walked out of a difficult conversation knowing you hadn’t […]
Why businesses need more grown-ups in the room
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 […]
Shemara Wikramanayake steps down as Macquarie CEO
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. […]
The hidden AI risk companies can’t afford to ignore
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 […]
Why employers need the final say on working from home
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
The science behind why failure hurts so much
Opinion: Failure can feel like a verdict on who we are. But proper reflection can turn a setback into useful information, rather than a reason to quit, argues Tamsin Simounds We’ve all been told that failure is part of the process. It builds resilience, makes us wiser, and teaches us things success never could. Steven […]
What we lose when we work from home
Opinion: The debate over working from home has focused on productivity and flexibility. Clinibase CEO Pam Ramali believes the bigger issue is one that’s much harder to measure. There are two murals on the walls of Clinibase’s Melbourne headquarters. David “Meggs” Hooke, a Collingwood artist who has spent years capturing the character and texture of […]