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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 […]

  • By Leah Mether - Contributor

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. […]

  • By Daniel Van Boom
  • Business Journalist

AI made founding a startup easier than ever – but VC data shows funding is getting harder

It is true that AI has made creating a software startup easier, but data from Cut Through Venture indicates getting funding may be another story.

  • By Daniel Van Boom
  • Business Journalist

Xero’s CTO resigns in second leadership departure this month

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

  • By Daniel Van Boom
  • Business Journalist

Asides

Wendy McCarthy’s quiet campaign to fund next-gen rebel women

Bypassing traditional tax-effective frameworks, the trailblazing advocate is deploying her private wealth to fund a new breed of cultural architects.

  • By Shivaune Field
  • Business Journalist

Xero executive quietly departs amid SaaSpocalypse slump

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

  • By Daniel Van Boom
  • Business Journalist
Work from home

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

  • By Deborah Coram - Contributor

Workers spend up to 15 hours a week in meetings. Here’s a better way

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.

  • By Dominic Price - Contributor

Why building a bison mentality is key to accelerating workforce productivity

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.

  • By Shivaune Field
  • Business Journalist

Australia is the world’s biggest Claude user. Now Anthropic wants more

Claude is being used in Australia six times more than Daniela and Dario Amodei expected it to be. Now, the sibling co-founders want the “values overlap” to extend to physical infrastructure.

  • By Shivaune Field
  • Business Journalist
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