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CBA CEO Matt Comyn and his outgoing deputy David Cohen

Comyn loses his deputy; No ship to Red Sea; Inside the secret CEO school

Read everything that’s happened in the news so far today.

  • 27 mins ago
Ken MacKenzie: “It’s a unique role, and nothing prepares you for it.”

Inside the secret school for ASX CEOs

Chanticleer has been given a rare look inside the invite-only course for new ASX150 CEOs, which is the brainchild of BHP chairman Ken MacKenzie.

  • 1 hr ago
  • James Thomson

CBA’s Matt Comyn loses his right-hand man, the meticulous David Cohen

Over 15 years at the bank, David Cohen has seen it all. On his retirement, he provides a potted history of CBA’s numerous troubles and its transformation.

  • James Eyers

Yesterday

The Prime Minister seemingly wanted a Cabinet government, but a Cabinet still needs to be led. He has never demonstrated an interest in the finer details of policy.

Albanese is running Australia like a low-energy state premier

Labor would be foolish to blame their poll slide solely on interest rates. Their problem is their model of governance belongs in the cheap-money era.

  • Tim Wilson and Jason Falinski

This Month

The role of the office in hybrid work remains an open question for our top CEOs.

Why the work from home debate is entering a new phase

Australia’s top CEOs have accepted flexible work is here to stay. But almost four years on from the pandemic, there are growing questions about productivity, culture and career development. 

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  • James Thomson
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Gina Rinehart is the Australian Financial Review’s Business Person of the Year.

Rinehart calls for tax cuts, criticises renewables and ‘eyesore’ solar panels

Gina Rinehart, named The Australian Financial Review Business Person of the Year, demanded a cut to taxes, while Boris Johnson spoke in defence of Donald Trump.

  • Edmund Tadros and Maxim Shanahan
Gina Rinehart is The Australian Financial Review’s Business Person of the Year for 2023.

Gina Rinehart looks to life beyond the rivers of cash from iron ore

The mining magnate, crowned The Australian Financial Review Business Person of the Year, is recognised for the role she has played in shaping Australia’s economy.

  • Brad Thompson
Sam Hupert says it’s not in Pro Medicus’ DNA to act like a big corporate.

How Sam Hupert turned Pro Medicus into an understated giant

With a team of just 115 people and an understated approach to business, the healthtech co-founder has created an Australian success story. 

  • James Thomson

How the Y2K bug reset Opera House CEO Louise Herron’s career

When the anticipated global computing meltdown did not happen on January 1, 2000, the former lawyer couldn’t help thinking her career was “really stupid”

  • Sally Patten
Paul Flynn grew up in a “good Catholic family of six girls and three boys.

This CEO of a $6b company was told he ‘could do better’ at school

Whitehaven chief Paul Flynn may not have been an enthusiastic student, but he learnt to debate around the kitchen table with his parents and eight siblings.

  • Sally Patten
Consumer law has marched on since 1975.

Drumstick Awards: Five biggest corporate stuff-ups of 2023

It’s been a golden year for corporate scandals. But one company has outshone the rest, taking home the inaugural Triple Drumstick. 

  • James Thomson
French President Emmanuel Macron.

Why Emmanuel Macron is bravest leader of the year

The French president is probably the only Western leader to stare down public dissent at much-needed austerity measures. The rest should study his shattering experience.

  • Janan Ganesh

AirBnB’s boss on the perils of being too good at negotiation

Susan Wheeldon once made the mistake of negotiating too good a price for a contract. She realised that down the track the deal was not the win she thought it would be.

  • Sally Patten
It’s long been known that Ray Dalio, who has stepped back from daily management, ran his firm in a highly unconventional way.

Why Ray Dalio should not be venerated

He created the world’s biggest hedge fund at Bridgewater Associates. But the business operated a cult-like psychodrama under his leadership.

  • Aaron Patrick
Lucinda Holdforth, who’s had enough of authenticity narratives.

LinkedIn is rotting our leaders, says Alan Joyce’s former speechwriter

Lucinda Holdforth reckons executives should focus on delivering results and ditch the bubble talk about authenticity and vulnerability.

  • Myriam Robin
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November

Feel overworked and underpaid? You’re not the only one

Insufficient recognition, poor change management and inappropriate workloads are the biggest risks for employee wellbeing, a study has found.

  • Euan Black
Airtasker chief executive Tim Fung said being made redundant from Macquarie put him on the path towards setting up his own company.

What this CEO did after being made redundant from Macquarie

Tim Fung didn’t waste a crisis when the company let him go after the GFC. Instead, he tried his hand at an entirely new industry.

  • Sally Patten and Euan Black
Whitehaven Coal’s CFO Kevin Ball was the top performer.

The 25 best-performing CFOs in Australia

Whitehaven Coal’s Kevin Ball has topped the ranks of the country’s best performing financial bosses, based on the increase in the miner’s market capitalisation.

  • Patrick Durkin
Domino’s Pizza CEO Don Meij says it’s important in business to “play the long game”.

For Domino’s CEO, pepperoni and a Tarantino movie hard to beat

Domino’s CEO Don Meij says investors expect perfection from large ASX companies, as he regroups and avoids becoming ‘lost in the past’.

  • Simon Evans
Punch & Judy shows have taken a beating in the age of woke.

Political correctness is too much for the ‘exhausted majority’

You should concentrate on how you say things rather than walking on eggshells for fear of offending someone by what you say.

  • Peter Quarry