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Staying power

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True Leaders 2010 In our 10th-anniversary year, we nominate 17 leaders who have demonstrated staying power over the past decade. View the video  Plus Eight innovators who want to shape a different future | Youth v experience – which bosses are best? | How to build the real education revolution

WHAT’S NEW


Marketing Survey 2010

Our annual survey shows pressure to ramp up social media campaigns is mounting. For a copy of the AFR BOSS Marketing Survey, with analysis on marketers’ goals, budget allocation and confidence, go to fairfaxbr.com or call Natalie Moreno (02 9282 1731).



Drawing the line

In our Best Advice column, Nestle Australia chairman and Perpetual director Elizabeth Proust reflects on how attitudes about women have changed. She shares a 1963 Commonwealth memo outlining nine reasons women shouldn’t be appointed trade commissioners. View the memo as text Minute paper: Women trade commissioners (1963) or in the original document (PDF).

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Hear It From The Boss

Staying Power – Resilient Leadership

Sydney AFR BOSS gathered a panel of business leaders in a stimulating discussion of what makes a great leader for today’s turbulent times. » View a video of this event.

Read the full transcripts:   » Melbourne event    » Sydney event

Previous years:   2007 » Melb | » Syd   2006 » Melb | »Syd   2005 » Melb | » Syd

Young Exec

Young Executive of the Year 2010.

Young Executives

The winners of the 2010 AFR BOSS Young Executives of the Year competition learned to manage the hard way – through their first serious economic downturn. » View profiles or view the video. Plus: Former Young Executives: Where are they now?

Leaders

AFR BOSS True Leaders

True LeadersSome of our 2010 true leaders reflect on the qualities needed in future. Read insights from David Gonski, Catherine Livingstone, Gail Kelly and Noel Pearson, among others; or view the video.

Salaries

AFR BOSS Salaries

Last year’s salaries special examined the continuing controversy around executive pay. Our coverage includes new research that debunks a few myths about performance pay and the importance of independent boards.

10th Anniversary

anniversary AFR BOSS celebrates a decade of publishing. Click here to view the AFR BOSS 10th Anniversary special features.


AFR BOSS this month

AFR Boss magazine
True Leaders 2010

In our 10th-anniversary year, we nominate 17 leaders who have demonstrated staying power over the past decade. » More  Plus Eight innovators

REGULAR COLUMNS

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WORK SPACE

A weekly look at work, people and performance. First published in Tuesday’s AFR. Click here.


catherine foxCORPORATE WOMAN


Catherine Fox’s corporate woman column. Click here.


PODS, BLOGS, ETC
The Pods, blogs, etc column. Alerting you to things of note online.



BOSS Guru: a guide to the unwritten laws of the workplace
Check out our online section dedicated to your questions to BOSS Guru.



AFR BOSS TV

AFR BOSS True Leaders

AFR BOSS Young Executives of the YearAFR BOSS magazine nominates the leaders who have endured. Much has changed over a decade of AFR BOSS magazine, but consistency, adaptability and vision never go out of style. View the video.

Meet the 2010 winners here

AFR BOSS Young Executives of the YearThe annual AFR BOSS Young Executives of the Year Awards are run in association with global talent management consultancy DDI. The awards, now in their seventh year, recognise the achievements of aspiring future leaders. BOSS aims to identify six young Australians with the skills, talent and drive needed to make a successful future leader. View the video

AFR BOSS Young Executives of the YearWomen to watch

Gender is back on the corporate agenda as companies introduce a range of programs to reverse the low level of participation by women at senior levels in the corporate world and on company boards. AFR and BOSS magazine recently hosted a forum on the topic. Sue Morphet, Chief Executive of Pacific Brands (pictured) gave some useful insights on how companies can build better gender balance into their organisations. View the video

Welcome to AFR BOSS

Narellehooper August issue out now!

As we sat down for our leadership roundtable for this month’s flagship issue of AFR BOSS, the discussion was very clearly that these times call for something more: collaboration over control; the need to actively champion more inclusive work cultures; the erosion of hierarchy in a world where information that once could be kept under wraps slips out through cyberspace. » Read more

CAREER SURVIVAL GUIDE

Tips for managing your career in a volatile environment. Click here.