18 Aug 2023
Mark Ellul & Simon Janes
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Head Community Sustainability, ANZ & Portfolio,
Data & Credit Appetite Lead, ANZ
The world and its consumers are seeking to find businesses with responsible practices. Small and medium sized business can play a big role, here are some of their stories.
29 Aug 2022
Vinit Jha
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Domain Lead, Employee Experience, ANZ
In nature, hybrids are noted for more vigour and adaptability. A world-class employee experience is needed if hybrid working can deliver too.
22 May 2017
David Lewis
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Australian business professional and founder of The Mentor List
It’s not just companies that disrupt, personal disruption can be just as powerful, author and influential management thinker Whitney Johnson explains.
19 Apr 2017
Katie Bennett-Stenton
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National Marketing Lead, Energy & Resources, Deloitte
Cats are said to have nine lives – but to ensure corporate survival and an upwards professional trajectory it can seem like you need more than nine to keep pace with change.
18 Apr 2017
Erica Hardinge
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Head of Security Enablement, ANZ
Countless times throughout my career I've been counselled that I need to choose - often by amazing mothers and full-time career women.
10 Apr 2017
Leon Gettler
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Veteran and highly regarded management journalist
Emotional intelligence - the ability to identify your own emotions and those of others - is now regarded as a core skill for leaders who want to get the best out of their teams.
29 Mar 2017
Andrew Cornell
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Past Managing Editor, bluenotes
The idea everyone can be a leader is a myth, ANZ director Paula Dwyer says, but that doesn’t mean leadership can’t be found at every level of an organisation.
27 Mar 2017
Darren Abbruzzese
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Former General Manager Data, ANZ
I had a conversation recently with a colleague who spoke of his wife's anxiety issues. Sometimes her anxiety can be quite overwhelming and he's had to take time off work to care for her.
10 Mar 2017
Ha Bui
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BlueNotes contributing editor
There is a long history of artists working with business. From the Medicis in the renaissance to institutions like the Catholic Church and now modern corporations, many great and revered works of art have come from these relationships.
24 Jun 2016
Darren Sibson
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bluenotes contributor
You’re in the midst of the next social-media evolution. Mobile video consumption has grown precipitously and the rise of video platforms and virtual reality are going to make a significant difference to the way everyone consumes content.
27 May 2016
Tareq Muhmood
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CEO Korea & Managing Director Global Subsidiaries, ANZ
Having started working in my thirteenth country, it made me reflect on what makes such a transition a productive, even a ‘happy’ one.
02 May 2016
Anna Corr
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Head of Research & Analysis Australia, ANZ
For some they are occasions for dread, while for others they are a chance to get recognition for a year of hard work. Wherever you sit, and even with the running debate on their place, performance reviews (PMRs) are an ingrained part of the culture of companies. They can shape your future at an organisation.
22 Apr 2016
Anouk De Blieck
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General Manager, Human Resources, ANZ
Since gaining prominence in the late 1990s thanks to ex-GE CEO Jack Welch, reverse mentoring has grown in popularity around the world. It has provided benefits for two generations of employees while allowing executive ranks a window into new and developing ideas and technologies.
12 Apr 2016
Tim Murphy
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Journalist and Former Editor, New Zealand Herald
The predictions are startling: a 15 year-old today should expect to have 17 different jobs in five sectors in his or her working life. Two-thirds of the tertiary study currently being undertaken is towards jobs which soon won’t exist. Three-quarters of all new jobs will require science, maths or technology proficiency.
29 Mar 2016
Jo Mikleus
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Former Chief of Staff, ANZ
Many elements make up the perfect team. The key is bringing together depth of experience, global mindsets, external perspectives, gender diversity as well as other dimensions such as leadership, curiosity, passion and drive.
22 Mar 2016
Matt Boss
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Former Managing Director Products and Marketing, ANZ
Network Ten executive general manager and advertising guru Russel Howcroft has an important message for business leaders: don't say 'no'.
08 Mar 2016
Andrew Cornell
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Past Managing Editor, bluenotes
One of the interesting discussions sparked by Maile Carnegie's decision to leave Google to join this bank, ANZ, was around whether banks might soon be better run by technologists.
17 Feb 2016
Anouk De Blieck
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General Manager, Human Resources, ANZ
We live in a connected world. Companies are expanding internationally and customers expect borderless interactions. Services must be simple, agile and tailored. Customers want to choose how, when and where they will interact with businesses.
01 Feb 2016
Leo D'Angelo Fisher
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Freelance journalist
New Year's resolutions might seem a harmless custom – vows to join a gym or learn to do the tango - you know in your heart of hearts will never make it off the to-do list. But why waste the opportunity to make substantive changes?
27 Jan 2016
Emma Davine
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Head of Government & Commercialisation, Transaction Banking
From the ground floor to the boardroom, it's normal in your career - and smart - to always have one eye on the next step. But many feel they are poorly prepared to make a move or are reluctant to take a risk and move outside their comfort zone.
15 Dec 2015
Narelle Hooper
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Co-Author, New Women, New Men, New Economy
Hubs, incubators and start-ups are all phrases looming large in the innovation policy sphere right now but you have to ask, who is in on them?
17 Nov 2015
Leo D'Angelo Fisher
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Freelance journalist
A lot of men seem to have decided it's time to discard the tie for work. Yet, in most cases, they still wear a suit. Frankly, it just isn't a good look. It is a rare man indeed who can get away with wearing a suit without a tie. Those who can would probably look fetching in a barrel and braces...
02 Nov 2015
Marcia Levinstock
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Founder and Managing Editor of Content, Primary Ideas
One of the first questions we ask when we first meet someone is “What do you do?"
14 Oct 2015
Peter Booth
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Provost and Senior Vice President, Sydney University of Technology
Australia's largest trading partner, China, has a strategic focus to shift from 'Made in China' towards 'Designed in China'. Australia's 4th largest trading partner, South Korea, has established 17 major innovation centres in 17 major cities across the country to quickly develop its creative economy and creative industries.
29 Sep 2015
Amanda Gome
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Former head of digital and social media, ANZ
Launched in the United Kingdom in 2010 with the goal of achieving 30 per cent women on FTSE-100 boards by the end of 2015, the 30% Club migrated to Australia earlier this year with events in Sydney and Melbourne.
25 Sep 2015
Martin Reeves
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Senior Partner, The Boston Consulting Group & Director, Bruce Henderson Institute
It's no secret the pace of change today is head-spinningly fast. The stakes are higher than ever: one third of US public corporations will not survive the next five years. In the declining number of industries that remain stable and predictable, the classical approach to strategy and leadership taught in business schools still applies.
18 Sep 2015
Ayesha de Krestser
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BlueNotes contributing editor
It's often said Lady Luck plays a rather large role in determining those who make it in life and those who do not. Luck though seems to never have played a role in the life of May Khansyla - yet that hasn't stopped her being named one of the United Nations' most inspiring women.
04 Sep 2015
Patrick Maes
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Former General Manager Strategy & Planning, ANZ
I am passionate about developing the next generation of technologists and strategic thinkers and retaining talent, rather than seeing these people forced to explore Silicon Valley and other overseas locations because the opportunities are not being created locally.
19 Aug 2015
Susie Babani
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Former Chief Human Resources Officer at ANZ
A couple of months ago the CEO of my company declared all roles should be flexible. We've had policies on flexible working for a number of years but usage was sporadic and very much depended on a “Leadership Lottery” - if you had a leader who "got it" then flex was just part of the day to day norms and no big deal.
17 Aug 2015
Andrew Grill
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Global Managing Partner, IBM Social Consulting
Ask yourself this question - is digital in your company's DNA? If the answer is 'no' or even 'not really' then this story is for you.
13 Aug 2015
Leigh Cohen
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BlueNotes contributing editor
Of all the industries facing disruption brought on by the technology and social media revolution, banking is one of the most affected. Across the world fintech is changing the game, customers and non-bank attackers are shifting the battlefield and traditional corporate cultures are being forced to evolve.
05 Aug 2015
Karen Boudville
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Editor, ANZ Your World
After a long personal journey, being finally accepted for her gender at work changed MariMar Lamit's life. A little less than a year ago, Lamit faced a tough life decision: to live a lie while working in a profession she loved or come out as a transgender woman and risk her job.
05 Aug 2015
Pam Rebecca
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Former General Manager of Digital ANZ
Acceptable wisdom seems to be that for women to be taken seriously as business leaders they should only speak on business issues and studiously avoid addressing the so called work-life balance or the challenges of juggling a career and a family.
31 Jul 2015
Andrew Medard
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Founder and Managing Director, amge+
One of the most delicate challenges for female employees and all managers is pregnancy and maternity leave. Sadly it has become a taboo topic women feel they can't be open about and one many managers are afraid to raise with employees.
29 Jul 2015
Jonathan Harvey
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Former Group General Manager Executive Development, ANZ
Recently an iconic Australian company, Woolworths, has had its approach to succession planning scrutinised in the public domain as a result of the sudden resignation of its chief executive. That's hardly the first time succession has been under the microscope, indeed there's been several instances since, both here and offshore.
24 Jul 2015
Suzette Corr
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Group General Manager Institutional Human Resources, ANZ
It was a while ago, but I often tell colleagues that as a student at the University of Western Australia I was more likely to be sitting in an economics lecture next to a peer from Asia than I was another woman from Australia.
21 Jul 2015
Ivor Ries
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Guest columnist; Senior analyst, Morgans Financial Ltd
Although Australians pride themselves on being innovative and able to adapt to new circumstances, the reality is our economy and political processes are slow to adapt to new realities.
20 Jul 2015
Leon Gettler
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Veteran and highly regarded management journalist
What exactly makes a great leader? What are the qualities of a superb boss? These are important questions because what worked 20 years ago will no longer cut it in today's workplace.
13 Jul 2015
Bruce Hassall
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CEO, PwC New Zealand
An ageing population is one of the key megatrends affecting New Zealand, Australia and most other developed countries. Like most megatrends it's often viewed as a threat, an ageing elephant in the room.
23 Jun 2015
Marion Fulker
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CEO, Committee for Perth & Adjunct Senior Research Fellow, University of Western Australia
Gender equality is a hot topic nationally and internationally at the moment. In my experience, a discussion about diversity in any form quickly becomes a conversation about gender and this is probably because we haven't yet created an equal playing field for 51 per cent of the Australian population.
19 Jun 2015
Sarah Chronican (nee Harland)
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Former General Manager Technology, ANZ
The push to increase the representation of women in technology has come a long way but a repositioning of ideas around education could help improve the situation, according to the managing director of Twitter in Australia, Karen Stocks.
19 Jun 2015
Catherine Fox
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Journalist and author
It was hard to ignore the talk of paid parenting leave and childcare costs in Australia with federal budget announcements about changing the system and those calls to stop 'double dipping' from employer childcare schemes.
15 Jun 2015
Bruce Hassall
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CEO, PwC New Zealand
One of the biggest challenges for CEOs is making sure they have the right people to cope with the future – a near impossible feat for the rapidly changing digital age. Across the Asia Pacific, the speed of change is reshaping the way we live and work and business strategies are undergoing a fundamental re-think.
25 Mar 2015
Phoebe O'Sullivan
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BlueNotes contributing editor
Leaders must embrace change and take advantage of the new technologies shifting their relationships with their customers, according to industry veteran and Microsoft chairman John Thompson.
17 Mar 2015
Juliet Bourke
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Partner, Deloitte
This week I was giving a conference presentation. I give these a lot. As usual, the MC introduced me to the audience by reading out my bio and stumbling over the standard description that comes after my name: “Partner, Human Capital, Deloitte".
27 Feb 2015
Victoria Kanevsky
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Contributing editor, BlueNotes
One of Asia's most influential women in banking and finance has urged aspirational leaders to make clear their value in the workplace if they want to be successful in a tough business world.
19 Jan 2015
Fred Ohlsson
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Group Executive, ANZ Australia
New Zealand is a great example of a small place that can do very big things. Over the past 18 months, the country’s economy has been held up as an example of how to catch a strong tailwind.
18 Aug 2014
Lisa Annese
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CEO, Diversity Council Australia Limited
For Australian organisations operating in today’s Asian Century, focusing on Asian talent and Asia capability is now a strategic business and talent management issue. So why are there so few people of Asian background in leadership positions in Australia today? This is what Diversity Council Australia wanted to find out through its latest research project, Cracking the Cultural Ceiling.
13 Mar 2014
Jacqueline Gillespie
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Senior Client Partner at Korn/Ferry International
Asia may be the most dynamic region in the world economically but growth is far from easy. And a key inhibiter to achieving success is a lack of understanding of how to actually work effectively in the region. How to develop the leadership maturity that is particularly appropriate, how to respond to rapid change and innovation. Business in Asia requires a new leadership type.