Category: Leadership In Action

One of the Western Sydney Wanderers first recruits was Shannon Cole, who made the brave decision to sign with the new A-League team after being released by his former club, Sydney FC. It was mid-2012 and these were supposed to be the glory days for Australian footballers. People were still basking in the afterglow of […]

Although the bid was officially launched back in 2008 by then Queensland premier Anna Bligh, the really intense work was during the bid period of 2010-2011. It required the coordination of thousands of people from government, sporting bodies, the hospitality industry, primary schools and the general public. Here’s how many people were behind the successful […]

BILL BARKER With two deaths in the snow-laden Australian high country, another two within resort bounds and several other close calls, was it good luck or good management that Mt Hotham avoided casualites or a serious incident during the 2014 ski season? Perhaps a bit of both; but it certainly helps when you have a man like Bill […]

Australian scientist David Sinclair is co-director of the Paul F. Glenn Laboratories for the Molecular Biology of Ageing and a professor of genetics at Harvard Medical School. His groundbreaking research has led to a discovery that once existed only in the realm of science fiction – a little pill that can slow the ageing process […]

AFL matches are the fourth largest attended events in world sport and the grand final is the grand-daddy of each year’s fixtures. But how many people does it take to make it happen?

THE COMEDIAN Rachel Berger Comedian, MC and author. We have no control over our politicians, the environment or the deputy commissioner of taxation. Reality is tough. Humour offers a manageable middle ground because it gives us the opportunity to laugh at reality; one Leunig cartoon generally has a more potent message than the entire newspaper. A manager who […]

Would you pay to see your boss jump out of a plane? Stephanie Lorenzo AIMe is counting on it. As the founder and chief executive of Project Futures, a not-for-profit organisation devoted to ending slavery and human trafficking in Cambodia and Australia, her high-energy approach to fundraising is paying dividends. Around the world, an estimated […]

Dawna Wright is a good person to have on side in a crisis. Her CV details a decade as an expert witness in fraud and litigation cases and 20 years as a forensic accounting specialist delving underneath the accounts for the numbers that count in tricky disputes. I am quite a competitive person generally so […]

CHRISTIAN HORNER Christian Horner is team principal of powerhouse Formula 1 (F1) team, Infiniti Red Bull Racing (IRBR), one of the wealthiest and most successful of the last decade, and it competes in a sport that generates more than US$1.5 billion ($1.95 billion) annually. IRBR has won 50 grands prix, four World Constructors’ Championships and […]