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The Will To Succeed

With more than 40 years of success behind him, chair and CEO David Dicker has led dicker data with a simple strategy – be better than the other guys.

Success Will Belong To Every One Of Us

From Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates to the entire fashion industry, this is how the world’s powers are joining forces to combat Covid-19.

TRIPLE THREAT

COVID-19 IS THE THIRD BIG HIT TO WINERIES ACROSS AUSTRALIA THIS YEAR, AFTER SEVERE DROUGHT AND DEVASTATING BUSHFIRES. EMILY PIDGEON TALKS TO INDUSTRY EXPERTS TO FIND OUT IF IT’S ALL OVER FOR VITICULTURE, OR IF IT CAN SURVIVE AND, INDEED, THRIVE.

NO PLACE LIKE HOME

LANDCOM IS LEADING THE MARKET IN OFFERING AFFORDABLE HOUSING TO THE PEOPLE OF NEW SOUTH WALES, WITH CEO JOHN BROGDEN DETERMINED TO PROVE TO PRIVATE DEVELOPERS THAT PROFIT CAN BE MADE FROM HELPING THOSE IN NEED.

MONEY MATTERS

MANY INVESTORS AND SPECULATORS BELIEVE THE MARKETS ARE RUN BY SENTIMENT. RIGHT NOW, THE OVERWHELMING SENTIMENT IS FEAR. BUT WHAT IS THE BEST APPROACH TO INVESTMENTS DURING THIS TURBULENT TIME?

Charter for THE FUTURE

AS AN INTEGRATED PROPERTY GROUP, CHARTER HALL HAS VISIBILITY TO MOST PROPERTY DEALS. MANAGING DIRECTOR AND CEO DAVID HARRISON TALKS ABOUT MARKET DIFFERENTIATION, THE IMPORTANCE OF A CUSTOMER-CENTRIC ETHOS, AND HIS SECRETS TO CONSISTENTLY DELIVERING.

GAME ON

AFTER TURNING AROUND ACER’S FORTUNES IN JUST A FEW YEARS, CHAIRMAN AND CEO JASON CHEN SAYS THE FUTURE IS BRIGHT FOR THE ICONIC COMPUTER BRAND.

COMING IN handy

BUNNINGS IS THE STORE WE TRUST WHEN IT COMES TO DIY. BUT AS MANAGING DIRECTOR MICHAEL SCHNEIDER EXPLAINS, IT’S ALSO A VERY HANDY LINK TO THE COMMUNITY.

Tech Happy

Managing director Brett Lodge says treating everyone like family is the secret to subnet’s success.

Tennis. Philanthropy. Business. Equality. Serena. G.O.A.T.

She's been called the greatest tennis player of all time but serena williams isn’t just a sports powerhouse, she’s also a game changer for business and equality too.

Nailing A Promise To The Future

Solid foundations of experience and commitment to quality underlie the ambitions of david walsh and his partners in carter grange homes.

A New Virus Reinforces Old Lessons

If anyone had asked a CEO or CFO what they expected to threaten their business in 2020,a novel virus transmitted from an animal to a human would surely fall quite far down the list of likely suspects.

Wealth Of Happiness

Stephen Corby takes us on a stroll through the high-end global shopping market where dreams can be bought and sold.

PEOPLE POWER

PRESIDENT MARK GOULD TELLS HOW QUANTA LINES IS ADDRESSING THE SKILLED LABOUR SHORTAGE IN THE ELECTRICITY TRANSMISSION INDUSTRY BY INVESTING IN TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT.

Maldives meandering

THE ONLY WAY TO TRULY REMOVE YOURSELF FROM THE WORLD’S BURDENS IS TO HOP ON A SPEEDBOAT EN ROUTE TO 1,200 CORAL ISLANDS, SURROUNDED BY NOTHING BUT THE INDIAN OCEAN.

ENERGY & PASSION

ACCULEC CEO SHELDON UPTON HAS TURNED AN ELECTRICAL SUPPLY COMPANY INTO A POWERHOUSE DRIVEN BY A TEAM OF UNITED PEOPLE.

Once in a LIFETIME

GENERAL MANAGER OF GEORGES RIVER COUNCIL, GAIL CONNOLLY, SHARES HOW SHE’S BRINGING HAPPILY EVER AFTER TO THIS “RIGHT-SIZE” MERGER.

DRIVING FORCE

HAMMERFORCE WAS BORN FROM A SMALL GROUP OF PEOPLE UNHAPPY WITH NAIL GUN TECHNOLOGY. CEO ANDY COSTER SAW IT HAD MUCH MORE POTENTIAL, SO TO FULFIL IT, LAUNCHED HIMSELF BACK INTO THE WORLD OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP.

FOMO Or JOMO?

By giving in to fomo, we waste not just huge amounts of emotional energy, but time too.

Where leaders are made

HEADMASTER TONY GEORGE EXPLAINS WHY THE KING’S SCHOOL IS DEDICATED TO PROVIDING THE ULTIMATE TRAINING GROUND FOR AUSTRALIA’S NEXT GENERATION OF CEOS.

The SOCIAL CEO

IT WOULD PROBABLY BE FAIR TO SAY THAT, FOR MOST CEOS, SOCIAL MEDIA IS SOMETHING THEIR KIDS DO. EMMA WOOLLACOTT LOOKS AT WHERE AND HOW TODAY’S C-SUITE PRESENT THEMSELVES ONLINE.

THE POWER OF PURPOSE

PURPOSE ISN’T EXCLUSIVE TO NOT-FOR-PROFITS; WITH A FEW SIMPLE STRATEGIES, ANY ORGANISATION CAN HELP EMPLOYEES FIND MEANING IN THEIR WORK AND PERFORM AT THEIR PEAK.

SHINE BRIGHT like a DIAMOND

ZENA AND TARICK K’DOR WANT TO CHANGE THE WAY THEIR GUESTS EXPERIENCE JEWELLERY, AND THEY’RE DOING IT ONE UNFORGETTABLE, MONEY-CAN’T-BUY EXPERIENCE AT A TIME.

LEARNING ON BALANCE

PRESIDENT AND VICE-CHANCELLOR COLIN STIRLING HAS MOVED FLINDERS UNIVERSITY ON TO A STREAMLINED, RESPONSIVE TRAJECTORY FOR THE 21ST CENTURY.

FASHION REVOLUTION

INNOVATION IN SUSTAINABLE TEXTILES, NEW AI AND 3D DESIGN, AND WELLNESS WEARABLES ARE SET TO RADICALLY TRANSFORM THE FASHION INDUSTRY.

Fair GAME

THE WORLD OF SPORTS IS COMPETITIVE, BUT ISC SPORT GROUP CEO AND MANAGING DIRECTOR JASON SCHULMAN CLOTHES THE PLAYERS WITH HONESTY AND PASSION.

Driven by community SPIRIT

CRAIG NIEMANN GREW UP ON A DAIRY FARM JUST OUTSIDE OF BENDIGO, AND AS CEO OF THE CITY OF GREATER BENDIGO, HE’S PROUD OF HIS UPBRINGING; THIS IS WHERE HE LEARNED THE MEANING OF COMMUNITY, HARD WORK AND A PASSION FOR GIVING BACK.

ARMANI Vs GOLIATH

WITH ANOTHER MAJOR FASHION AWARD UNDER HIS BELT, GIORGIO ARMANI, NOW 85, IS WORKING HARDER THAN EVER TO BURNISH HIS BRAND – AND SECURE AN INDEPENDENT FUTURE. JOHN ARLIDGE TALKS TO THIS MOST INFLUENTIAL OF DESIGNERS.

True BREW

BEN SUMMONS FOUND HIS SPIRITUAL HOME AS CEO OF FERMENTUM GROUP, WITH ITS FLAGSHIP BRAND STONE & WOOD PROVING THAT BEER CAN ACTUALLY BE A FORCE FOR GOOD.

The Real DEAL

IT GOES WITHOUT SAYING THAT THE REAL ESTATE INDUSTRY IN SYDNEY IS A COMPETITIVE, MAYBE EVEN CUTTHROAT ONE. WHEN YOU’RE A WOMAN IN THIS MALE-DOMINATED INDUSTRY, IT’S EVEN MORE SO. UNLESS, OF COURSE, YOU’RE MONIKA TU AND YOU’RE IN A LEAGUE OF YOUR VERY OWN. SUSAN ARMSTRONG SITS DOWN WITH THE FOUNDER, INFLUENCER AND FORCE OF NATURE TO TALK ABOUT, AMONG OTHER THINGS, WHY WOMEN MAKE BETTER SALESPEOPLE THAN MEN.