First Woman to Lead the Army, Navy Chief Now New Head of Defence Force
Navy chief Mark Hammond, a former submariner with 40 years of service, will assume the role of Australian Defence Force chief in July 2026 after Defence Minister Richard Marles accepted the resignation of David Johnston. At the same time, Lieutenant General Susan Coyle, who rose from the Army Reserves in 1987 to head joint capabilities, has been appointed the first female army chief, replacing retiring Simon Stuart. The reshuffle also names former submarine commander Matthew Buckley as the new navy chief and leaves the defence secretary post vacant as Greg Moriarty prepares for a U.S. ambassadorship.
CB Hot Suit Takes: Danielle Moeller, Founder and Director, Town Square
Danielle Moeller, founder of Melbourne‑based independent agency Town Square, transitioned from a 13‑year client‑side career to launch her own shop while raising three young children. The agency distinguishes itself with roughly 30% of its business coming from cause‑related clients, highlighted...
T. Howard Foundation: Passing the Torch, Keeping the Mission
The T. Howard Foundation announced Judi Lopez as its new CEO, succeeding Jo Pamphile after a 20‑year tenure. Lopez, a longtime board member, is targeting scale, diversified revenue and deeper ties to the creator economy, highlighted by a recent NBA...
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Vyve Broadband is set to merge with Cable One as the larger provider expands its footprint. President and CEO Andy Parrott announced his departure after seven years, timing his exit with the pending integration. Vyve named COO Melanie Hannasch and...
How to Make Your Business Antifragile
The article argues that resilience alone is no longer enough; CEOs must build antifragile firms that improve when stressed. Over‑optimizing for efficiency creates hidden single‑point dependencies that become liabilities during disruptions. Antifragility requires diversifying suppliers, customers, talent, and constantly questioning...
Fonterra Promotes Ingredients Head Richard Allen to Be Next CEO
Fonterra Cooperative Group announced that Richard Allen, who has led its ingredients division since 2022, will become chief executive on May 1, succeeding Miles Hurrell. The change comes as the dairy giant finalizes the sale of its consumer‑facing business and doubles...
Hyundai's Euisun Chung on Scaling American Investment
Hyundai Motor Group announced a $26 billion investment plan in the United States through 2028, bringing its total U.S. spending to roughly $20.5 billion since entering the market four decades ago. The automaker is also rolling out Boston Dynamics’ Atlas humanoid robots,...
Unsteady as She Goes in DAFF and DCCEEW’s Executive Ranks
The Australian Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF) and the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (DCCEEW) have experienced a rapid turnover of senior executives, with a 34% SES churn rate since March 2025. DAFF alone cut...
Why Great Organizations Never Stop Learning
Great organizations stay ahead by institutionalizing continuous learning, which the author calls the "Golden Thread." The thread ties culture, employee experience, customer experience, and business outcomes into a self‑reinforcing loop. Companies that only gather data without turning it into understanding...
2X Names Emily Atkinson Chief Client Officer to Operationalize Its Unified GTM Engine
2X announced Emily Atkinson as its new Chief Client Officer, a role created to unify the company’s go‑to‑market (GTM) engine across strategy, execution, technology, and AI. Atkinson will oversee the global client organization, aiming to close the execution gap that...
Most Leaders Say ‘People First.’ Few Actually Mean It
Rancho La Puerta has embedded a people‑first philosophy into every facet of its operation since its 1940 founding. The resort hires for kindness, pays staff throughout a six‑month COVID closure, and expanded meditation services after 9/11 to meet guest needs. It limits...
Competence without Warmth Creates Authority. Warmth without Competence Creates Fondness. Very Few People Figure Out How to Hold Both.
The article explains the warmth‑competence model, a two‑dimensional framework that accounts for about 80% of how we judge others. It shows how stereotyped signals of warmth and competence drive hiring bias, influencing callback rates across race, gender and age. The...
How Leaders Can Reduce Uncertainty During Organizational Change
Leaders often focus on strategy and execution during acquisitions, restructures, or rapid growth, but employees primarily worry about uncertainty regarding their roles and future. Gallup research shows only one in three employees feel leaders communicate effectively in such periods, and...
Failed MMO Ashes Of Creation‘s $3.2 Million In Kickstarter Funds Allegedly Spent On Private Chefs And Trading Cards
Intrepid Studios raised $3.2 million on Kickstarter for the MMO Ashes of Creation, but a detailed ledger analysis by YouTube channel NefasQS alleges that former CEO Steven Sharif and his husband John Moore misused those funds for personal luxuries. The report lists payments...
4 Habits That Turn Business Owners Into Real CEOs
David Finkel argues that true CEOs stop hustling and become architects of their companies, focusing on strategic design rather than daily tasks. He outlines four habits that shift owners from operational weeds to high‑level leadership, starting with redefining the job...
Rethinking the Way We Decide
Debashis Sarkar’s new book *Evolve: 49 Counterintuitive Principles for Business* reframes decision‑making by urging leaders to examine how they view problems rather than simply what actions to take. The work organizes 49 insights into laws, paradoxes, and biases, drawing from...
Building a Winning Sales Culture with Thomas Waites
Thomas Waites, CRO of TW Sales, explains how a belief‑first culture beats pressure‑driven competition in high‑growth sales teams. He stresses coaching that addresses mindset, behavior and skill rather than simple instruction. Waites also narrows performance tracking to four core metrics—closed‑won revenue,...
Why the Rule of 3 Makes You a Better Communicator
Communication coach Andrea Wojnicki argues that structuring messages around three points dramatically improves audience engagement. She illustrates the concept with a client who switched from lengthy explanations to “three reasons” and saw immediate attention. The rule of three appears in...
Two-Thirds at Risk — Forest Service Chief Backs 121-Year Shake-Up
U.S. Forest Service chief Tom Schultz defended a sweeping reorganization that moves the agency’s headquarters from Washington to Salt Lake City and replaces nine regional offices with 15 state‑based directorates. He highlighted that almost two‑thirds of the 193 million‑acre National Forest...
Culture Controls The Customer Experience And Leaders Control The Culture
Lisa Nichols, CEO of Technology Partners, argues that authentic company culture—driven by leaders who live the values—directly shapes both employee experience and customer loyalty. She cites her firm’s perfect Net Promoter Score of 100 as proof that handling imperfections well,...
$12 Billion Crypto Company Boss Says Gen Z ‘Create an Absurd Amount of Chaos’ and Make Him Want to Pull...
Matt Huang, co‑founder of the $12 billion crypto venture firm Paradigm, admits Gen Z employees can be chaotic but says their talent is indispensable. He points to early hires like Charlie Noyes—who joined at 19, later led Paradigm’s investment in Flashbots, a...
Tech Bosses Line up for Cabinet Under New Whitehall Plans
Hundreds of business, tech and former military leaders will be fast‑tracked for senior Whitehall positions through a new programme run by the Centre for Government Reform. Chaired by Conservative peers Lord Nash and Lord Agnew, the initiative aims to train...
I Grew up in a Family of Entrepreneurs. Here’s What I Had to Unlearn to Build a $1 Billion Business
The founder of Swiss‑based Scandit reflects on how his family‑business upbringing both helped and hindered the company’s rise to a $1 billion enterprise. Early lessons in resilience, cash‑flow discipline and local focus enabled bootstrapping, but scaling required unlearning those instincts. By...
The Middle Manager Cuts Saving You Millions Today Will Cost You Everything in 2028
Gartner forecasts that one in five companies will eliminate more than half of their middle‑manager workforce by year‑end, chasing short‑term efficiency gains. While cuts can save millions—such as a tech firm’s $3.2 M and a logistics firm’s $2.3 M—they also strip away...
Peloton’s Latest Leader Thinks He Can Coach It Back to Health
Peloton’s market value has collapsed from a pandemic‑era peak of nearly $50 billion to roughly $2 billion, prompting a leadership overhaul. Peter Stern, a veteran of subscription businesses, became chief executive in early 2025 and is steering a turnaround that hinges on AI‑driven...
With 1 Simple Habit, United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby Just Taught a Brilliant Leadership Lesson
United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby, who leads the world’s largest airline by available seat miles, has made a habit of taking a 20‑minute nap on the floor of his office each afternoon. He describes the routine as a way to...
Workplaces Are Pushing Out Working Mothers—And Paying the Cost
A wave of working mothers is exiting the U.S. labor force, with 455,000 women leaving in the first half of 2024 – the steepest decline in four decades. Rising childcare costs, which have outpaced inflation, and inflexible workplace policies force...
13 Issues Worrying Firm Leaders
Accounting firm leaders surveyed by Accounting Today identified 13 inter‑linked challenges reshaping the profession. Private‑equity‑driven mergers, heightened regulatory scrutiny, and the need for rapid technology adoption top the list, while talent shortages and pricing pressures add urgency. Executives stress that...
Why Fast-Growing Companies Quietly Lose Their Integrity
Fast‑growing tech firms often experience an unseen cultural shift after rapid expansion, acquisitions, or mergers, where profit motives begin to dominate decision‑making. Employees are the first to notice subtle ethical compromises, such as inflated billing hours or pushing obsolete products,...
Costco’s $1.50 Hot Dog Isn’t the Secret to Its Success. It’s How They Treat Employees
Costco’s famed $1.50 hot dog draws attention, but the retailer’s real advantage lies in its employee‑first philosophy. Founder Sol Price built the chain on wages well above market rates, comprehensive benefits, and safe scheduling, a legacy that continues under the...
Q&A: ‘If You Are in the Business of Peace, You Must Talk to Those Who Are at War’
Argentina has officially nominated IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi to succeed António Guterres as UN secretary‑general for the 2027‑2031 term. Over the past six years Grossi has overseen IAEA inspections in Iran, brokered six cease‑fire agreements at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, and...
Why Your Sustainability Strategy Isn’t Working and What to Do Instead
Many small businesses treat sustainability as a strategic add‑on, but the real obstacle is people management. Founders often hire for speed and reward cost‑cutting, causing day‑to‑day decisions to sideline environmental goals. Research in the German Journal of Human Resource Management...
How Kodak Is Trying to Turn Around Its Business After Teetering on Bankruptcy
Eastman Kodak, under CEO Jim Continenza, has revived its legacy film business while tackling a heavy debt load. After a 31% jump in fourth‑quarter gross profit to $67 million and a $40 million reduction in interest expense, the company reports a near‑100%...
New Data Defines What Makes an Accounting Firm Leader
Giles Pearson of Accountests analyzes data from BDO Alliance USA’s Emerging Leaders program, revealing measurable leadership gaps in CPA firms. Using the Pathway to Partnership (P2P) personality assessment, participants score near‑ideal in conscientiousness and trust but lag three points on...
Former Tesla President Reveals the ‘Single Most Important Thing’ You Can Do for Your Career—It’s a Habit Elon Musk and...
Former Tesla president Jon McNeill says daily reading is the single most important habit for career growth, a practice shared by Elon Musk and Warren Buffett. He devotes 90 minutes each morning to books, crediting the habit for his rise...
Ingersoll Rand CEO: Here’s How Employee Ownership Helped Drive More than 8x Enterprise Value Growth
Ingersoll Rand’s CEO credits a company‑wide shared‑ownership plan, launched in 2017 at Gardner Denver, with driving an eight‑fold increase in enterprise value. The program gave every employee equity, aligning incentives and fostering a culture where frontline ideas translate into cost savings...
Why CEO’s Hire a Coach
Executive coach Payal Nanjiani explains that CEOs hire coaches not because they lack skills, but to manage the hidden doubts, emotional weight, and complexity of top‑level leadership. She illustrates the need with a case where a confident CEO questioned a...
March Madness Isn’t Madness. It’s a Masterclass in Peer Advantage.
The article frames March Madness as a live case study of peer advantage, showing that shared, situational leadership and team cohesion outweigh raw talent. It argues that lower‑seeded upsets stem from stronger peer dynamics, while top seeds falter when cohesion...
C-Suite Resilience: The Case for a 3R Shield
The article introduces the 3R Shield – a governance discipline that unites Risk, Reputation, and Recovery into a single resilience architecture for C‑suite leaders. It argues that today’s perpetual, overlapping crises demand continuous anticipation rather than reactive bounce‑back. By embedding...
The Neuroscience of Leadership Performance with Dr. Marcia Goddard
Dr. Marcia Goddard, a neuroscientist, explains that leaders’ performance under pressure is driven by brain chemistry, not character flaws. When uncertainty triggers the amygdala’s threat response, the pre‑frontal cortex stalls, causing decision‑making paralysis. Shifting the brain from threat to challenge—through...
Assertive Leadership: Is R.C.C.E. the Clarity Framework You’ve Been Missing?
Assertive leadership balances clarity and empathy, avoiding aggression while driving results. Dr. Avra Lyraki’s R.C.C.E. framework—Reflect, Communicate, Connect, Excel—offers a repeatable process to align thinking, deliver precise direction, build trust, and enforce accountability. Over 25 years of C‑suite coaching, the...
Fresno Arts Council Seeks Executive Director
The Fresno Arts Council (FAC) is recruiting an Executive Director with a salary range of $75,000 to $90,000. The role reports to the board and will steer the nonprofit’s strategic vision, financial health, fundraising, and program delivery across Fresno County....
Texas Launches Rural Hospital Leadership Academy
Texas State University will spearhead the Texas Rural Hospital Officers Academy, a program created by HB 18 in the 2025 legislative session. The academy will deliver more than 100 hours of specialized training each year to leaders of rural hospitals and...
EXEC: Nike Makes Change at Innovation Chief, Suffers Another Stock Downgrade
Nike announced that chief innovation officer Tony Bignell will leave after less than a year, with VP and creative director Andy Caine slated to take over on April 12. The change marks the third innovation chief turnover in under three...
Meat Institute Emerging Leaders Pass the Torch for 2026
The Meat Institute launched its Emerging Leader Class of 2026, a year‑long development program that selects roughly 24 high‑potential professionals from retail, processing, packaging and related sectors. Participants receive mentorship from senior executives, attend seminars on leadership, crisis communication and...
Business Literacy Creates a Culture of Trust. Why Don't More Manufacturers Teach It to Their Employees?
Manufacturers are increasingly recognizing that teaching employees basic finance—profit‑and‑loss reading, cost drivers, and margin concepts—creates a culture of trust and boosts engagement. Open‑Book Management and regular financial huddles let frontline workers see how scrap, downtime, and quality affect profitability, prompting...
Mass. Unions Pass Vote of No Confidence in PD Chief Following Kelsey Fitzsimmons Case
Two North Andover police unions voted no confidence in Chief Charles Gray, with more than 90% of members supporting the motion. The unions cited the recent not‑guilty verdict in Officer Kelsey Fitzsimmons’ assault trial, which they say was hampered by...
Ameriprise Advisor Group Head to Step Down This Summer
Ameriprise Financial announced that Pat O’Connell, who has led its Advisor Group for more than a decade, will retire this summer. His responsibilities will be transferred to Bill Williams, already president of the Independent Advisors channel and head of the...
Can Dolce & Gabbana Stay Independent Through Leadership Changes and the Middle East Crisis?
Dolce & Gabbana is wrestling with more than $520 million in debt while co‑founder Stefano Gabbana steps down as chair but remains in a creative role. The brand, which generated over $2 billion in revenue last year, is seeking $176 million of fresh...
BayCom in California Replaces Its Senior Leadership Team
BayCom Corp., a $2.6 billion‑asset bank based in Walnut Creek, announced an abrupt overhaul of its senior leadership, replacing its long‑time CEO, COO and CFO with three former PacWest Bancorp executives. The new team—William Black as executive vice‑chairman, Christopher Baron as...