Natalie Slessor on how to make your leadership ambitions visible

What is the most effective way to make your ambitions a reality? The answer - according to Natalie Slessor - could be to start thinking of your career as like a bingo card. In this episode of the Leadership Series, CBRE's Executive Managing Director of Property Management talks to Helen McCabe abou…

Jay Weatherill's guide to navigating divisive topics at work

How can leaders build cultures of respect in our increasingly polarised times?   The answer, according to former Premier Jay Weatherill, might just start with creating spaces for respectful disagreement. In this interview, he speaks with FW Founder Helen McCabe about how he has stayed above the fr…

BONUS FW SERIES: "Like a game of chess." After she leaves

Trigger warning: domestic and family violence.  1 in 4 women and 1 in 14 men have experienced violence from an intimate partner. This is a whole of society issue - including workplaces. That's why we wanted to share our latest series, There's No Place Like Home: After she leaves. This is episode t…

Dr Luci Ellis on leading as a technical specialist

Dr Luci Ellis is one of the most high-profile and respected economists in the country. She rose through the ranks to become Assistant Governor at the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA). Today, she works as Group Chief Economist at Westpac. In this episode, she talks with FW's Helen McCabe about leadi…

BONUS FW SERIES: "I know where you are." After she leaves

Trigger warning: domestic and family violence.  1 in 4 women and 1 in 14 men have experienced violence from an intimate partner. This is a whole of society issue - including workplaces. That's why we wanted to share our latest series, There's No Place Like Home: After she leaves. This is episode t…

Kathryn McMullan on how to develop executive presence

Is executive presence innate? Or, is it something we can work on and develop as we grow as leaders?  Kathryn McMullan is one of the country’s most senior national security leaders. She's also someone who knows how to command a room. As Director of Australian Geospatial-Intelligence Organisation, s…

BONUS FW SERIES: "The ultimate act of revenge." After she leaves

Trigger warning: domestic and family violence and homicide.  1 in 4 women and 1 in 14 men have experienced violence from an intimate partner. This is a whole of society issue - including workplaces. That's why we wanted to share our latest series, There's No Place Like Home: After she leaves.  In…

Dr Rachel David on how to stamp out passive-aggressiveness

How can leaders best spot and put a stop to passive-aggressive behaviours in teams?  CEO of Private Healthcare Australia, Dr Rachel David, is someone who has given leadership a lot of thought. She cut her teeth as a leader in her early twenties when she was thrown in the deep end as a trainee doct…

Part two: Mike Baird on managing underperformers

How can leaders bring the best out of team members? And what should they do when someone isn't pulling their weight?  In the second part of a two-episode interview special, former NSW Premier Mike Baird speaks with FW's Helen McCabe about the times when his motivations as a leader have been misund…

Mike Baird on faith and leadership in the public eye

At first glance, former NSW Premier Mike Baird’s career could almost seem pre-determined. He followed his father into politics and quickly established himself as a big name in the Liberal Party. After becoming Premier, he went on to a high-powered role in the banking sector.  But, since then, Bair…