The CEO Magazine Australia — November 2017

Contents

9 EDITOR’S LETTER

11 CONTRIBUTORS

12 SUBSCRIBE
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INSPIRE

16 NEWS
Searching for inspiration? Take a look at
these news stories from around the globe

26 IT’S TIME TO CELEBRATE
Our fabulous MC Eddie McGuire will
have some serious competition this year
when a special guest takes the stage
for a thrilling live performance

28 FINALISTS ANNOUNCED
Judging has wrapped up for another
year – who will win at The CEO Magazine’s
2017 Executive of the Year Awards? Here’s
our full list of finalists

34 LEADING BY DISRUPTION
Taryn Williams, CEO and founder of
theright.fit and WINK Models, has
always been a problem solver who
likes to challenge the status quo

36 THE RISE OF THE COS
How the role of chief of staff started in
the military, spread into government and
is now taking over the corporate world

40 TODD GREENBERG
The head of the NRL has one of the
most demanding and publicly scrutinised
leadership roles in the country

50 HOW TO MANAGE CHANGE
Six factors to ease the effects of change
and create a positive workplace

52 HARLENE HAYNE
Her role as vice-chancellor at the
University of Otago has changed her
perspective, as well as the students’

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72 GREG TAYLOR

As CEO of Abergeldie Complex

Infrastructure, Greg is paving the

path to prosperity

76 GETTING SOCIAL WITH CHINA

Doing business with China means

navigating the way the country

approaches social media

80 NIGEL GARRARD

A demerger from Amcor has helped

Orora to focus on its strengths

84 THE HUMAN FACE

OF CYBERSECURITY

Technology can only do so much

to prevent cyberattacks, meaning

vigilance remains vital

86 CHRIS PETERS

The CEO at Pacific Tug believes he has

found the key to business stability: family

58 GET ON BOARD

A board primed for action, not reaction,

can be the difference between a powerful

brand and a mediocre one

60 GREATER SUCCESS

The happiness–success equation changes

throughout your life, says John Karagounis

from The CEO Circle

62 BRETT JONES

The CEO of Murrumbidgee Irrigation

is turning water into wealth

INNOVATE

67 NEWS

A round-up of the latest

in global innovation

68 FIGHT OR FLIGHT:

THE DRONE DILEMMA

Will attempts to manage public

concerns about safety and privacy

hamper innovation?

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