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The new CFO mandate: How finance leaders can reconcile and fulfill their growing portfolios of responsibilities

Ankur Agrawal, Christian Grubs and Meagan Hill, McKinsey & Company, 08 April 2022

A recent McKinsey survey shows that the CFO’s role is rapidly evolving—expanding in scope, requiring new capabilities, and demanding greater collaboration with C-suite peers. In the first of three conversations on the changes that finance leaders face, two McKinsey experts and Jørn Jensen, an experienced finance leader, discuss the new...

Palmer to splash $40 million on UAP advertising during election campaign

Lisa Visentin, The Sydney Morning Herald, 07 April 2022

Clive Palmer has pledged to spend at least $40 million on an advertising blitz for his United Australia Party (UAP) over the next five weeks, as he seeks to shape the Senate’s balance of power in the next Parliament. Mr Palmer estimated he would spend a total of $70 million on the UAP’s advertising campaign, having already spent more than $31...

Very Public Affairs: Top Five Predictions for 2022

Very Public Affairs: Top Five Predictions for 2022

06 April 2022

In the first episode of Very Public Affairs for 2022, Executive Director Wayne Burns discusses the Centre's top five predictions for the year ahead in the corporate public affairs function, including conversation around the function being an important source of geopolitical analysis as well as how artificial...

A Better Way to Assess Managerial Performance

Mihir A. Desai, Mark Egan, and Scott Mayfield, Harvard Business Review

Total shareholder return (TSR) has become the definitive metric for gauging performance. Unlike accounting measures such as revenue growth or earnings per share that reflect the past, TSR is based on share price and thus captures investor expectations of what will happen in the future, which is its chief...

World’s Happiest Ranking Goes to Finland for Fifth Year in a Row

Kati Pohjanpalo, Bloomberg, 18 March 2022

Finland was crowned the happiest country in the world for the fifth consecutive year, with a score significantly ahead of its peers in the World Happiness Report 2022 ranking.

The Global Risk Report 2022 revealed the top risks facing the world. So what can we do about it?

Gayle Morkovitz, World Economic Forum, 10 February 2022

The World Economic Forum’s Global Risks Report 2022 reveals the top risks requiring urgent global action. The report reveals how much the cost of inaction far outweighs the cost of action, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. As leaders convene at the upcoming Davos Agenda 2022, this Risks report delivers a strong message...

The Best Performance in the Worst of Times

Centre for Corporate Public Affairs, 08 February 2022

Centre for Corporate Public Affairs, Vol. 28 No. 1, 08 February 2022. Click here to access Vol. 28 No. 1 of the Corporate Public Affairs Newsletter

Leadership Communications with Alistair Marshall

Leadership Communications with Alistair Marshall

Very Public Affairs Podcast, Centre for Corporate Public Affairs, 03 February 2022

In this episode of the Very Public Affairs podcast, Centre Executive Director Wayne Burns is joined by Alistair Marshall, Head of Internal Communications at Coles. Alistair discusses the elements of effective internal and leadership communications.

2021 Comprehensive Salary Survey

02 February 2022

Based on data provided by heads of function from a diverse range of corporations that operate in Australia, this triennial Comprehensive Salary Survey from the Centre is a valuable resource for heads of function when seeking remuneration comparisons, and benchmarking remuneration for leadership positions in the corporate public...

Centre for Corporate Public Affairs Top Five Predictions for 2022

As we do each year, here is our recap of the big trends and developments that defined the practice of corporate public affairs in 2021, and our...