Leadership

Our current era may be digital and sexily “disruptive”, but there are undoubtedly widening fault-lines in people’s capacity to cope.

If you need further proof that tenacity gets you to the top, consider this: Karen Lawson’s just been appointed CEO of Slingshot, a role that didn’t exist until she picked up the phone to the incubator’s two co-founders and said she wanted to run the business.

Karen Skinner admits she was “technically challenged” before joining Change.

Samantha Gash is fighting to be named Australian Survivor. We reckon she’s got a good chance.

Susan Cain’s TED talk and book Quiet: The Power of Introverts brought to light the amazing qualities of introverts.

When Lara Poloni joined AECOM 22 years ago, there were only two other women in the office of 120 people: one was an engineer, the other a ‘tea lady’.

If you think women lack ‘ambition’ in advertising, take a look at Victoria Curro.

Anyone can be a world-leading entrepreneur, according to “hacker, entrepreneur and investor” Susan Wu,  Wu, who has worked with tech giants like Twitter, Square and Reddit, and is the founder of Ohai, FreeAgent.

Olympic swimmer Leisel Jones is planning to make a splash in fashion this summer with the launch of a new activewear brand.

For somebody who started as a commerce law student, Adel Smee’s knowledge of coding languages is seriously impressive.

The world knows about Michelle Bridges’s fortune – the fitness star entered BRW’s rich women list in 2015 with a net worth of $53 million – but her success is a product of decades of work both on and off camera.

Krishna Devarapalli’s job is to bring ideas to life through technology.