Last updated: June 2026 As of June 2026, the emergency services sector across Australia and New Zealand depends on the quality of its leadership more than at any previous point in the region's history. The 34 people on this list are the most important active voices shaping emergency services leadership across Australia and New Zealand right now. They include fire and rescue commissioners, emergency management coordinators, ambulance CEOs, police commissioners, and community r

Last updated: June 2026 The fastest way to retain your best people is to lead them well. Great leadership, consistent development opportunities, and honest conversations prevent most voluntary departures before they happen. The data is unambiguous: over 70% of voluntary exits are preventable, and the manager is the single most influential variable in whether someone stays or goes. As of June 2026, organisations globally are facing a quiet retention crisis that does not always

Last updated: June 2026 Most organisations that are struggling to get returns from AI are not dealing with a technology problem. The evidence is now clear enough to state plainly: if your AI investment is not paying off, the gap is almost certainly in your leadership, your culture, your strategy, or your processes, not in the tools you chose. As of June 2026, PwC's 29th Global CEO Survey of 4,454 chief executives across 95 countries found that 56% report seeing neither revenu

Last updated: June 2026 If your team keeps clashing, the most likely explanation is not that you hired the wrong people. Teams clash persistently when the underlying conditions for healthy work have not been built: trust is low, roles are blurry, expectations are unstated, or different ways of working have never been named and understood. The good news is that every one of those conditions is fixable. As of June 2026, workplace conflict is not declining. The Myers-Briggs Comp

Last updated: June 2026 Managing an underperforming employee starts with one clear action: have the conversation early, document what you discussed, and agree on a specific improvement plan with a defined timeline. The longer you wait, the more damage accumulates for the employee, the team, and for your own credibility as a leader. Most managers already know who on their team is underperforming. What they lack is a clear, courageous, and fair process for addressing it. As of

Last updated: June 2026 Introduction Philanthropy and foundation leadership are being reshaped right now, in real time, by a generation of thinkers, practitioners, and sector reformers who are questioning inherited assumptions and building something new. The 50 people on this list are the voices you need to know if you want to understand where the field is going, who is leading the most important debates, and what rigorous, honest philanthropic leadership actually looks like