The highly scrutinised modern workplace has many complex and dynamic factors simultaneously at play. Rapid business and digital transformation, intense global competition, the creation of great culture, amidst a huge shift to hybrid workplace environments and flexible workplace arrangements. All this, whilst maintaining productivity and satisfying shareholders, owners and investors.

Successfully navigating your Executive career pathway to C-suite and then on to becoming a CEO in Australia requires a level of conscious, intentional planning. It's a path that demands not just traditional leadership qualities, but also a deep understanding of the corporate landscape, the art of strategic networking, appropriate management skills, and the cultivation and delivery of a robust and authentic personal brand.

Cameron Eustice Cameron Eustice | LinkedIn, Managing Director at Robert Half’s Executive Search division, recently sat down with award-winning author Bill Cowan, to discuss the topic of career advancement and how to chart a course to becoming a CEO in Australia. Robert Half thanks LGT Crestone for providing the wonderful surrounds of their Melbourne facilities for this event.

About Bill Cowan

Bill Cowan is the award-winning author of Building a Winning Career. In his book, Bill shares invaluable frameworks and tips for those seeking executive career advancement and ultimate pathway to CEO or other senior roles, drawing on his more than three decades of top-tier executive management experience.

Bill has been a trusted advisor for Boards and CEOs across the globe. Along the way he has delivered important insights for guiding both major commercial businesses and non-profit organisations to success. As a CEO and Chair himself, Bill has his own significant personal career journey, and has a strong point of view on what it takes to climb up the ladder and become a senior executive in Australia.

Added to this, Bill’s expertise in career transition management has helped in excess of 1,000 senior executives to navigate their career paths with impressive outcomes.

The journey to the top in corporate Australia is almost never straight forward. Bill's diverse career, from an engineering and commerce graduate, McKinsey Partner, to CEO of Southern Cross Broadcasting, and then a distinguished career coach, exemplifies the non-linear nature of career progress today.

Bill's reflections on his journey underscore the element of unpredictability in reaching leadership positions.

Many senior people have a great plan. But in today’s dynamic workplace, these plans rarely work out as you expect, he states, highlighting that unexpected events are common. “The key”, he says, “is to be prepared when opportunities are presented.”

About Cameron Eustice

As Managing Director of Robert Half’s Executive Search division, Cameron is entrusted by Boards, Founders and Executive teams to create, uplift and appoint inspiring top tier senior management and executive teams. With over two decades of experience in executive search and commercial leadership roles, Cameron has been instrumental in shaping the leadership teams of countless prominent companies and guiding Executives through their respective career journeys.

Renowned for his ability in advising a diverse portfolio of industries, Cameron is highly regarded as a strategic advisor for boards and C-suite executives. Before bringing his unique perspective and experiences to Robert Half, Cameron’s earlier career was spent in professional services as a Chartered Accountant with EY, before working in senior commercial finance and operational leadership roles with major multinationals in the Resources and Technology sectors. When it comes to understanding how to become a CEO in Australia, Cameron is a beacon of knowledge.