Leadership

Clear, effective leadership

You might value environments that provide clear direction and inspiring leadership. These organisations typically foster open communication channels and thoughtful decision-making processes. The workplace culture tends to encourage sharing of ideas and perspectives, ensuring they receive genuine consideration. Leadership styles generally balance strategic vision with practical guidance, creating an atmosphere of approachability while maintaining clear accountability.

Companies that care about leadership

BDO Australia
BDO is a trusted adviser to clients seeking audit, tax and advisory services. As one of the world’s leading audit and accounting organisations, we have clients of all types and sizes from large corporate organisations to private businesses, entrepreneurs and individuals across an array of industry sectors.
Bankwest
Bankwest is a leading Australian bank offering a wide range of financial services and products to individuals, businesses, and institutions. Founded in 1895 and headquartered in Perth, Bankwest operates nationwide, focusing on exceptional customer service and innovative solutions. We’re passionate about delivering brilliant customer experiences every day by ensuring simple, friendly service, security and value for more than 1.1 million customers nationwide. We care about each other, as much as we care about our customers.
Stryker
Stryker is one of the world’s leading medical technology companies and, together with its customers, is driven to make healthcare better. The company offers innovative products and services in Orthopaedics, Medical and Surgical, and Neurotechnology and Spine that help improve patient and hospital outcomes.
nbn
NBN was established in 2009 by the Commonwealth of Australia as a Government Business Enterprise (GBE) with a clear direction – to design, build and operate a wholesale broadband access network for Australia.   And we’ve done just that – creating a network that crisscrosses a country, and allowing internet retailers to provide reasonably priced broadband services to consumers and businesses. It’s amazing to think that at the start of the millennium, it didn’t exist – yet now the nbn® network supports so much of what we do every day. It’s truly changed the Australian way of life.
RSM
RSM is a leading provider of assurance, tax, and consulting services to the middle market. We are proud to have supported clients with their audit, tax, and consulting needs for over a century. Our growth story, starting from a small husband-and-wife team and blossoming into a formidable team of 1800+ professionals, has positioned us as a leading player in Australia's professional services industry.
Dovetail
Dovetail is a customer research platform that allows businesses to easily record, analyse, search and share research to better understand their customers.
Find companies that match your values

Leadership and ways of working

Here are a few things you might expect if you’re working as part of a team that values leadership:
  • Clear team objectives with regular progress updates in structured team meetings
  • Leaders who maintain an open-door policy and are regularly seen engaging with team members
  • Documented career development paths with examples of internal promotions
  • Regular town halls or company-wide meetings where leadership shares vision and updates
  • Structured mentorship programs connecting senior leaders with rising talent
  • Recognition programs that celebrate both individual and team achievements
  • Consistent 1:1 meetings between managers and team members.

Interview questions to ask about leadership

Want to know if the team you’re talking to cares about leadership? These interview questions can get you started.
  • What opportunities are there to learn from senior team members? I'd love to hear about any mentoring or development programs
  • What's your favourite example of how the leadership team has supported or inspired the company recently?
  • How often do leaders provide feedback or updates on the company's performance and strategy?

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