Jun 23, 2026 – 5.00amWith business under the pump amid rising costs and geopolitical uncertainty, it doesn’t matter if you are the boss or the receptionist: everyone needs to demonstrate how they’re creating value, warns Chris Karagounis, managing partner of executive search firm Alex Kaar Australia.In other words, the office is not about your lifestyle any more.Subscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Sally PattenBOSS editorSally Patten edits BOSS, and writes about workplace issues. She was the financial services editor and personal finance editor of the AFR, The Age and the Sydney Morning Herald. She edited business news for The Times of London.Iona RennieProducerIona Rennie is a producer at The Australian Financial Review.Fetching latest articles