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Successful businesswoman Maureen Houssein-Mustafa is big on ambition, learning, people, and the will to achieve. By Richard Jones

Investing in your staff during hard times is a recipe for success. By Karalyn Brown 

If the economic downturn has taught RedBalloon CEO Naomi Simson one thing, it is that there is a direct correlation between an engaged workforce and the profitability of an organisation. She has put this into practice herself.

Lexus Australia Chief Executive John Roca knows what it is like to face an economic downturn; he's been there before. By Richard Jones

Sports coaches know that it is the whole team that will deliver success or failure, yet business coaches are often only asked to focus on individual performance. By Vanessa Fudge

Popular in the US in the 1970s, this budgeting technique is starting to make a comeback as the economic downturn bites. By Melissa Wilkinson Although weathering an economic downturn can be tough, difficult market conditions do force companies to become smarter about how they do things. Businesses must get sharper about how they allocate resources because, if they do it well, it can lead to valuable gains in overall efficiency. One tool starting to make a comeback in sectors that have been hit hard by the recession is zero-based budgeting (ZBB).

The new head of Canon Australia, Kenji Kobayashi, is facing a range of issues in the quest to make the imaging solutions giant the best company in Oceania. By Jason Day

The more efficient use of time is what gives some managers an edge. By Karalyn Brown

Salmat may not be a household word but its operations touch many Australians daily. Its founders talk about what is needed to grow and sustain a business. By Richard Jones

Now may be the opportunity to rejuvenate your professional and personal life. Diana Day looks at the new reality.