Drawing on the experiences of 29 Australian Indigenous artists and arts leaders, Michelle and Amanda identify 3 categories of identity practice through which the artists deliver leadership: contesting essentialism; containing trauma and creating belonging.

This article explores Indigenous practices of midwifery or ‘wise women’ as crucial domains of leadership over millennia and across cultures. Four principles of midwifery leadership are identified: being a leader who empowers with ‘no one person wiser than the other’; embodying wisdom and ethical practice which nurtures social, cultural and spiritual needs of women; being skilled as well as emotionally attuned; and paying attention and being responsive to emergent change and unfolding present reality rather than being prescriptive.

An analysis of the Human Resource practices of five Australian mining companies reveals that they undertake a range of programs involving Indigenous communities as stakeholders. However, drawing upon cross-cultural research, this article contends that only those initiatives that include power sharing with Indigenous groups will contribute to more ethical practices in mining companies.