Beschreibung:
Filled with insights from leading Australian CEOs, MasterCEOs taps into the thoughts of Australia's leadingchief executive officers or managing directors in an effort tounderstand why they are such outstanding leaders, and why thecompanies they run have delivered above-average results. MasterCEOs is not only about management -- it also delivers avery strong message on leadership.* To be interviewed for the book, the CEO had to be in charge oftheir company for at least 10 years and delivered shareholders areturn greater than the share market in that period.* CEOs covered include: Gerry Harvey from Harvey Norman, PaulLittle from Toll Holdings, Graham Turner from Flight Centre, DavidSimmons from Hills Industries and many more.* All new interviews, never before published.
Foreword viiAbout the authors xiAcknowledgements xiiiIntroduction xv1 Selecting the Master CEOs 12 Tough medicineDr Edmund Bateman, Primary Health Care 73 David to GoliathAndrew Reitzer, Metcash 314 The best mistake I ever madeJohn Rubino, Monadelphous Group 575 Making the world LittlePaul Little, Toll Holdings 796 The Hills are alive with the sound of musicDavid Simmons, Hills Industries 1057 SuperSonicDr Colin Goldschmidt, Sonic Healthcare 1318 Building a KingdomWal King, Leighton Holdings 1619 Banks, boats and BundyRon Hancock, Wide Bay Australia 18510 Soaring highGraham Turner, Flight Centre 21111 A bloody miracleBrian McNamee, CSL 24312 Out of AfricaPat Grier, Ramsay Health Care 26913 Mining for valuesOwen Hegarty, Oxiana 29514 Go Gerry, go, go, goGerry Harvey, Harvey Norman 323Conclusion 355Index 359