Filled with insights from leading Australian CEOs, Master
CEOs taps into the thoughts of Australia’s leading
chief executive officers or managing directors in an effort to
understand why they are such outstanding leaders, and why the
companies they run have delivered above-average results. Master
CEOs is not only about management — it also delivers a
very strong message on leadership.
* To be interviewed for the book, the CEO had to be in charge of
their company for at least 10 years and delivered shareholders a
return greater than the share market in that period.
* CEOs covered include: Gerry Harvey from Harvey Norman, Paul
Little from Toll Holdings, Graham Turner from Flight Centre, David
Simmons from Hills Industries and many more.
* All new interviews, never before published.
Table of Content
Foreword vii
About the authors xi
Acknowledgements xiii
Introduction xv
1 Selecting the Master CEOs 1
2 Tough medicine
Dr Edmund Bateman, Primary Health Care 7
3 David to Goliath
Andrew Reitzer, Metcash 31
4 The best mistake I ever made
John Rubino, Monadelphous Group 57
5 Making the world Little
Paul Little, Toll Holdings 79
6 The Hills are alive with the sound of music
David Simmons, Hills Industries 105
7 Super Sonic
Dr Colin Goldschmidt, Sonic Healthcare 131
8 Building a Kingdom
Wal King, Leighton Holdings 161
9 Banks, boats and Bundy
Ron Hancock, Wide Bay Australia 185
10 Soaring high
Graham Turner, Flight Centre 211
11 A bloody miracle
Brian Mc Namee, CSL 243
12 Out of Africa
Pat Grier, Ramsay Health Care 269
13 Mining for values
Owen Hegarty, Oxiana 295
14 Go Gerry, go, go, go
Gerry Harvey, Harvey Norman 323
Conclusion 355
Index 359
About the author
Matthew Kidman is a former journalist with The Sydney Morning Herald covering media, telecommunications, commercial property and investment. Matthew now works as a fund manager for Wilson Asset Management. Matthew Kidman is also co author of Masters of the Market (1st edition, 2003, 16, 000 units; 2nd edition, 2005, 6500 units).
Alex Feher is a principal of the Institute of Human Excellence. Alex’s executive coaching experience is supported by a solid practical grounding in running businesses, managing teams and working in Australia for NYSE listed global companies.
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