Master CEOs: Insights from Australia's Leading CEOs

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John Wiley & Sons, May 12, 2016 - Business & Economics - 384 pages
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.
 

Contents

Selecting the Master CEOs
1
Tough medicine
7
David to Goliath
31
The best mistake I ever made
57
Making the world Little
79
The Hills are alive with the sound of music
105
SuperSonic
131
Building a Kingdom
161
Soaring high
211
A bloody miracle
243
Out of Africa
269
Mining for values
295
Go Gerry go go go
323
Conclusion
355
Index
359
Copyright

Banks boats and Bundy
185

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About the author (2016)

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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