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7.
“Clearthinkinghasbeenat
theheartofsuccess–itmaysound
likeanobviousrequirement,butmany
aninvestorwilltellyouthatmany
anentrepreneurdoesn’thaveit.”
Tony Faure
Founding managing director
Yahoo Australia
11.
“Whenitcomestostakeholders,
it’snotamatterofkeepingthingsin
balance,butasacontinualgrowthprocess
ofharmonisingandre-harmonising
andre-harmonisingagain.”
R. Edward Freeman
Business theorist
15.
“Anystrategyhastobetailoredinorder
forittobesuccessful.Ithasgottoworkin
aparticulargeography.Youcan’tapply
aone-size-fits-allandexpectittowork.”
Alan Osrin
Managing director
Sage Software Australia and HandiSoft Software
19.
“Whenwe’vegotinterestingchangesorimprovements
tohowthebusinessworks,ratherthanusinghierarchy
andbureaucracy,wehaveacross-functionalsweepof
people,usuallythehighestperformersatmultiple
businesslevels,andweputthemaroundsomething.”
Andrew Harding
Head of iron ore
Rio Tinto
25.
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