The Leadership Star

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

This book would not have been possible without inspiration and assistance from a number of people who have helped me develop these concepts over the past two decades.

I have been blessed to work with and learn from many talented executives over the years — all of whom have contributed in important ways to the making of this book.

In my ANZ days, Damian Cotchett, Fiona Ryan, Miriam Silva, Barbara Wilby, Peter Hawkins, Sonya Clancy, Louis Hawke, John Harries, Greg Camm, John Connolly and John McFarlane all taught me important lessons about leadership. More recently I have been fortunate to learn from inspirational CEOs such as Stephen Hester, Ross McEwen, Gail Kelly, David Morgan, Bob Joss, Alan Joyce, Sir Ralph Norris and Jamie Dimon.

While the Leadership Star framework in this book predates my time at Westpac, I am grateful for the enthusiastic contributions and support from Westpac's Human Resources and Communications teams.

In writing the book, I am particularly grateful to Marj Lefroy — who first encouraged me to write this book more than a decade ago and contributed some early drafting.

I would also like to thank Satyendra Chelvendra (Chelvi), Carl Sparks, Tim Ford, Barbara Wilby, Joel Pearce, Carolyn Hartzer Pearce, Stephen Hester, Bob Joss, Sir Ralph Norris, Ryan Stokes, Craig Tapper and Maurizio Floris, who all read drafts, shared insights, ideas and stories, and whose feedback was invaluable in helping me sort out my thinking. This book is immensely ...