Rules of engagement : how to avoid becoming a curmudgeon / Kim Williams.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Williams, Kim, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Executives--Conduct of life.

Executives.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (260 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Carlton, Australia : The Miegunyah Press, 2014.

Summary:

From FOXTEL to News Corp, film to football, opera to business, Kim Williams is a builder of Australian institutions. He has worked with some of the very best in their fields—Rupert Murdoch, Kerry Packer, Kevin Sheedy, Gail Kelly and Don Burrows to name just a few. Rules of Engagement is a candid, up close and very personal account of the exercise of power in the nation's leading boardrooms, political parties and media organisations. Told with a deft touch and an energetic, at times mischievous spirit, Rules of Engagement shows how much one person can achieve if they have insatiable curiosity, limitless interests and impressive discipline.

Contents:

Intro

Rules of Engagement

CONTENTS

A 'LIFESCAPE'

1 MOTHER

Five things my mother taught me

2 AN EDUCATION

3 MUSIC LESSONS

My music mantra

An afterword on some of the music that matters to me

4 PERFORMING IN THE ARTS

5 EPISODES FROM TELEVISION

My 'great dozens' TV shows and creators

6 SPORTING YARDS

7 CINEMA CUTS

Silent cinema

English language

Non-English language

Australian films

Afterword

8 LEADING AND MANAGING

Five favourite and pertinent aphorisms

9 FRIENDSHIP

10 POLITICAL ENCOUNTERS

Six favourite political quotes from three favourite writers

11 LISTENING INTENTLY

Good listening

12 THE MEDIA OF NEWS

My favourite publication

My favourite journalist

Some 'interesting' quotes on newspapers

13 READING AND RENEWAL

14 SERENDIPITY

15 A TASTE OF WINE

A list of sorts-wines I have enjoyed over the years

ONWARD-SOME FINAL OBSERVATIONS.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780522866964

0522866964

OCLC:

1493623229