The First XI: Winning Organisations in Australia

The First XI identifies 11 of Australia's long-termtop-preforming organisations and provides a comprehensive analysisof their winning framework. Taking its lead from the US bestsellerBuilt to Last, The First XI  uncovers the commonelements that set Australian winning organisations apart. It alsolooks at how winning is different in Australia. Professor Graham Hubbard, Delyth Samuel, Graeme Cocks and SimonHeap, a team of respected business practitioners and academics,spent three years researching and analysing the organisations,following the rigorous methodologies used for Built to Last.Surveying 1000 CEOs and assessing identified organisations over a20-year period using a variety of perspectives, they selected afinal group of -long-term winning organisations - the First XI.In this second edition the authors also take a look at what hashappened to the First XI in the years since their original studyended to answer a number of burning questions:Are the First XI still winning organisations?What does the strategic cycle in Australian organisations looklike?What can you do to put your organisation on the path to being awinner?The winning framework identified in this book provides managerswith a rigorous, comprehensive, challenging, but practicalframework to improve their own organisation practice andperformance. Will your organisation be selected for this book in 10years' time?