Finding a Common Interest The Story of Dick Dusseldorp and Lend Lease [Paperback]

This book tells the story of Australia's most admired blue-chip corporation and its founder.This important book demonstrates how blue-chip corporations can be operated ethically by finding or creating a common interest between all those involved in its operations, including the communities where business takes place. It does so through the example of Dick Dusseldorp, who founded Australia's most admired blue-chip corporation. Famous for his commitment to workers, shareholders, unions and clients as well as the communities where Lend Lease conducted its business, Dusseldorp made major contributions to public sector infrastructure development and planning in the communities where Lend Lease conducted its business.This important book demonstrates how blue-chip corporations can be operated ethically by finding or creating a common interest between all those involved in its operations, including the communities where business takes place. It does so through the example of Dick Dusseldorp, who founded Australia's most admired blue-chip corporation. Famous for his commitment to workers, shareholders, unions and clients as well as the communities where Lend Lease conducted its business, Dusseldorp made major contributions to public sector infrastructure development and planning in the communities where Lend Lease conducted its business.This important book demonstrates how businesses can operate both profitably and ethically--by finding a common interest between all those involved in their operations. It does so through the example of Dick Dusseldorp, founder of Lend Lease, one of Australiaas most admired blue-chip corporations. Arriving in postwar Australia with only one construction contract and a handful of workers on his companyas books, Dusseldorp built Lend Lease into a billion dollar property development and financial services concern. Widely respected for his business success, Dusseldorp was equally well known for his commitment to sharing the fruits of that sulÓ&