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The Steel Master: A Life Of Essington Lewis
The symbols of industrial might—iron, steel, power and energy—come easily to a description of Essington Lewis, perhaps the most formative CEO of BHP, and director-general of munitions and aircraft production during World War II. A personality of immense force, he had a deep and abiding dislike of pretension and publicity, an obsessive regard for order, an impressive ability to focus on end goals while maintaining a grasp of detail and, above all, a driving energy and strength of purpose.
- GenresBiography
217 pages, Paperback
Published January 1, 1981
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October 5, 2024
Fascinating recount of a man who had one of the greatest impacts on Australia over the past 100 or so years, by a very skilful biographer, given how private Lewis was.
Well balanced between Lewis’s life and the history of mining and the steel industry in Australia, all of which were very closely interlinked.
Some great insights into what made him the leader and driver of efficiency that he was, a legacy that still remains in BHP today and set Australia up with industrial capabilities that not only helped during the War, but set her up for the decades to follow right through until current day.
Well balanced between Lewis’s life and the history of mining and the steel industry in Australia, all of which were very closely interlinked.
Some great insights into what made him the leader and driver of efficiency that he was, a legacy that still remains in BHP today and set Australia up with industrial capabilities that not only helped during the War, but set her up for the decades to follow right through until current day.
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