The Group’s business strategy is built on three critical elements: diversity, financial strength and people. It is these three elements, working in unison, that are key to our success.

The Group's business strategy is based on diversity. Diversity by markets or products, by the brands through which it operates, by geography, and the way in which services are delivered to clients. Over the years, this has resulted in a progressive shift away from being a construction-only entity operating in one market to being a multi-faceted international contractor. Today, the Leighton Group is the world’s largest contract miner and one of the top 25 global contractors.

Diversity has added momentum to the Group’s evolution into a financially strong and uniquely structured contracting and project development group with an expanded industry focus. It has also allowed the Group’s operating companies to utilise the full depth of their expertise and skills in a range of industries and market sectors, not just in Australia, but also across the Asian region. Diversity has allowed the Group to navigate its way through the cyclical nature of its key markets whilst still providing growth for shareholders.

Like the industries and economies they operate in, Group companies also have their own cycles of growth and maturity. Each has a unique corporate culture and a depth of management that supports autonomy and competition across a variety of markets. The companies offer a total value-added service to clients supported by the financial strength of the Group.

Each maintains individual identities in the marketplace and has its own advisory board or management committee and distinct corporate culture. Each company has a high level of autonomy and responsibility, and each is encouraged to develop its own markets and client relationships.