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1 online resource (xi, 233 pages) : illustrations, portraits |
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Footprints series ; 19 |
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Footprints (Cheltenham, England) ; 19.
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| Contents |
1 "Be Emergent!" Early Memories of Life on a Hill -- 2 "A Bunch of People Helping One Man Do a Job" Learning to Manage -- 3 "We Were Like the Jesuits" Selling Aluminum to the World -- 4 "Je me souviens" Alcan's Québécois Heart -- 5 "Dimension, Dimension, Dimension" How Architecture Became a Passion -- 6 "An Unobtrusive Jewel" Building a Home for Alcan -- 7 "On Hands and Knees" Developing Ties with Japan and China -- 8 "A Sense of Measure" Multinational Musings -- 9 "Like A Trip to the Kennel" Growing People -- 10 "An Outsider on the Inside" The Trials of the Independent Director -- 11 "Hitting the Right Note" The Meaning of Pastimes -- 12 "Just Another Graduation" Life after Alcan |
| Summary |
Expect Miracles is the personal and professional story of a leader in the worlds of business and culture. David Culver narrates his journey from his upbringing in Montreal's Golden Square Mile, through his studies at McGill and Harvard, his army service during the Second World War, to his impressive rise at Alcan to become chairman and chief executive officer of one of Canada's leading multinational corporations. The memoir provides an inside look into the management of a global company with roots deeply planted in Quebec and offers pragmatic advice on how to grow talent, foster technology, and handle adversity in a far-flung organization. Anecdotes of meeting the likes of Margaret Thatcher, Henry Kissinger, and Jawaharlal Nehru, reveal the experiences of a strong corporate leader who continued to live a Montreal life, while never losing his interest in discovering the world. A man of many interests and talents, Culver reflects on his long love affair with architecture - and his efforts to restore and preserve Montreal's heritage by creating Maison Alcan - and how music and sport helped shape his life. Expect Miracles is evidence of Culver's positive outlook and belief that the most extraordinary things can happen when you least expect them |
| Notes |
English |
| Subject |
Culver, David M., 1924-2017.
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| SUBJECT |
Culver, David M., 1924-2017 fast |
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Rio Tinto Alcan Inc -- Biography
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Chief executive officers -- Québec (Province) -- Montréal -- Biography
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Businesspeople -- Québec (Province) -- Montréal -- Biography
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Success in business -- Québec (Province) -- Montréal -- Biography
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Success -- Québec (Province) -- Montréal -- Biography
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- General.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- General.
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Business.
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Businesspeople
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Chief executive officers
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Success
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Success in business
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Montréal (Québec) -- Biography
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Québec -- Montréal
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Electronic books
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autobiographies (literary works)
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Autobiographies
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Biographies
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Autobiographies.
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Biographies.
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Autobiographies.
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Biographies.
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Freeman, Alan, 1951- author.
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| ISBN |
9780773590731 |
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0773590730 |
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9780773590724 |
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0773590722 |
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1306718570 |
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9781306718578 |
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