Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
David Culver, figure cl tant du milieu des affaires que du milieu culturel canadien, raconte son enfance Montr al, ses tudes aux universit s McGill et Harvard et son service militaire pendant la Deuxi me Guerre mondiale. Il d crit surtout sa spectaculaire ascension au sein d'Alcan, jusqu' acc der au poste de pr sident-directeur g n ral, devenant du coup le chef d'une des plus grandes soci t s multinationales du Canada, dont le si ge social tait Montr al.
Ces m moires l vent le voile sur la gestion d'une multinationale bien enracin e en sol qu b cois. Il propose des conseils pragmatiques sur la mani re de cultiver le talent, d velopper la technologie et surmonter les d fis au sein d'une entreprise qui op re aux quatre coins de la plan te.
Au fil de d licieuses anecdotes et d'inoubliables rencontres avec des grands du XXe si cle - dont Margaret Thatcher, Henry Kissinger et Jawaharlal Nehru - David Culver se r v le un imposant leader aux int r ts et aux talents multiples.
Dans ses m moires, David Culver m dite sur sa passion pour l'architecture - et ses initiatives de protection du patrimoine montr alais par l'entremise de la Maison Alcan - et l'importance de la musique et du sport dans sa vie. Voir grand t moigne de l'optimisme de Culver, qui a de tout temps cru que les choses les plus extraordinaires peuvent arriver lorsqu'on s'y attend le moins.
Synopsis
David Culver, a leader in the worlds of business and Canadian culture, tells us about his youth in Montreal, his studies at McGill and Harvard universities and his military service during World War II. He describes his spectacular rise at Alcan to become chief executive officer of one of the largest multinationals in Canada.
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.