LEADER 04661nam 2200793 450 001 9910812521803321 005 20210209132131.0 010 $a0-7735-9072-2 024 7 $a10.1515/9780773590724 035 $a(CKB)3710000000107379 035 $a(EBL)3332700 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001305228 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11978327 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001305228 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11248485 035 $a(PQKB)11011031 035 $a(CEL)447300 035 $a(OCoLC)1055367007$z(OCoLC)870269113$z(OCoLC)883909647$z(OCoLC)961662898$z(OCoLC)962722717 035 $a(CaBNVSL)slc00234529 035 $a(OCoLC)883909647 035 $a(VaAlCD)20.500.12592/1ct6gh 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3332700 035 $a(DE-B1597)655616 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780773590724 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000107379 100 $a20140206d2014 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aExpect miracles $erecollections of a lucky life /$fDavid M. Culver with Alan Freeman 210 1$aMontreal [Quebec] :$cMcGill-Queen's University Press,$d[2014] 210 4$dİ2014 210 2$aBeaconsfield, Quebec :$cCanadian Electronic Library,$d2014. 215 $a1 online resource (260 p.) 225 1 $aFootprints series ;$v19 311 $a0-7735-4355-4 327 $a1 "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 Que?be?cois 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. 330 $aExpect Miracles is the personal and professional story of a leader in the worlds of business and culture. David Culver narrates his journey from his upbringing in Montreal's Golden Square Mile, through his studies at McGill and Harvard, his army service during the Second World War, to his impressive rise at Alcan to become chairman and chief executive officer of one of Canada's leading multinational corporations. The memoir provides an inside look into the management of a global company with roots deeply planted in Quebec and offers pragmatic advice on how to grow talent, foster technology, and handle adversity in a far-flung organization. Anecdotes of meeting the likes of Margaret Thatcher, Henry Kissinger, and Jawaharlal Nehru, reveal the experiences of a strong corporate leader who continued to live a Montreal life, while never losing his interest in discovering the world. A man of many interests and talents, Culver reflects on his long love affair with architecture - and his efforts to restore and preserve Montreal's heritage by creating Maison Alcan - and how music and sport helped shape his life. Expect Miracles is evidence of Culver's positive outlook and belief that the most extraordinary things can happen when you least expect them. 410 0$aFootprints series ;$v19. 606 $aChief executive officers$zQue?bec (Province)$zMontre?al$vBiography 606 $aBusinesspeople$zQue?bec (Province)$zMontre?al$vBiography 606 $aSuccess in business$zQue?bec (Province)$zMontre?al$vBiography 606 $aSuccess$zQue?bec (Province)$zMontre?al$vBiography 606 $aChefs de direction$zQue?bec (Province)$zMontre?al$vBiographies 606 $aGens d'affaires$zQue?bec (Province)$zMontre?al$vBiographies 606 $aSucce?s dans les affaires$zQue?bec (Province)$zMontre?al 606 $aSucce?s$zQue?bec (Province)$zMontre?al 607 $aMontre?al (Que?bec)$vBiography 607 $aMontre?al (Que?bec)$vBiographies 615 0$aChief executive officers 615 0$aBusinesspeople 615 0$aSuccess in business 615 0$aSuccess 615 6$aChefs de direction 615 6$aGens d'affaires 615 6$aSucce?s dans les affaires 615 6$aSucce?s 676 $a338.274092 700 $aCulver$b David M.$f1924-$01721357 702 $aFreeman$b Alan$f1951- 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910812521803321 996 $aExpect miracles$94120906 997 $aUNINA