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Royal Victoria Hospital, 1887-1947
Recollections of a Lucky Life
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About this book
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.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Contents
- Footprints Series
- Copyright
- Preface
- 1 - âBe Emergent!â Early Memories of Life on a Hill
- 2 - âA Bunch of People Helping One Man Do a Jobâ Learning to Manage
- 3 - âWe Were Like the Jesuitsâ Selling Aluminum to the World
- 4 - âJe me souviensâ Alcanâs QuĂ©bĂ©cois Heart
- 5 - âDimension, Dimension, Dimensionâ How Architecture Became a Passion
- 6 - âAn Unobtrusive Jewelâ Building a Home for Alcan
- 7 - âOn Hands and Kneesâ Developing Ties with Japan and China
- 8 - âA Sense of Measureâ Multinational Musings
- 9 - âLike A Trip to the Kennelâ Growing People
- 10 - âAn Outsider on the Insideâ The Trials of the Independent Director
- 11 - âHitting the Right Noteâ The Meaning of Pastimes
- 12 - âJust Another Graduationâ Life after Alcan