A Road Taken.
Title:
A Road Taken.
Author:
McLean, David.
ISBN:
9781771640688
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (165 pages)
Contents:
Title Page -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Introduction -- Part One: The Early Years -- 1: Leadership -- 2: Home -- 3: Childhood -- 4: Youth -- 5: Scorecards -- Part Two: A Family Business -- 6: Law School -- 7: Partnership -- 8: Growth -- 9: Vancouver Film Studios -- 10: Blackcomb Aviation -- 11: Succession Planning -- Part Three: CN -- 12: Back on the Board -- 13: Strikes, Banks, and Other Showdowns -- 14: Talking Sticks and Referendums -- 15: New Tracks -- 16: Crisis Management -- 17: Three CEOs -- 18: The Future -- Part Four: Love and Other Wonders -- 19: Miracles -- 20: Peace -- Afterword -- Acknowledgements -- Index.
Abstract:
Nineteen years ago, David McLean was appointed by the prime minister of Canada to the board of directors of CN, after which he was elected chairman. McLean has been reelected each year and will retire in April 2014. In A Road Taken, the longest-serving chairman of the board in CN history explains complex business issues in very human terms. McLean's stories include his leadership role in the privatization of the company and the intrigue and egos in the behind-the-scenes race to launch the biggest IPO in Canadian history at that time. They also include the adventure and challenge of a prairie childhood, a university education fuelled by team sports and ambition, and a successful career in law and business. McLean plumbs the depths and delivers a treatise on leadership in business and life that is as moving as it is honest.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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