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Biography & Autobiography Business

A Road Taken

My Journey from a CN Station House to the CN Boardroom

by (author) David McLean & Patricia Finn

Publisher
Greystone Books Ltd
Initial publish date
May 2014
Category
Business, Transportation, Leadership, History
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781771640671
    Publish Date
    May 2014
    List Price
    $22.95
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781771640688
    Publish Date
    Apr 2014
    List Price
    $22.95

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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 fueled 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.

About the authors

David McLean is a professor in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of British Columbia and president of the Cancer Prevention Institute of Canada.

David McLean's profile page

Patricia Finn is an established film and television script writer and editor and the director of communications for the MacLean Group.

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