Generational Leadership and Sustainable Practices in French Winemaking

About the Book

This book celebrates the amazing generational leadership legacy of the Bordelaise wine-growing Amoreau family. The story of Château le Puy goes well beyond their winemaking talent. The Amoreau family story provides remarkable lessons in leadership and enterprise management. In this book, Jean Pierre and Pascal Amoreau share their generational leadership styles and approaches through the lens of contemporary leadership philosophy, global enterprise management, and biodiverse viticulture practices found in French gastronomy.

About the Author

Dr. Maier has a Ph.D in leadership philosophy and a master’s degree in human development/international relations. He has been successful in producing several refereed scholarly publications on generational and values based leadership, hospitality revenue management and experiential learning. The focus of Dr. Maier’s research falls into two distinct categories: multigenerational leadership and revenue management. Additionally, he has co-authored textbook(s), Welcome to Hospitality: An Introduction, Third Edition, and is the ethnographer of Hospitality Leadership Lessons in French Gastronomy. Dr. Maier has been invited to speak and present at several domestic and international conferences regarding multigenerational leadership and hospitality, including the UNWTO Themis Foundation and China Tourism forums.