The Magic of Empowerment - My Journey in Servant Leadership

EMBRACE EMPOWERMENT-and ENHANCE YOUR LEADERSHIP!
What can empower you to move up to the next level of leadership, both in your personal and professional life? How can empowerment transform obstacles into opportunities through innovative strategies for growth and achievement? How do you empower others in your life to be the best versions of themselves?
Now, veteran business CEO J. Derrill Rice unlocks all these secrets and more in The Magic of Empowerment-by sharing how to come out on top, even when the odds seem stacked against you. Through his own personal journey, Rice relates how his brand of servant leadership has served him well, not only empowering him but also friends, family, and the many companies he's led to success.
From his early struggles being raised by a single mom to his transformation from high school nerd to captain of the football team to his rise to being recognized as an outstanding business leader, Rice explores the many ways any of us can be empowered to reach our objectives, through personal and revealing stories filled with humor, wisdom, and surprises. You'll find that this real-life magician has plenty of tricks up his sleeve, including making a car disappear right before the eyes of the head of the Ford Motor Company!

List of contents

Introduction
What Empowerment Means To Me
Chapter 1
Early Empowerment
Chapter 2
Empowered By Opportunity
Chapter 3
Empowered By Education
Chapter 4
Empowered By Work
Chapter 5
Empowered By Perseverance
Chapter 6
Empowered By Inspiration
Chapter 7
Empowered By Risk
Chapter 8
Empowered By Change
Chapter 9
Empowered By Teamwork
Chapter 10
Empowered By Creativity
Chapter 11
Empowered By Family
Chapter 12
Empowered By New Challenges
Chapter 13
Empowerment, Not Enablement
Conclusion
Some Final Thoughts On Empowerment
About The Author
Acknowledgments

About the author

J. DERRILL RICE has headed up an assortment of manufacturing companies to great success over his decades-long business career, always putting an emphasis on servant leadership. Rice has been married for forty years to wife, Lori, who trains educators in the Montessori education system. They have two children, Caroline and Austin, and also share ownership and operate Grassy Creek Vineyard & Winery and the Klondike Cabins near Elkin, North Carolina, where they reside.

Summary

**TAP INTO THE MAGIC OF EMPOWERMENT **
Empowerment can come from many outside influences — your friends, family, and business associates who believe in you and support your goals. But it can also come from within, when you dare to take risks, learn how to leverage your own personal creativity, continue persevering in the face of adversity, remain open to new and energizing challenges, and allow inspiration and motivation to recharge your spirit and make progress toward your goals.
Veteran business leader J. Derrill Rice understands empowerment through and through — because he’s benefited from it his entire life. And he’s always made sure it benefited those around him as well.
Now, in his new book, The Magic of Empowerment: My Journey in Servant Leadership, Rice explores how empowerment fueled his many achievements from growing up the child of a single mom to becoming the CEO of a number of successful manufacturing companies. More than a memoir, Rice uses compelling storytelling to not only shine a spotlight on how empowerment through servant leadership has brought him a multitude of rewards but also how it can hone your leadership skills and spur your personal growth.
From his transformation from high school nerd to captain of the football team, to rising from the ranks to be recognized as an outstanding business leader, Rice explores the many ways any of us can be empowered to reach our objectives, through personal and revealing anecdotes filled with humor, wisdom, and surprises. To Rice, empowerment truly is magical — and he should know since he began studying magic as a teenager. It’s a skill that has actually added to his professional empowerment, as he once dazzled Edsel Ford, the then-head of the Ford Motor Company, by making a car disappear right before his eyes.
You’ll hear about that and more (like the time he turned a corporate presentation into his own version of The Tonight Show ) in The Magic of Empowerment. More importantly, you’ll discover how to unlock the secrets of empowerment in your own life to create meaningful progress in your personal and professional life.

Product details

• Authors: J. Derrill Rice
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.04.2024
• EAN: 9781642257489
• ISBN: 978-1-64225-748-9
• No. of pages: 162
• Subjects: Non-fiction book; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Management; SELF-HELP / Personal Growth / Success, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Leadership, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Motivational