Too Stupid To Quit: Banking And Business Lessons Learned The Hard Way - Softcover

Jackson, Richard D.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1418429279 ISBN 13: 9781418429270

Publisher: AuthorHouse, 2004

Synopsis

This is a book that will behelpful to readers, who are interested in banking, management practices,leadership, and the Atlantabusiness scene with insights of the "key movers and shakers" and the deals theyconsummated. It will have a strongappeal for bankers in general, neophyte managers, and the seasonedprofessional. An abundance of practicalbusiness skills, strategy, tactics formulation, and marketing techniques arepresented. These issues and insights arehighlighted throughout the publication for easy review and applicability. Many of my experiences in theMarine Corps and in Vietnamare reviewed in the book as to lessons learned and how these were ultimatelymodified to fit a business environment. These stories and comparisons are unique. They will provide the reader with insightinto both the leadership and management process viewed with a new and differentapproach under very unusual circumstances. Banking customers should alsofind the information helpful. It willprovide them with a broader insight into the banking world and issues involvingtheir own financial future.

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About the Author

Richard D. Jackson is a 1959 graduate of Marshall Universityin Huntington, West Virginia. He is the chairman of the board of Atlanta based ebank Financial Services, Inc. and a director of Schweitzer-Mauduit International Inc. also headquartered in Atlanta. Previously, he held the positions of president and chief executive officer of two banks in Atlanta, First Georgia Bank and Georgia Federal Bank, FSB for over 20 years, and concluded his business career as the chief operating officer and vice chairman of First Financial Management Corporation an information services company. Jackson served as an officer in the Marine Corps for eight years and was awarded the Silver and Bronze Stars and Vietnam Cross of Gallantry for action in Vietnam. He is the author of two other books, Yesterdays are Forever, A Rite of Passage thorough the Marine Corps and Vietnam War and The Last Fast White Boy, a story on athletics at Marshall in the fifties.

Edition details

• Publisher: AuthorHouse
• Publication date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1418429279
• ISBN 13: 9781418429270
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 228