In this book you can learn how to run a company while at the same time enjoying time to laugh. Few authors have been able to combine the two. The Library of Congress placed it in the "business" and "humor" categories. Those are very fair classifications.
In a world of high tech communications,, when email has replaced the personal letter and voice mail intrudes into our every moment, the art of storytelling has almost been lost. And then comes along a person like Ben Gill who raises that art to a new level. He tells his stories and touches our hearts and soul while finally slamming home a point that we can apply to our lives and to our careers.
In "Random Thoughts from a Wandering Mind', we are taken on a journey that began in a simple farm house without indoor plumbing in Dell, Arkansas to the ninth floor corporte offices of RSI Holdings, Inc. the largest fund raising organization in the world. We are given insights along the way through the eyes of an eight-year old boy in that small village in Arkansas who was chastised by his second grade teacher for "having a wandering mind."
We see his world as a teenager, a college student and ultimately to the chairmanship of a major corporation. And all along the way that "wandering mind" is always seeing things slightly out of kilter, slightly off balance and always with an ounce of humor thrown into the mix.
This is a business book with a message.
Ben Gill is the Chairman/CEO of RSI Holdings, Inc. aka RSIH. With a $5000 line-of-credit and a dream to simply teach people to give, Gill founded in 1972 what has become the largest and most successful fund raising company in the world.
Along the way he learned a lot about making a business work. Surround yourself with good people and get out of their way became his concept of delegation. Make integrity your foundation and never waiver no matter what the cost. Answer the phone with a real person like Cheryl and never forget that you live or die by customer service.
Now take 33 lessons like that and let Ben tell you how he learned them and you suddenly have a book that will teach and entertain you.
A graduate of Baylor University, Mr. Gill was the Director of Endowment and Capital Giving Services of the Southern Baptist Convention before founding RSI in 1972. A noted author and a much sought after speaker he leads seminars on "Visionary Leadership" for many of the major corporations in America.
