THE JOURNEY OF AN ENLIGHTENED LEADER

About the Book

From a spiritual viewpoint, enlightenment essentially means to know the truth about oneself. Acquiring this truth can be extremely difficult, because one’s sense of self is typically tangled in a history of perceptions, assumptions, beliefs, and emotions that over time may have created a somewhat false sense of self. Personal work in this area can do nothing but improve the effectiveness of any leader. For purposes of this book, an enlightened leader is one who strives to hold accurate beliefs and to use management practices that are consistent with those beliefs.

About the Author

Price W. Schwenck has more than 40 years of management and leadership experience, primarily in the community bank and large regional bank settings. A founding director of Jacksonville Bancorp, Inc., and Chairman of the Board of its subsidiary, The Jacksonville Bank, Price also served as CEO from May 2010 to June 2012. Price was a founding director of Freedom Bank of America and served on the board from 2005 to 2012. From 2000 to 2004, he served as President and CEO of P.C.B. Bancorp, Inc., a multi-bank holding company headquartered in Clearwater, Florida. He was South Florida Regional President for First Union National Bank in Miami from 1988 to 1994 and North Florida Regional President in Jacksonville from 1994 to 1999. He was CEO and President of Interbanc, a de novo bank located in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, from 1983 to 1988. Price is currently a Partner in JBS Accretive Consulting, LLC, a firm specializing in developing and implementing Wealth Management strategies for community banks. A life-long learner, Price received a B.S. and M.B.A. from the University of South Florida and an M.S. in Quality Management from the University of Miami. He possesses attributes in the areas of corporate governance, mergers and acquisitions, strategic planning, leadership, and organizational development.