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Rick Tirrell
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WINNER [LEADERSHIP] 2022 INDEPENDENT PRESS AWARD
WINNER [BUSINESS] FALL 2021 PINNACLE BOOK ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS
BRONZE MEDAL WINNER [BUSINESS] 2022 AMERICAN BUSINESS AWARDS
HONORABLE MENTION [BUSINESS] 2022 ERIC HOFFER BOOK AWARD
This book is for:
Aspiring Leaders
Leadership Mentors and Trainers
Leadership Seminar Facilitators Seeking an Agenda and Lesson Plans
In Leadership Rites of Passage: The Journey of the Aspiring Leader and the Methods of the Mentor, accomplished author, Rick Tirrell, examines the 16 universal challenges every leader must master as well as the methods of great mentorship.
This compelling business fable begins with the naïve and overwhelmed young Joe Miller and follows his career toward extraordinary leadership while he easily builds some leadership skills, nearly fails others, undergoes betrayals, and builds a team.
At age 25 Joe joins his family firm believing he will have an easy run along with the supportive mentorship of his father. However, six months later his father dies suddenly, precisely as a massive recession hits the economy. Sales plummet, he cannot service his debt, employees are in revolt, and he knows he is inexperienced. He seeks the advice of Sagen Cruz, thus beginning a lifelong leadership mentoring relationship.
Sagen masterfully displays his own mentoring methods which any listener can imitate. He asks probing questions and deftly allows silence to do his work. As he mentors, he points to the great masterworks of the leadership literature. He provides Joe a brief explanation of each theory and asks him to read a relevant book so Joe can put its contents to work.
Sagen sends Joe on four missions. Within each mission, Joe will encounter very specific challenges. If he chooses to ignore any challenge, it will continue to call to him until he masters it. Sagen has given these challenges a name, rites of passage.
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2022 Independent Press Award [Leadership], Winner
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I’ve been involved in business leadership for decades and due to the ever-changing needs of both the internal and external clients, the 16 Leadership Rites of Passage still beckon as the way forward especially through the invariable fluctuations our economy experiences. Many valuable sources of leadership literature are referenced throughout the book. In addition to the experience of Joe, the mentee, Leadership Rites of Passage also provides the model which Sagan, the mentor, uses through the process. Thus, the reader gains both the perspective of the mentee and mentor as each of the 16 rites of passage are presented.
Highly recommended for any leader wanting to keep getting better.
For those who believe in the journey
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