February 01, 2000
Review of Turner book
A Journey Toward Servant Leadership (Macon, GA.: Smyth & Helwys Publishing, Inc., 2000), by William B. Turner with Delane Chappell
This is a personal narrative of the life and spiritual journey of William B. Turner, chairman of the Executive Committee of Synovus Financial Corp., a book that, in the words of Senator Sam Nunn, "illustrates in words...how to live a full, abundant life through full, abundant use of all of God's gifts in our daily challenges."
From the chronicle of Turner's service in the Navy during WWII, through the building of his enormously successful business career, to the development of his life as an example of servant leadership ministry, Turner's book is filled with wisdom and integrity. His generation, who fought in WWII and returned home to build modern America, offers a spiritual perspective vital to those who must follow in the large footprints they leave behind.
For Turner, "relationships - with our Creator, our families, our friends, and others - are ultimately what is important in life." Journey provides a road map for those experiencing a sense of being lost in the struggle to maintain integrity while balancing the demands of work, personal relationships, and relationships to the larger community.
Zell Miller, governor of Georgia from 1991-1999, says of the book, "Here is a life worth studying, a life worth emulating. Very few human beings have the rare combination of heart, head, and soul [like] William Bradley Turner....It is impossible to read this book without your own life being touched in a positive way."
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