State leaders share success stories in new book; proceeds support N.C. State’s Shelton Leadership Center
At a June book-signing event in Raleigh, Gen. Shelton greets Secrets of Success buyers.
Photo by Suzanne Stanard
Kay Yow. David Gergen. Dr. Leroy Walker. Charlie Rose. These are just four of the 33 well-known North Carolina leaders featured in Secrets of Success: North Carolina Values-Based Leadership by Gen. H. Hugh Shelton, U.S. Army (Ret.), 14th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. The coffee-table book, released May 26 by Ivy House Publishing Group, offers unique insights from some of the state’s most recognizable leaders.
Proceeds from the sale of Secrets of Success will support leadership and scholarship programs for the General H. Hugh Shelton Leadership Center, based at N.C. State University. The center offers values-based leadership development initiatives for young people statewide, including 4-H Shelton scholarships and summer Shelton Challenge programs.
The first-person anecdotes in Secrets of Success are as diverse as the collection of people who spoke them. Hugh McColl examines how the values he learned as an officer in the U.S. Marine Corps enabled him to create one of the largest and most profitable banks in the United States. Civil rights attorney Julius Chambers recalls the leadership that led to the desegregation of North Carolina schools. Dr. Johnnetta B. Cole, head of the JBC Center for Inclusion and Engagement, remembers how her great-grandfather, Abraham Lincoln Lewis, a man only one generation from slavery, became the first black millionaire in Jacksonville, Fla. And Arnold Palmer shares revolutionary thoughts on the game of golf and the changes that must be made to keep it vibrant.
All of the stories are accompanied by black-and-white portraits taken by Raleigh photographer Simon Griffiths.
Development and publication of Secrets of Success was made possible by support from Chris Collins, John McNeill, Cline Cellars/Southern Vines LLC, the North Carolina Agricultural Foundation Inc. and Cooke Realtors of Ocean Isle Beach.
Secrets of Success is available at major book retailers or via Amazon.com. It may also be purchased through the publisher’s online bookstore at www.ivyhousebooks.com or by calling the publisher at 1-800-948-2786.
— Suzanne Stanard
Proceeds from the sale of Secrets of Success will support leadership and scholarship programs for the General H. Hugh Shelton Leadership Center, based at N.C. State University. The center offers values-based leadership development initiatives for young people statewide, including 4-H Shelton scholarships and summer Shelton Challenge programs.
The first-person anecdotes in Secrets of Success are as diverse as the collection of people who spoke them. Hugh McColl examines how the values he learned as an officer in the U.S. Marine Corps enabled him to create one of the largest and most profitable banks in the United States. Civil rights attorney Julius Chambers recalls the leadership that led to the desegregation of North Carolina schools. Dr. Johnnetta B. Cole, head of the JBC Center for Inclusion and Engagement, remembers how her great-grandfather, Abraham Lincoln Lewis, a man only one generation from slavery, became the first black millionaire in Jacksonville, Fla. And Arnold Palmer shares revolutionary thoughts on the game of golf and the changes that must be made to keep it vibrant.
All of the stories are accompanied by black-and-white portraits taken by Raleigh photographer Simon Griffiths.
Development and publication of Secrets of Success was made possible by support from Chris Collins, John McNeill, Cline Cellars/Southern Vines LLC, the North Carolina Agricultural Foundation Inc. and Cooke Realtors of Ocean Isle Beach.
Secrets of Success is available at major book retailers or via Amazon.com. It may also be purchased through the publisher’s online bookstore at www.ivyhousebooks.com or by calling the publisher at 1-800-948-2786.
— Suzanne Stanard