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About Rusty Rueff

Rusty Rueff, author of purposed worKING. Rusty Rueff is the former Chairman Emeritus of The GRAMMY Foundation in Los Angeles. He most recently completed the successful 16 month leadership role as Coordinating National Co-Chair for Technology for Obama (T4O) for the reelection of President Obama and ten-years of Board service and President of the Board of Trustees of the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco. Corporately, most recently Rueff was the Chief Executive Officer at SNOCAP, Inc. until the acquisition of the company by imeem, Inc. in April 2008. Before joining SNOCAP in 2005, he was Executive Vice President of Human Resources at Electronic Arts (EA) from 1998 until 2005. He was also with the PepsiCo companies for more than ten years, with the Pratt & Whitney division of United Technologies for two years, and in commercial radio as an on-air personality for six years. Rusty holds an M.S. in counseling and a B.A. in radio and television from Purdue University. In 2003 he was named a distinguished Purdue alumnus, and he and his wife, Patti, are the named benefactors of Purdue’s Patti and Rusty Rueff School of Visual and Performing Arts. He is a corporate director of Glassdoor.com and runcoach. He is the co-founder and Executive Committee Member of T4A.org, serves on the Founding Circle of The Centrist Project and a founding Board Member of The GRAMMY Music Education Coalition. He is also the co-author of the book Talent Force: A New Manifesto for the Human Side of Business. Rusty and his wife, Patti, reside in Hillsborough, CA and Charlestown, R.I.

day 3K266: Don’t Miss Information

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“You are my refuge and my shield; your word is my source of hope.”

I read a quote by retired US Navy Captain names David Marquet.  He said, “In too many organizations, the people at the top have all the authority and none of the information, while the people on the front line have all the information and none of the authority.”  I reflected on that and my first reaction was, “Yes, we need to empower the front line more.”  I believe that is right, but upon more thinking, it’s only half of the right answer.  The other side is that those at the top need to do more to assure that they have all of the unfiltered information to make the best and right decisions.  Too often, executives rely on others to provide them information and then take that information on face value not realizing what Barry Diller says happens when information is filtered, “There is a loss of fidelity”.  As leaders, supervisors or managers, it is on us to seek out and understand all of the information and be sure that we are sourcing the truth.

When we are seeking the truth, we must also go to the source.  God tells us that we can receive refuge, shielding and hope if we return to Him.  He provides us the truth and allows us to be as close to Him as we choose.  It’s also on us to be able to be a source of truth and information about our Lord when asked by others.  We can’t do that if we are not rooted and grounded in His Word.

Reference: Psalm 119:114 (New Living Translation)