Author Archives: Rusty Rueff

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 1907: One Day Difference

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“…I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances. I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want.”

Last week a friend was involved in a CEO shakeup.  No one saw it coming.  Everyone was in a state of shock.  In an email I got the note said, “What a difference a day makes”.  This is how life works but every time we run into one of these changes or occurrences that seem to come from out of the blue we are knocked back.  In reality, decisions are made every day that change the course of a direction or an event happens that makes us have to shift our positions significantly.  We will never be able to see them all coming, but we can be ready at all times for change and acceptance to change.  Are our organizations, and are we, flexible enough for when the day brings a change?

Paul teaches us that we can be ready and that we can find contentment through Christ in whatever situation.  Yet, that demands on our full faith to be so and that is our challenge.  None of us likes to be rocked or shocked, but when we are we can persevere because we have His arms to reach out and catch us.  Everyday, can be His day, so one day’s difference means little in His eternal plan for us.

Reference: Philippians 4: 11-13 (New Living Translation)