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 611: The Power Of Working Together

“…We want to work together with you so you will be full of joy as you stand firm in your faith.”

The preference of working together or working alone is one of those questions that we get on a personality assessments. It’s a great piece of information that can make a big difference in one’s ability to assimilate successfully into a company culture or not. A person who feels more comfortable being an individual contributor likely will either feel like a fish out of water, or not succeed in a company where the value is placed on teamwork and collaboration. Not that we all can’t change and grow but this is something important to know about a company and ourselves. I believe there are many benefits to being able to work with others and being in a place that cares about people working together. Of course, there are times when we have to work alone (I am writing this by myself for example) but we can find other fulfillment when we share an achievement with others. Teams multiply efforts and can multiply results.

As those who are trying to bring glory to God in how we work, it can be lonely if we don’t bond and work together with others. Even if we are the lone voice in our workplace we can still find camaraderie with others who work elsewhere but share our same beliefs. Our churches are full of others like us, if we will just reach out and start the conversation. Today, think about what Paul tells us are the benefits of standing together in our faith. The joy that can come from this type of working together can be awesome.

Reference: 2 Corinthians 1:24 (New Living Testament)