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 579: Kids To Work Day

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This year, on April 28th, it is the annual Take Your Sons and Daughters to Work Day. There is an organization that actually sponsors this for employers and employees and provides guidance on how to make the most of this day. You can learn more here: http://www.daughtersandsonstowork.org. Why I bring this up is because each and every day that we leave the house to go to work, if we have children, there is a little mind that is watching and learning what it means to work and how work affects their parent and the family. How we go to work each day and how we return and talk about work is impressing upon them what to expect and potentially forming their attitude about work in general. Each generation is shaped by the experiences and what they learn from the generation before them. If we teach our children, through our actions and words, that work is a good thing and part of the fulfillment of life, then they are likely to approach work in a positive attitude. If they see us grouse, complain and let our work affect our attitudes and actions at home in a negative manner, then what will they think going forward? We are told in Psalm 90:16; “…let our children see your glory at work.” Let us be the ones who show our children and those who are impressionable (new graduates, interns, etc.) that one can get much satisfaction, enjoyment, growth in our work and at the same time, bring glory to God in how we work and do our jobs to our fullest potential.

Reference: Psalm 90:16 (New Living Testament)