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 428: “What Do I Need To Do?”

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This past weekend, I was the guest speaker at my church for the weekend services. Each time I do this, I am humbled by the amazing energy, endurance and commitment that those who serve each week in a pulpit bring to those of us who are the recipients and beneficiaries of the messages. It’s hard work and we should all thank and pray for our Pastors as they carry this calling. The title of my message was “When the Earth Moves Under Us” and it had to do with the lessons that could be learned in the courage that the Jailer from Acts 16 had when he made choices and decisions as it related to the potential escape of Paul and Silas. The Jailer is a lot like any of us who do our jobs, day in and day out, and then have a misstep happen to us. The final note of the message was that the courageous question that we each should be asking daily is, “What do I need to do?” If you are interested in hearing/watching the message I have inserted the link here for you:

http://cornerstone-sf.org/tv/detail/257

In Acts 16 the Jailer finds the courage to ask, “What do I need to do?” If only each of us had the daily courage to ask that question and then take the answers and learn from them. Imagine how much better we would be if we started with this question first before we come at our work, our problems, our relationships and our challenges with; “Here is what I am going to do…what do you think?” See the difference? Try asking the right question today and see what it yields. Ask your boss, your co-workers, your team and don’t forget to also ask God. His will be the best answer you will get.

Reference: Acts Chapter 16