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 398: Judgment Wins The Day

purposed worKING No Comments

When it comes down to it, those who have good judgment win out over those who don’t. While not always said explicitly, when it comes to the final decision as to who is going to receive what is being delegated, the person who is delegating has to determine who will best represent how the work should be completed and who will be able to do so in a way that makes everyone proud and assured of completion of the work. To get to that final decision means that the person who has the best judgment will likely win out. We trust people with good judgment. We come to depend upon those with good judgment. And we rest well at night knowing that someone with good judgment will be the person who gets the job done the right way. Last I looked there was no college major in judgment or classes that we can take for continuing education that teaches us how to perfect our judgment. No, good judgment comes from a core set of values and principles that are solid and reoccurring in our decision making and our actions. Judgment can be improved if we become more and more cognizant of making decisions based on our internal value and principle gauge. But, it is an abstract subject for sure and there are many who believe that a person either has good judgment or not and that it is almost innate. It’s debatable but here is what we as believers can discern from God’s word; “Fear of the LORD is the foundation of wisdom. Knowledge of the Holy One results in good judgment.” Whether our judgment is perfect all the time or not, we can rest assured that if we deepen our relationship with the Lord and come to know Him even closer that we can expect our judgment to improve. This makes sense to me since judgment and values and principles are so intimately linked that deeper knowledge of God can only enhance all of the above. So, if today you are faced with the challenge of questioned judgment or a need to strengthen your judgment going forward, then the textbook on developing good judgment sits not far from you in the form of God’s Word.

Reference: Proverbs 9:10 (New Living Testament)