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 2817: Giving The Benefit Of Doubt

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“If you need wisdom, ask our generous God, and he will give it to you. He will not rebuke you for asking.”

I can’t think of another time that is more needed of giving people the benefit of doubt than in a time that is so uncertain and filled with mixed messages. I’m seeing the need daily as people struggle to adapt to new ways of expressing a point of view, talking something out fully or disagreeing without being able to be in the same room, in real time to resolve, align and move on.  Comments made, subtle reactions, time and distance are being interpreted independently and often misinterpreted.  What if, while we get through the rest of what is to come, we just started giving people the benefit of not jumping to judgement of them so quickly and not assuming the worst first?  If we did this, we’d all be in a better place.

What if God judged us on our first decisions, first reactions, first point of view and then just left us there without ever giving us a second chance?  He would never do that.  He’s just the opposite.  He keeps asking us to come back to Him over and over without any second-guessing or rejection.  If He can do that for us, then we can do the same for others. This might be just the gift that someone needs today!

Reference: James 1:5 (New Living Translation)