Bill Withers, a leadership specialist says, “Leaders get people to do what they ordinarily would not do.” How they accomplish this differs from person to person. Could you describe your own leadership style? Do you know why it is (or isn’t) effective? It’s amazing to me the number of managers/leaders who have little understanding of… Read more »
Posts By: John Ruh
12 Ways to Support Leadership in Yourself, Your Department, Your Company
12 Ways to Support Leadership in Yourself, Your Department, Your Company Provided By: John Ruh Understand the power of culture-based leadership (based on vision, mission and values). Learn how to put your culture into your individual, department or company game plan. Learn to make continuous improvement a habit like brushing your teeth. Create enough space… Read more »
Why Your Business Needs a Game Plan for 2016
As we move into the new year, does your business have a game plan for 2016? In business, it is nigh on impossible to become successful if your business plan is to just “wing it.” If you truly want to be successful, it is imperative that you have a business plan for 2016 to ensure that… Read more »
Business Planning Made Simple
It’s no easy task creating a business plan for 2016. Though many leaders have many ideas about what they would like their business to achieve in the coming year, they don’t always know how to create a plan that will lead them to success. Business planning is an art in and of itself, and even… Read more »
5 Easy Steps to Establishing and Pursuing Your Vision
Overview I was influenced by the power of vision at age 16. Around the age of 19 I really become obsessed with this subject and success in general. I read, researched and studied companies like Disney. I also read numerous books by highly successful people to better understand their secrets. I was fortunate as a… Read more »
Leadership Book Summaries
Full detailed book reports are available by calling or emailing us (john@johnruh.com, 773-775-6636). Man’s Search for Meaning Victor Frankl (1905-1997) was a PhD, neurologist, M.D. psychiatrist and Holocaust survivor who in 1959, wrote the famous book “Man’s Search for Meaning”. The essence of the book is how he found meaning in all forms of existence… Read more »
Does My Business Have a Strategy?
There are a lot of business owners who think that they have clear idea of where they want to take their business. As the leader of an organization, it is your responsibility and burden to use the leadership tools available to develop a vision for the future. But simply knowing what you want your business… Read more »
2015 Book of the Year – Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl
2015 Book of the Year – Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl By: John Ruh 2015 Book of the Year Man’s Search for Meaning By: Viktor Frankl Victor Frankl (1905-1997) was a PhD, neurologist, M.D. psychiatrist and Holocaust survivor who in 1959, wrote the famous book “Man’s Search for Meaning”. The essence of… Read more »
How to Use Employee Survey Data to Plan
The leaders of most organizations craft business plans for the next calendar year based off of numbers and statistics such as sales information when they are setting revenue goals. While you undoubtedly need to take these factors into account, there is one area that leaders frequently forget to draw data from. By only focusing on… Read more »
Would You Spend 93,600 Hours Doing Something You Did Not Enjoy?
“Of course not!” you say. Yet most of us will devote at least that much of our lifetime to our profession. That means for 11,700 days or over 46 years, many people work at jobs that are filled with feelings of discouragement, exhaustion and stagnation. This problem is universal. It can happen to you whether… Read more »