Is Your Team Planning for Success in 2025?

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Is Your ENTIRE Team Aligned with your 2025 Plan?
Do you have a 2025 Plan?

The Power of CultureAs the new year ramps up, is your team and business set up for 2025 success? Is your Game Plan ready? Are you prepared to activate it?

If not, don’t worry! We can help!

“Culture, and only culture, provides a foundation on which to build a unique empowering game plan for yourself, your team, and your company”. John M. Ruh

  • What: A facilitated engaged conversation with other leaders on three critical questions any leader needs to ask him/herself.
  • When: Via Zoom. February 11, 2025, at 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm Central. 15 minutes after for networking and Q&A.
  • Format: Free Facilitated Zoom event
  • Facilitators: John M. Ruh and Todd Stukenberg
  • Hosts: Ray Silverstein and Jackie Camacho Ruiz
  • RSVP: Email, call John at 773-641-9631 or go online to register for this event.

Can’t attend? Call John at 773-641-9631 for a private one-on-one conversation.

3 Offers:

  1.  Q1 educational events – click on the red button above
  2.  Private mini 30-minute event for you/your team
  3.  One-month introductory offer partnering support

Call/email John at 773-641-9631.

Three Culture Blogs Worth Reading

Breakthroughs in Consciousness

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What Does it Mean to be a Level 3 Conscious Competent Leader?

Insights from Scholars like Jung, Stone, Frankl, Joseph Wolpe, and Thích Nhất Hanh

Insights:

  • Wolpe’s S.U.D.s Scale
  • Frankl’s word for consciousness and his famous quote
  • Why Stone and Jung say the Ego is plural/not singular
  • Why a Level 3 Leader must first understand the nature of his/her ego

Understand how “3 Steps to Benching Your Ego” can support your development as a Conscious, Competent, Level 3 Leader!

Introductory pieces to read:

Zoom Discussion Group

  • When: Thursday, December 12, 2024 3:00 – 4:15pm Central
  • Format: Interactive session about consciousness and nature of your ego with special guest facilitators and insights from Scholars at each session
  • Facilitator: John Ruh
  • Investment: No charge – be our guest!
  • Zoom Host: Darlene 773-775-6636
  • To sign up or for additional information: Sign up online (maximum 8 people), email, or call John at 773-641-9631 to register for this event.

Interested but can’t attend? Request a 1-1 to discuss your situation or a free “29-minute” introductory session with you and your team. Reach out to John Ruh or phone 773-641-9631.

Dealing With Difficult People

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Join us for a fun and informative workshop!

  • Who do you find difficult?
  • Who finds you difficult?
  • What can you do about both issues?

Dealing with Difficult PeopleDiscussion with other business leaders and introduction to DISC, a Jungian introversion/extraversion model, how to identify and approach each of 4 styles to increase effectiveness and reduce their and your stress level.

“Those people who irritate you can teach you a lot about yourself” Carl Jung

  • What: Dealing With Difficult People workshop
  • When: November 19, 1:00 pm Central
  • Format: Zoom Session
  • Facilitator: John Ruh
  • Host: Ray Silverstein
  • Zoom Facilitator: Darlene Ruh 773-775-6636
  • To sign up: Call John at 773-641-9631, email, or sign up online
  • Plus receive one free Sales or Leadership DISC per company.

Read:

Can’t attend but interested?

  1. Free DISC Leadership 20-minute evaluation by DISC Trainer.
  2. Private session with 20% discount on profiles.

Need more details? Email or call John Ruh at 773-641-9631

The 3 C’s of Japan’s Culture – Special Zoom Event

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Power of Culture Series
2 Special 29-Minute Zoom Events!

The 3 C’s of Japan’s CultureJapan is a nation, and more importantly, a society, driven by a strong and ancient culture. What are some of the key foundational pillars of that culture? What does it offer to those of us from other parts of the world and cultures?

During this session, we will discuss Japan’s values of Courtesy, Cleanliness, and Continuous improvement.

Introductory piece to read:
The 3 C’s of Japan’s Culture

  • When:
    October 24, 2024, at 9:00 AM Central
    October 29, 2024, at 1:00 PM Central
  • Format: Facilitated, interactive sessions with specific educational focus for each meeting. Occasional guest facilitators to add perspective.
  • Facilitators: John Ruh and Todd Stukenberg
  • Investment: No charge – be our guest!
  • Zoom Contact: Darlene 773-775-6636
  • To sign up or for additional information:
    online:
    10/24/2024, at 9:00 AM Central sign up
    10/29/2024, at 1:00 PM Central sign up
    OR
    Email or call John at 773-641-9631 to register for this event.

Interested but can’t attend? Request a 1-1 to discuss your situation or a free “29-minute” introductory session with you and your team. Reach out to John Ruh or phone 773-641-9631.

The 3 C’s of Japan’s Culture

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By Todd Stukenberg and John M. Ruh

Japan is a nation, and more importantly, a society, driven by a strong and ancient culture. What are some of the key foundational pillars of that culture? What does it offer to those of us from other parts of the world and cultures?

The 3C’s of Japan’s culture
Courtesy, Cleanliness and Continuous improvement are values embedded into the way of life in Japan, in all aspects of society. From individual interactions among citizens moving in the bustle of the cities, to commercial interactions when doing business, to government services, these tenets of the culture are clearly evident.

What can it teach us all?
The importance of making continuous improvement a habit (like brushing our teeth) and why values (our non-negotiables), are so important as guide stones to how culture can flourish and have a positive impact.

How can I integrate our culture more wisely into finding, focusing, supporting, and retaining our most important and significant investment: our people?
Setting your defined culture in writing and using it as the foundation to understand your game plan/your way of doing business creates a solid foundation for all to work from. This “invisible guide,” your culture, is “The DNA” of your organization.

Additional thoughts: Summary points on Japanese culture from John’s trip this year and Todd Stukenberg’s observations from doing business in Japan over many years:

  • Japan’s culture is built on these 3 C’s and is a living culture (it is constantly reinforced and supported among the people).
  • In Japan, there is no “me” or “you,” only “we” and people are trained from early age to subordinate their ego. It is a much more selfless society and no one “loses face.”
  • Critical elements of culture: personal responsibility, discipline, honor, and respect (which are being degraded in most modern western cultures) are not only alive in Japan but are still required as they have been for millennia.
  • Japan’s culture is much more homogeneous than in other parts of the world; regardless of geographic region or urban/rural differences. This is due to the pervasive value system that has been upheld and understood throughout history. This makes for significant harmony among citizens.

Additional Support

  1. If interested email John at john@johnruh.com and ask John for his personal write up on traveling in Japan
  2. Ask for hard copy of our Why Bother with Business Culture pamphlet or download now at johnruh.com.
  3. Ask for a visit with us and 30 day no obligation partnering offer to discuss the power of culture and review how you might build a unique, empowering culture for yourself, your team/company.

3-2-1–Go

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Start Running Your RaceWe all have to finish strong and review 2024, design, AND roll out our plan for 2025 to RETAIN our key players.

Introducing John M. Ruh & Associates
2024/5 3-2-1 Planning Program

The old adage is “A failure to plan is a plan to fail”. As leaders, we must finish strong and plan for ourselves, our team, and our company.

John M. Ruh & Associates 3 Simple Steps:

  • Step 3: Roll out in January your empowering 2025 game plan.
  • Step 2: Input your 2025 Unique Empowering Game Plan built on your culture in writing for all to see.
  • Step 1: Execute a 3rd party survey to review 2024 and get input for 2025 now–we make this easy! Email Debbie for more information.

Special 4th quarter Offer

One month’s free support at implementing our 3,2,1 planning process with you.

Call 773-641-9631 or email John at john@johnruh.com to get started now!

3 Obvious Signs You Have a Culture Issue!

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Is there a problem with your culture that is holding you back?

3 obvious signs:

  1. The people on the team can’t easily articulate where you are going or cite the immediate “big things/goals” (this is a vision issue).
  2. Not everyone understands “Why” we are in the business (other than profit which is uninspiring (mission/purpose issue).
  3. The “non-negotiables” on conduct/behavior are not understood or enforced (values issue).

The JMR Commitment

We promise to partner with you to:

  • Define your Culture Right!
    Define your culture right in a powerful, practical game plan format that can be used in finding, focusing, and supporting/retaining your most important and expensive resource….your players (more here).
  • Create incredible Inside/Outside Leadership with a new company-wide context
    Institute three levels of leadership, built on your culture, and a context that inspires the entire team as leaders of their own life and role, establishing continuous improvement as a habit, like brushing your teeth. (more here).
  • Put in Place the right “P.S.T.” Support
    Put in place the right P.S.T. support: the right People, the right Structure, and the right Tools.

Are You Ready to Explore This?

2 Leadership Events (or click the red button above).

We also offer one month of no-cost partnering to test what a unique, empowering culture can do for you and your team.

Call John Ruh at 773-641-9631 or send him an email for more information!

Want to Win a Gold Medal? Try Our Olympics of DISC!

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Have some summer Olympics fun where everyone can win GOLD!

Gold MedalOur DISC Games are on and you can claim gold even if you can’t throw a javelin.

The rules of the games are simple–every Monday in August at noon we will send a DISC question–answer all 4 correctly and you will be the DISC Olympic Champion. Here’s the schedule of events:

  • August 5: “DISCus”: Test your knowledge of the D profile
  • August 12: “Individual Medley”: How well do you know the “I”?
  • August 19: “Swim” to your answer on the “S” Profile
  • August 26: “Closing Ceremonies”: Can you capture the medal with your “C” expertise?

Get in the games! Look for the first event on August 5!

Are you Level 1, 2, or 3 Leader?

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3 Levels of Culture Based LeadershipCulture Based Leadership is built on the premise that everyone is the leader of their life and master of their craft regardless of their role.

Growing one’s leadership abilities, regardless of role, needs to be a habit like “brushing one’s teeth”. To grow, however, you must first understand where your leadership skillset is. Here is a simple guide on how you can identify this:

Level 1: Beginner

  1. You don’t hold yourself as a leader or understand how your behavior impacts your natural leadership style.
  2. You don’t understand the distinction between leadership and managing (or being “a manager”).
  3. Leadership is a title, or a position reserved for some, not all, from your perspective.

Level 2: Intermediate

  1. You are a skilled manager and learning how to lead better using your natural leadership style
  2. You have started on Track 1 and Track 2 Development which is both the development of hard technical or professional and soft personal and self-management skills as needed
  3. You are beginning to see leadership opportunities in more situations and for everyone you work with.

Level 3: Advanced Conscious Competent Leader

  1. You are aware that to get to this level you must understand the nature of your ego and the role it plays in how it “shows up”, to bench it
  2. You understand the “selves” that makeup what Dr. Hal Stone calls the Primary and Disowned aspects of your behavioral tendencies.
  3. You have started to put in a “stop” program for yourself to do introspection and see what “support” really means to you and you have a daily process to make it happen.
Interested? Need more details?
Email or call John Ruh at 773-641-9631

Three Introductory Offers:

  1. One complimentary Leadership profile per company.
  2. Call/email for a 1-1 phone discussion on leadership.
  3. A private DISC and Leadership session for you and your team.