Facilitator and Coach, Living As A Leader®
John has more than 25 years of experience as a leader and manager in fields ranging from sales and marketing to customer service, financial services and human resources. Since 1993, he has delivered facilitation, training, coaching and leadership-development services to help leaders and other business professionals reach higher levels of effectiveness and success.
John has personally trained and coached hundreds of leaders, from front-line supervisors to C-suite executives. In all of his interactions – whether with a large audience or one-on-one – John brings warmth, humor, insight and compassion, all driven by his deep desire to help leaders grow their positive impact.
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“The most effective leaders I have known are effective precisely because of this: They have figured out how to successfully drive the business of the organization while tending well to the people who do its work.”
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When I deliver leadership training for brand-new supervisors, I use an exercise to kick off our first session. I ask everyone to write two words on a piece of paper: "Leadership is...." Then I have them finish the phrase with their own definitions, drawing from their beliefs, experiences and perspectives. Over the years, having done this exercise with hundreds of new leaders, I've noticed a trend
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John Rutkiewicz shares what he has found to be the greatest risk to our organizations. It’s not a lack of strategy, passion or commitment.
“Why doesn’t it just stick?” That was the frustrated question from a VP as we discussed leadership development and coaching. In this post, we explore why real learning in organizations takes more than training — and how leaders can build the habits and clarity that help change actually take hold.
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