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The RuReady article library is organized around the three domains of the Adult Readiness Framework: Personal, Professional, and Leadership.  Each article is written as an executive summary: concise, practical, and designed to give you something you can apply immediately.  Browse by domain below, or scroll through the latest articles.

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Leadership Domain: Chapter 1 (3 of 3)
How does someone become a great leader?  Excellent question: how does anyone become great at anything?  I think most successful people would agree that it takes a lot of hard work.  Throughout the years, leadership has been studied to the point that the Knowledge,...
Leadership Domain: Chapter 1 (2 of 3)
Are you a born leader, or can anyone become a leader? In this series, we explore whether someone is born a leader and what leadership might look like in our personal lives. Articles in the leadership domain are topic-specific and fall into one of three categories:...
Leadership Domain: Chapter 1 (1 of 3)
So, what is a leader?  Let's begin by establishing that the words leader or leadership can take many forms depending on the context and/or position we’re talking about.  Although there are correlations and commonalities, there are also significantly different...

Living Ready – Preface

A Framework for Growth Across Every Chapter of Your Life.   I still remember when I was seventeen, my dad took me...

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Leadership Domain: Chapter 1 (3 of 3)
How does someone become a great leader?  Excellent question: how does anyone become great at anything?  I think most successful people would agree that it takes a lot of hard work.  Throughout the years, leadership has been studied to the point that the Knowledge,...
Building an Organizational Foundation from the Top Down – Golden Threads (3 of 12)
Most of us are familiar with vision and mission statements, but the process of linking these documents with all the other documents an organization might use to steer the organization doesn’t always get as much attention.  When I think of connecting and creating...
Building an Organizational Foundation from the Top Down – Vision Statements (2 of 12)
Most of us have heard the old saying - “The Whole Is Greater Than The Sum Of Its Parts.”  Throughout my career, a hobby of mine has been exploring the essential parts of organizations, e.g., vision and mission statements, policies, procedures, etc., how these parts...
Building an Organizational Foundation from the Top Down – Organizational Overview (1 of 12)
Most of us have heard the old saying - “The Whole Is Greater Than The Sum Of Its Parts.”  Throughout my career, a hobby of mine has been exploring the essential parts of organizations, e.g., vision and mission statements, policies, procedures, etc., how these parts...
Prompting Productivity: Only Do What Only You Can Do, An Executive Level Lesson In Time Management (6 of 6)
Early in my career, a mentor said to me, “Only do what only you can do.”  Admittedly, it took longer than it probably should have to resonate with me fully, but once I got it, it became the final element in my time and task management workflow process. This is an...