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Ruth Schwartz

Ruth Schwartz spent 25 years in the music industry, and built a $10 Mil distribution company called Mordam Records. Today, Ruth is an internationally certified, business leadership coach, motivational speaker and author. She owns High Performance Advocates, a management and leadership coaching company and the creator of the Fail Proof Hiring System. She is an enthusiast for working with successful entrepreneurs and business leaders who are tired of task and employee management are ready to create change.
Picture of Ruth Schwartz

Ruth Schwartz

Ruth Schwartz spent 25 years in the music industry, and built a $10 Mil distribution company called Mordam Records. Today, Ruth is an internationally certified, business leadership coach, motivational speaker and author. She owns High Performance Advocates, a management and leadership coaching company and the creator of the Fail Proof Hiring System. She is an enthusiast for working with successful entrepreneurs and business leaders who are tired of task and employee management are ready to create change.

iGeneration – He's Got the Whole World in His Hands

I’m not waxing poetic about the spiritual carol. I’m talking about my 17-year-old son. Most of what is being written about this generation (1996-current, which is 23 million strong in the U.S.) is about what the heck to call them: Generation Z, Plurals, Media Gen, or iGen, which seems to be winning. I say, who cares? Let’s talk about what it’s like to work with them, because they are very different from their Millennial big brothers and sisters. My kid shakes his head at Facebook and stares blankly at the thought of reading a paperbound book. This new generation that is

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Set Up For Sales Failure

I learn about all kinds of companies and industries as a consultant. Naturally I love seeing people create their unique company, new healthy habits, high-performing teams, and their vision. But I also find it truly fascinating when my learning includes product expertise. However, this story isn’t about a client. It isn’t how I vicariously learned about selling cars. I spent a day trying to get a job selling cars, and I learned a lot. I learned that, unlike in most other types of jobs, sales managers in the car industry love walk-in applications. It’s a sport. I learned that you will

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How Would Picasso Design Your Org Chart?

We typically think of organizational charts as a set of vertically stacked boxes that represent people and their job descriptions. Additionally, the chart illustrates who reports to whom and the hierarchy of the company. And this is generally how we think about organizations: who is the boss and what are they the boss of? I’m declaring my disdain of those charts and the vertical structures they represent. I am dedicated to the end of the org chart as we know it! With that in mind, I’ve created the “Top 10 Reasons I Hate Organizational Charts” list: Top 10 Reasons Why I

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It’s Time For A New Job-Skills Training Model

I attended a presentation by Mary Owens at a local financial advisory firm. In her well-presented talk about the return of manufacturing to the U.S., she articulated a number of facts that got me thinking: Manufacturing was returning because North American fuel (read: natural gas) is now becoming cheaper than the combination of diesel and Asian labor. U.S. factories are utilizing the most advanced technologies. And last, we can put millions of people to work. This is good news, right? I think so. But we still have a major gap in fulfilling the training that these factories need. She described quite

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