Genuine Insights & Ms. Gina Rudan

Happy Tuesday fellow blog fans! This week I wanted to introduce you to a very inspirational individual, Ms. Gina Rudan, President and CEO of Genuine Insights (www.genuineinsights.com). Genuine Insights is a global personal asset management practice that provides services in three core areas: leadership development, personal asset management and personal branding advising. Their mission is to leverage the genius within every individual.


I had the pleasure in sitting in on one of Ms. Rudan’s lectures during a networking event I’d attended for one of the IPG Multicultural groups, SOMOS. She spoke about branding one’s self and the importance of taking a look at your brand especially in this industry. We all know that first impressions mean a lot and how you carry yourself and the way others perceive you who you are is important to our success. But Ms. Rudan speaks about how we are all brands and how we need to take more control of your brand.

To tell you a little about Ms. Rudan she is a high impact speaker, trainer and strategist with a passion to inspire genius. Gina recently left her corporate cocoon to blossom as an entrepreneur and as a result of moving from vision to venture was recently awarded the 2009 March of Dimes Woman Living to the Fullest Award. Gina has held executive positions at Fortune 500 companies including Avon Products Inc. and PR Newswire spearheading multicultural and international marketing efforts. She grew up in the South Bronx to a single mother. She shared with us a lot about herself and in those couple of hours we understood her and she had our undivided attention. She stressed how by sharing a little about you will help build those relationships in your network.

I feel networking is not only important for your personal career growth but I value the importance of helping others. Even if it’s just introducing one individual to another, that small action may help build a relationship of a lifetime. Now a day there is a lot of envy and jealousy in the work force and it’s really saddening because we should help one another succeed. After watching Ms. Rudan it was a breath of fresh air to see that not everyone in the industry is “cut throat”. She inspired me to maintain my friendly behavior but always to think about the brand that I am creating.

On Thursday evening we will be featuring Ms. Rudan and her “Practical Genius” lecture and motivational advice. I am also apart of another IPG Multicultural group, MERGE that will be conducting a networking event and she will be our keynote speaker. I am honored to have her here with us again. Women like Ms. Rudan are hard to come by in a professional environment, especially Latina women. She is not only an inspiration to me but too many as she continues to travel the country and spread her views on how we all have a practical genius within us.