By Jacqueline Camacho-Ruiz It was a beautiful night in my hometown in Mexico. I was playing with my friends in the town plaza. Little did I know that my joyful play was about to be erupted by one of the most difficult times I have experienced. “Your house is on fire Jackie, your house is on fire”- people yelled in the center of town. At first, I thought it was a joke. Then, it started to sink it. My […]
By: Jacqueline Camacho-Ruiz We are risk-takers. Risk-taking is nothing new at JJR. A good example of this is a challenge we faced last year. Transformational Growth Partners (TGP), a high-performance coaching firm, originally came to JJR Marketing to launch its business with a new website and media relations. The owners then asked JJR to help them with a special project—a Kickstarter campaign for a book they were co-authoring with noted Top Fuel Kalitta Motorsports Crew Chief, James “Jim O.” […]
Since Robert K. Greenleaf in “The Servant as Leader” coined “servant leadership”, an essay first published in 1970, it is generally accepted that being a servant first is the foundation of servant leadership. But what does this mean and can it possibly move your organization from good to great? At JJR Marketing, we like to keep our definition simple: Servant leadership is the act of serving others with pure intentions. Look out for other people and don’t expect anything in […]
What do you need for a team that works well together and keeps your organization running like a well-tuned machine? In the quest to answer this question, we turned to the amazing team we have here at JJR Marketing. While each team member had their own insights, there was one recurring theme in all of the answers. Everyone mentioned trust as being one of the main ingredients to success. “I know my co-workers have my back and they know I […]