{"id":11298,"date":"2015-03-11T18:27:16","date_gmt":"2015-03-11T16:27:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.euruni.edu\/blog\/?p=11298"},"modified":"2022-02-01T12:16:28","modified_gmt":"2022-02-01T10:16:28","slug":"meet-our-alumni-steve-rynecki","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euruni.edu\/blog\/meet-our-alumni-steve-rynecki\/","title":{"rendered":"EU Alumni: Steve Rynecki"},"content":{"rendered":"

Economic Growth Officer, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)<\/strong>
\nMBA in Communication & Public Relations, 1995<\/p>\n

Is from<\/strong>: U.S.A.
\nLives in<\/strong>:  Thailand
\nSpeaks<\/strong>:  English, German
\nHas lived in<\/strong>:  United Kingdom, Germany, Netherlands, Russia, Kazakhstan, Afghanistan
\nHas won<\/strong>:  World Bank Innovation Prize
\nLikes<\/strong>:  Travel, historic preservation, cultural tourism<\/p>\n

Since graduating from EU, Steve Rynecki has worked with various UN agencies around the globe. He has extensive experience in the public, private and not-for-profit sectors and has traveled and worked in 53 countries.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

What are some of the principles studied at EU have you remembered often in your professional career?<\/strong>
\n<\/em>I learned that international business requires flexibility, patience and open-mindedness. I embrace these principles and practice them on a regular basis.<\/p>\n

You\u2019ve worked in the public, not-for-profit and private sectors; how are they different?<\/strong>
\n<\/em>The private sector, as you can well imagine, is very bottom-line driven. Shareholder value trumps everything. Nonprofits tend to be more relaxed work environments, but that is really an illusion; they survive only if they receive external funding. I\u2019ve worked for some nonprofits where the only difference between nonprofit and for profit is the absence of shareholders. Nonprofits actually strive for surplus revenue, which is a lot like profit. Public sector work is driven more by the perception of doing good things for citizens. Anything that results in a public dividend is rewarded.<\/p>\n

Success for me is getting up every morning energized and excited about the day ahead and all of its challenges.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

What is your proudest accomplishment? <\/strong>
\n<\/em>Several come to mind, but perhaps the most enduring was my role in facilitating the Kingdom of Jordan\u2019s strategy to create 35,000 technology jobs by 2035. They exceeded that number several years ago, and Jordan is now recognized as a source of high-quality technology solutions.<\/p>\n

You\u2019ve mostly worked abroad, do you have any tips for team building within diverse groups? <\/strong>
\n<\/em>Be sure to set the stage and let your team know individually and as a group the \u201cground rules\u201d and shared expectations required for a truly inclusive workforce. Sharing a \u201ccommon vision\u201d for diversity at the workplace makes corrections or difficult conversations easier as an agreement was made at the start.<\/p>\n

What motivates you?<\/strong><\/em>
\nWhat truly motivates me is working with focused, motivated teams to tackle some the world\u2019s economic challenges and to help entrepreneurs in ememging markets gain access to capital, technical assistance and to realize their dreams. That gets me going.<\/p>\n

What advice would you give students wishing to build an  international career?<\/strong><\/em>
\nMy advice is for students to be certain they’re willing to be committed to this as a lifestyle. You won\u2019t see much of your extended family once you become a career expatriate. You need to be flexible and honest with yourself at all times. It\u2019s very difficult to build an international career, and equally difficult to back out of one. You\u2019ll be marked as an internationalist at some point and going home for domestic employment may be a long shot in the future. It’s certainly something to think long and hard about.<\/p>\n

What is your definition of success?<\/strong>
\n<\/em>Success for me is getting up every morning energized and excited about the day ahead and all of its challenges. Loving what you do is essential to success. Sure, material compensation doesn\u2019t hurt, but love of money and  material things is an empty vessel without real passion for what you do.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Economic Growth Officer, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) MBA in Communication & Public Relations, 1995 Is from: U.S.A. Lives in:  Thailand Speaks:  English, German Has lived in:  United Kingdom, Germany, Netherlands, Russia, Kazakhstan, Afghanistan Has won:  World Bank Innovation Prize Likes:  Travel, historic preservation, cultural tourism Since graduating from EU, Steve Rynecki has worked with various UN agencies around the globe. He has extensive experience in the public, private and not-for-profit sectors and has traveled and worked in 53 countries. What are some of the principles studied at EU have you remembered often in your professional career? I learned […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":34728,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[636],"tags":[654],"class_list":["post-11298","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-alumni","tag-alumni-eu","post--single"],"yoast_head":"\r\nEU Alumni: Steve Rynecki | EU Business School<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\r\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.euruni.edu\/blog\/meet-our-alumni-steve-rynecki\/\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"EU Business School\" \/>\r\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.euruni.edu\\\/blog\\\/meet-our-alumni-steve-rynecki\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"EU Blog\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.euruni.edu\\\/blog\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"EU Community\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.euruni.edu\\\/blog\\\/category\\\/eu-business-school-community\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"EU Business School\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.euruni.edu\\\/blog\\\/category\\\/eu-business-school-community\\\/alumni\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":4,\"name\":\"EU Alumni: Steve Rynecki\"}]}]}<\/script>\r\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"EU Alumni: Steve Rynecki | EU Business School","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.euruni.edu\/blog\/meet-our-alumni-steve-rynecki\/","author":"EU Business School","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.euruni.edu\/blog\/meet-our-alumni-steve-rynecki\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"EU Blog","item":"https:\/\/www.euruni.edu\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"EU Community","item":"https:\/\/www.euruni.edu\/blog\/category\/eu-business-school-community\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"EU Business School","item":"https:\/\/www.euruni.edu\/blog\/category\/eu-business-school-community\/alumni\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"name":"EU Alumni: Steve Rynecki"}]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euruni.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11298","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euruni.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euruni.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euruni.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euruni.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11298"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.euruni.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11298\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34729,"href":"https:\/\/www.euruni.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11298\/revisions\/34729"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euruni.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34728"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euruni.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11298"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euruni.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11298"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euruni.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11298"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}