Level Up Leadership

I had the pleasure of starting our work with Joy Ruhmann and Level Up Leadership, Inc. when I first joined the NC Symphony as President and CEO in June of 2011.  Joy had been a part of the selection process and I was assessed using her profiles.  Now, we don’t hire anyone into a key…

Joy worked directly with our leadership team to not only our help us understand our individual strengths and opportunities for growth, but also our combined “style”.  It was extremely helpful as we navigated some key organization changes and implementation of our strategic journey. Ultimately, the assessments opened us up to crucial conversations about the skill…

Joy and I began working together in the Banking Industry in 1993.  Once she left banking to start her consulting practice, we began working together again when she facilitated several workshops for me and my direct reports and our leadership team at Capital Bank.  I found her assessment tools to be very powerful for bringing…

I just wanted to express my appreciation for the work you did with us.  I found all the information, including the personal assessment data and the training on Conversational Intelligence™, to be interesting, engaging and enlightening.  The process teaches you to take a hard look at yourself from a different perspective and helps you better…

Joy and I started working together on a Leadership Development program when I was Director of Human Resources at Capital Bank.  When I took on my role at HomeTrust, we continued working together and now my HR team and I are fully certified on her suite of assessment tools. We went through the certification process…

In my role as Co-Chair of the North Carolina Bar Associations Leadership Academy, I had the pleasure to participate as Joy Ruhmann facilitated the NC Bar Association’s Annual Leadership Academy in both 2015 and 2017.  Her assessments were incredibly accurate for all our participants and the information she shared on what makes an effective leader…