Don Imus, a shock jock (someone who shocks their listening audience by saying outrageous statements), was fired from his jobs on WCBS radio and MSNBC television for crossing the line of decency and making racist and sexist remarks regarding the Rutgers University women's basketball team. From a team building and employee motivational point of view, there are tidbits of motivational wisdom to be learned from this situation.
First, let me ask you, how many "Don Imuses" do you have in your organization, your team, or your department? You know what I mean, the employees, whether they are women or male employees, who continuously cross the line when it comes to behavior; perhaps being overbearing or the bully at work. They make insensitive comments without respect for other people's feelings, and then say the following when you discuss their conduct:
"I'm just being me."
"That's just the way I am."
"I was just playing."
"I didn't hurt anybody."
"Oh, you're just too sensitive."
"Can't
Couple of years back or we can say in early nineties it was something that software development can be done with a Software development Company solely at one place. Now it is changed and different teams are working from different places on entire projects and never meet face-to-face. The fact that is still challenging is that it hasn't reduced the risk and complexity involved in successful project delivery in spite of reducing the frequent-flyer balance of today's developers.Global development and delivery (GDD) is most fascinating short tem aspect that is consistently keeping management to think of the same. Companies in software development using GDD as a competitive variable; most IT organizations know what benefits to expect from GDD. They usually are less sure about how to achieve them. Still, that hasn't affected the speed of GDD adoption. Frequently, software development demands force IT organizations to take on GDD before they can establish strategies and platforms for success.
It is Friday afternoon as I write and the upcoming weekend in the United States has many, if not most, people preparing to celebrate the NFL Championship Football Game (no, not soccer). What was once a dreary winter weekend from the East Coast to the West Coast has been transformed into a wunderkind
CMT and Horseshoe Casino and Hotel have announced plans for the first ever CMT Crossroads Bar. An extension of CMT's "Crossroads" series, which pairs country stars with popular artists from other genres, the bar will be located at Horseshoe's Bossier City, La., casino.
I'm wondering what Met's General Manager Omar Minaya is thinking right about now? If you look closer at the Paul LoDuca signing by the Washington Nationals, it now turns out as if Minaya traded LoDuca and Lastings Milledge for Brian Scheinder and Ryan Church. Who do you think got the better deal here?
Sure LoDuca was [...]
Next Fall you will be able to purchase a piece of Justin Timberlake! The singer is set launch women’s and men’s sportswear collections under his William Rast label. The clothing label has signed a deal with J. Lindeberg founders Johan and Marcella Lindeberg to branch out into womenswear via a new sportswear line. “I have [...]
Solid performances by Inter Milan, AS Roma, Barcelona and Sevilla saw the four teams through to the round of 16 on the penultimate match day of UEFA Champions League group play. Meanwhile, Rangers blew a chance to clinch passage to the next round by losing at Stuttgart, who had absolutely nothing but their pride to play for. Walter Smith's side now host Lyon in a winner-take-all game at Ibrox Dec. 12. The good news for Rangers fans is they will advance if the game ends in a tie, by virtue holding the tie-breaker after beating Lyon in their first meeting.Today's Barca-Lyon game was a good one, as expected. I was able to watch follow all most parts of it on the Internet and thought Lyon had a lot of fight and put on a solid showing. Juninho and goalkeeper Rémy Vercoutre impressed me in the little that I saw of the game (I didn't catch any of the goals). Lyon came back from goals down twice and it felt like the tie was a fair result.I don't know what happened to Rangers other than what I
DONETSK, Ukraine -- Rescue teams battled a tenacious fire in a Ukrainian colliery on Monday as they strove to locate 30 miners missing underground after a methane blast that killed at least 70 miners.
Distraught relatives awaiting news of missing miners more than 24 hours after the accident pushed their way into the office of the director to confront officials and demand information on rescue
Despite only managing a scoreless draw at Slavia Prague, Arsenal were able to join Manchester United as the first teams to advance into the UEFA Champions League round of 16. Man U. made quick work of Dynamo Kiev, winning 4-0 at Old Trafford. The Red Devils victory opened the door for AS Roma to advance as well, but the Italian side only managed a 2-2 draw at Sporting Lisbon (and were fortunate to make off with the point, as the equalizer came on an 89th minute own goal by Anderson Polga). Roma can settle matters if they manage just one point in their last two games (at hapless Kiev on Nov. 27 and home to Man U on Dec. 12) or if Man U beats Sporting at Old Trafford in the next round. This means the dreaded Man U visit to Roma next month will in all likelihood be a meaningless affair.Elsewhere, Inter Milan are all but through, with a five point advance on third place. Ditto Sevilla, who turned in an impressive victory at Steaua Bucharest thanks to a brace by Renato. Barca are also in th
My apologies for the dearth of posts this weekend. It was one of those rare occasions when I was preoccupied with other stuff; an engagement party yesterday, a friend visiting and several other items surrounding the NYC marathon (no I'm not running in it but thanks for thinking I could).Anyway, the one unifying theme of yesterday's games was that several top teams turned in disappointing results. Chief among them Real Madrid, last week's #5 team in the Soccer Source Top 25 ranking of the world's best clubs. Real went down 2-0 to Sevilla, who I thought was supposed to be a team in disarray after their manager Juande Ramos jumped ship to Spurs. Maybe Real bought into that? Seville's Seydou Keita put his team up with a stunning strike 19 minutes in and Luis Fabiano doubled up two minutes later to win the game for the Rojiblancos.#4 Bayern Munich was another other top 10 club that disappointed, playing Eintracht Frankfurt to a scoreless tie at home. At mid-week, #6 Barcelona also tied a va
Lean manufacturing is a team game. Every successful implementation of lean is backed by its excellent team working culture. Stronger the teams are stronger the results. It is a dream of any CEO to have a dynamic team with excellent talent. No doubt they can change your organization too. That is why team building is a hot topic these days. But I have faced scenarios where there are strong teams and all the people in those teams are excellent individuals and they are very dynamic yet the organization doesn’t achieve the desired results. I am sure you also might have come across teams like these. But interesting question is why this is happening?Without any doubt teams are in the heart of lean manufacturing. But why sometimes they are successful and sometimes they are not? Something every organization must think about. So we will start from understanding the concept of team in lean context. In lean the team is a unit equipped and empowered to satisfy their internal or external customers
Lean manufacturing is a team game. Every successful implementation of lean is backed by its excellent team working culture. Stronger the teams are stronger the results. It is a dream of any CEO to have a dynamic team with excellent talent. No doubt they can change your organization too. That is why team building is a hot topic these days. But I have faced scenarios where there are strong teams and all the people in those teams are excellent individuals and they are very dynamic yet the organization doesn’t achieve the desired results. I am sure you also might have come across teams like these. But interesting question is why this is happening?Without any doubt teams are in the heart of lean manufacturing. But why sometimes they are successful and sometimes they are not? Something every organization must think about. So we will start from understanding the concept of team in lean context. In lean the team is a unit equipped and empowered to satisfy their internal or external customers
Stephen Lawson, IDG News Service
College parties met business e-mail on Wednesday as Facebook Inc. said it is adding its social-networking platform to Research In Motion Ltd.’s BlackBerry devices.
T-Mobile USA Inc. will be the first carrier to build a Facebook application into the BlackBerries it sells, but BlackBerry users on any network will be able [...]
From money.cnn.com
“125-Kilowatt System Offers Environmental and Modern Architectural Design for the New National Danish Radio and Television Buildings in Copenhagen
October 17, 2007: 08:00 AM EST
SAN JOSE, Calif., Oct. 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — SunPower Corp. , a Silicon Valley-based manufacturer of high-efficiency solar cells, solar panels and solar systems, today announced that it [...]
The Lions complain, much as the late, great Rodney Dangerfield did, that they don't get any respect. They say that this team is different, and our faith in them shouldn't be clouded by the lackluster results of previous Lions teams. Unfortunately for them, they have those previous 50 years of suck that prevent most realistic fans and media from doling out that respect.So what do the Detroit Lions need to do to make this fan think differently?1. Win in Washington D.C. - The Lions have never won in DC. Let me repeat that for emphasis, the Detroit Lions have never won a game in Washington D.C. They've lost in championship games, in the regular season, late in games, by blowouts, in thrillers, in snoozers. If there is any way you can lose a game, the Lions have found that way against the Redskins. They are 0 for 20 since the 1930's. You can't ignore 70+ years of losing.Win Sunday, and the Lions may find themselves with plenty of respect, from both the media and fans, come Monday. Lose, an
by Klondike, 2007 KankaNation Laetare recipientEditor's Note: If you'd really rather see my Purdue wrapup, just scroll down.#16:DISCRIMINATORY TEAM: Cincinnati RedsCOMPENSATORY TEAM: New Orleans BluesMASCOT: A down-on-his-luck saxophonist.HAT COLORS: Midnight blue with smoky white pinstripes.#15:DISCRIMINATORY TEAM: Colorado RockiesCOMPENSATORY TEAM: Jefferson City SmoothiesMASCOT: A giant smoothie cup that carries around a huge plastic straw.HAT COLORS: Soft, pastel orange with a cream-colored bill.#14:DISCRIMINATORY TEAM: San Diego PadresCOMPENSATORY TEAM: Montgomery MadresMASCOT: The Swinging Nun.HAT COLORS: Black with a white bill.#13:DISCRIMINATORY TEAM: Kansas City RoyalsCOMPENSATORY TEAM: Portland PeasantsMASCOT: A gnarled, grubby man in tattered clothes with a garden hoe over his shoulder.HAT COLORS: Mud brown.#12:DISCRIMINATORY TEAM: San Francisco GiantsCOMPENSATORY TEAM: Providence MidgetsMASCOT: A whole cheering squad of midgets.HAT COLORS: Anything bright enough to help peo
After a long wait, opening day turned out to be a disaster for the Birds.The game started, and ended with two key special teams gaffs, and in between there was an ugly defensive battle.Early in the first quarter, Greg Lewis muffed a punt that bounced around into the end zone recovered by Greenbay for a touchdown. Lewis clearly can not field punts, as he made two more near disasters on punts later in the game. He was replaced by J.R. Reed, who muffed a punt himself in the games final minute. A play that setup the game winning field goal. Lewis, who last year got Ex-Packers CB Ahmad Carroll cut by beating him for two touchdowns, should probably be cut for this terrible performance. That might sound harsh, but maybe making an example out of him could wake this group up.Donovan McNabb was just ok today. He moved fairly well, and did make some plays that resembled classic Super Five. He also threw a terrible interception, and had a few others that were luckily dropped. I don't know if the P
Welcome to the August 31, 2007 edition of carnival of teams in the workplace.
The Transition from Supervisor To Team Leader
Ivan Rios presents Let Them Think posted at artofleading.net, saying, “How to influence and deal with Analytical people.”
Sidhusaaheb presents Human Resources (Mis)Management posted at I, Me, Myself, saying, “This describes, in brief, the real situation of [...]
I just had my fourth fantasy draft, but this time I was unable to make it to the draft. However, I was able to pre-rank some players at the last minute. This is a league that is made up of fantasy football experts. Some of the other teams involved are the following: TDkings.com, sportsnetwork.com, FantasyTailgate.com, fantasyjungle.com, fanball.com, fantasyplaymakers.com, SportsFanBase.com, FFToolbox.com, Draftsharks.com, TopFantasySports.com, tino-offseason.com, and FansFantasyFootball. Here is how my auto-drafted team came out: QB Donovan McNabb, Philadelphia EaglesRB Maurice Jones-Drew, Jacksonville JaguarsRB Willis McGahee, Baltimore RavensRB Adrian Peterson, Chicago BearsWR Andre Johnson, Houston TexansWR Terry Glenn, Dallas CowboysWR Muhsin Muhammad, Chicago BearsWR Drew Carter, Carolina PanthersTE Dallas Clark, Indianapolis ColtsTE Marcus Pollard, Seattle SeahawksK Nate Kaeding, San Diego ChargersDefense Chicago...
I just had my third fantasy draft, and here is what my team looks like. Feel free to send me your comments on how you think my team looks. This is a 16 team draft, and I had the 10th pick. I realize I ended up taking a lot of Cowboys, but they were all value picks. I decided to list which pick I obtained each player to show their respective values. QB Drew Brees, New Orleans Saints (23rd overall)QB Jay Cutler, Denver Broncos (106th overall)RB Reggie Bush, New Orleans Saints (10th overall)RB Marion Barber III, Dallas Cowboys (42nd overall)RB Jerious Norwood, Atlanta Falcons (55th overall)RB Julius Jones, Dallas Cowboys (87th overall)RB Michael Turner, San Diego Chargers (138th overall)WR Vincent...
One of the first regular readers, and friend of TWFE, Detroit ex-pat Kevin Antcliff of Mile High Sports magazine, started a Yahoo fantasy football league, "The Millen School of GMing". Along with Kevin and myself, Ian of Bless You Boys is participating. Unfortunately, we are short of players, and Kevin has issued an impassioned plea for more teams.If you are interested in taking part, and kicking some blogger ass, here's the pertinent info...League ID#: 18031Password: stuff2007Draft is live, and this coming weekend. See you there...
I just had my second fantasy draft, and here is what my team looks like. Feel free to send me your comments on how you think my team looks. This is a 10 team draft, and I had the 7th pick. QB Tony Romo, Dallas Cowboys QB Eli Manning, New York GiantsRB Joseph Addai, Indianapolis ColtsRB Reggie Bush, New Orleans SaintsRB Maurice Jones-Drew, Jacksonville JaguarsRB Warrick Dunn, Atlanta FalconsRB Chris Henry, Tennessee TitansWR T.J. Houshmandzadeh, Cincinnati BengalsWR Calvin Johnson, Detroit LionsWR Bernard Berrian, Chicago BearsWR Greg Jennings, Green Bay PackersTE Antonio Gates, Atlanta FalconsTE Randy McMichael, St. Louis RamsK Shayne Graham, Cincinnati BengalsK Jay Feely, Miami DolphinsDefense Chicago BearsDefense Cincinnati Bengals Technorati Tags: Fantasy Football Draft, Fantasy Football, DR U,...
Defensive LineSpotlight: Pat Kuntz
GTacklesTFLSacks20061248158Also Returning: Justin Brown, Neil Kennedy, Trevor Laws, Dwight Stephenson, Jr.
Lost: Casey Cullen, Chris Frome, Derek Landri, Travis Leitko (graduation), John Ryan (position change), Ronald Talley (transfer), Derrell Hand (?)
Gained: Paddy Mullen, Kallen Wade (DNP as freshmen), Andrew Nuss, Emeka Nwankwo (freshmen)
One reason for
I just had my first fantasy draft, and here is what my team looks like. Feel free to send me your comments on how you think my team looks. This is a 12 team draft, and I had the 11th pick. QB Peyton Manning, Indianapolis ColtsRB Maurice Jones-Drew, Jacksonville JaguarsRB Marion Barber III, Dallas CowboysRB Jerious Norwood, Atlanta FalconsRB Marshawn Lynch, Buffalo BillsRB Julius Jones, Dallas CowboysWR Calvin Johnson, Detroit LionsWR Vincent Jackson, San Diego ChargersWR Jerry Porter, Oakland RaidersTE Heath Miller, Pittsburgh SteelersK Jason Hanson, Detroit LionsDef Chicago Bears Technorati Tags: Fantasy Football Draft, Fantasy Football, DR U, NFL...
Team work is a popular word these days. Most of the organizations have formally formed teams to fulfill its tasks. When it comes to lean manufacturing lean and team has a very close relationship. Success of lean implementation directly relies on its teams and their effectiveness. In simple terms No team means No lean.Building an effective team is not an easy task. It involves lots of hard work. Managing the change, training the members of the team and creating the culture of team work are not easy tasks. People are the most important resource of any organization. In this exercise of team building every organization must make sure that they do not de motivate their employees.Do we have an alternative to team building? No is my answer. But certainly we can make the process of team building simpler. There are informal teams in every organization. They actually are very powerful in many aspects. Most often these informal teams or clicks consist of people from various departments of the org
Team work is a popular word these days. Most of the organizations have formally formed teams to fulfill its tasks. When it comes to lean manufacturing lean and team has a very close relationship. Success of lean implementation directly relies on its teams and their effectiveness. In simple terms No team means No lean.Building an effective team is not an easy task. It involves lots of hard work. Managing the change, training the members of the team and creating the culture of team work are not easy tasks. People are the most important resource of any organization. In this exercise of team building every organization must make sure that they do not de motivate their employees.Do we have an alternative to team building? No is my answer. But certainly we can make the process of team building simpler. There are informal teams in every organization. They actually are very powerful in many aspects. Most often these informal teams or clicks consist of people from various departments of the org
The next edition of the Carnival of Teams in the Workplace has been set. It will be posted on August 31, 2007. The topic for this edition is about “the transition of supervisors to team leaders.” To submit your article to this upcoming edition, use the following information.
Jerry asks, Recently I landed a spot in a 20 team league. The league starts 1 QB, 2 RB, 3 WR, 1 TE, 1 Def./ST, 1 WR/TE, and 1 K. I never knew a 20 team draft would be so difficult. I tried to get Adrian Peterson to cuff Benson, but he was taken two picks before I was ready to draft him. What do you think of my team?
QB- Jay Cutler and Alex SmithRB- Reggie Bush, Cedric Benson, Michael Turner, and Jason WrightWR- Hines Ward, Reggie Brown, Anthony Gonzalez, Drew Bennett, Samie Parker and Kevin WalterTE- Heath MillerK- GostkowskiDef- 49ers and Giants
DR U: I know that it is very difficult to get a team that looks stacked on paper in a 20 man league. In order to have success in that big of a league, I feel it is important to take a couple fliers, which you have done with Anthony Gonzalez and Jason Wright. Also, you must land a reserve or two that hopefully will end up getting a chance to start later in the season, which you have in Michael Turner.
It is als
It’s been just over an hour since the start of the UFA period and TSN is reporting that left winger Ryan Smyth has received offers from nine teams. Nine! That’s almost 1/3 of the league!
TSN also said that Danny Breire has received 9 offers as well, but has narrowed it down to 5 teams.
They are also suggesting that the Red Wings give defenseman Brian Rafalski an offer, but he wants the salary number that Timonen received. I doubt the Wings would pay two defenseman over $7 million. Most people expected the NJ Devils to re-sign Rafalski so TSN was surprised to see him still available today at noon. They placed him at #5 in their top 20 free agents and the top defenseman. Rafalski is 34 years old (4 years younger than Schneider) and played all 82 games this season scoring 8 goals and notching 47 assists. Plus, Rafalski is from Dearborn, MI so I bet he’d be interested in playing near his hometown (15 minute drive or so) and for a competitive team.
From ABC News:Large teams of newly trained suicide bombers are being sent to the United States and Europe, according to evidence contained on a new videotape obtained by the Blotter on ABCNews.com. Teams assigned to carry out attacks in the United States, Canada, Great Britain and Germany were introduced at an al Qaeda/Taliban training camp graduation ceremony held June 9. A Pakistani journalist was invited to attend and take pictures as some 300 recruits, including boys as young as 12, were supposedly sent off on their suicide missions.(snip)U.S. intelligence officials described the event as another example of "an aggressive and sophisticated propaganda campaign." Others take it very seriously. "It doesn't take too many who are willing to actually do it and be able to slip through the net and get into the United States or England and cause a lot of damage," said ABC News consultant Richard Clarke, the former White House counterterrorism official. full articleIf true, at least
So as I'm driving home from our first victory in softball tonight I'm doing some inner-contemplation as to why TV ratings are becoming quite the craze and why they seems to keep on pointing down, down, down....it seems like all the talk. With "Build a Better Burger" from the Food Network beating out the NHL Finals in ratings (807,000 to 769,000) you know there is a potential problem. One might explain such an atrocity in such a way as: "Oh well, It's just the NHL. America doesn't like the NHL and that's why that happened." But with game 1 of the NBA Finals hitting the lowest ratings of a game 1 ever I think something may really be up.I think America may be heading in the direction of a more concentrated view of the sports world....me included. I'll admit, I didn't watch a single game of the NHL Finals and I didn't watch much of game 1 of the NBA Finals either. I think there is some legitimacy in saying that if it isn't your favorite team or something really entertaining with a
The Yankees win 12-4, capturing a berth in the AL Playoffs for the 13th consecutive season. Damon, Jeter and Posada each picked up three hits, and Cano collected two hits, one a homer, and five RBI. It caps quite a...
South Africa’s Rugby World Cup winner Bryan Habana picked up where he left off last season to help the Bulls make a successful start to the defence of their Super 14 title.
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