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Rollins takes benching like a man and the leader he is
2008-06-06 14:52:00 He took his medicine. Jimmy Rollins took his benching yesterday like a man, like a teammate, maybe even like the leader he purports to be wrote columnist Sam Donnellon of the Philadelphia Daily News. "He has two rules," Rollins said after Charlie Manuel removed him for not hustling out his popup to Reds shortstop Paul Janish with two outs in the third inning. "Be on time and hustle. I broke one of them today."So he sat. On the bench, a towel over his head at first, a chatterbox talking up his teammates by game's end. Not sulking in the clubhouse. Not throwing things off of walls or destroying property.On the bench, with the team. His team. Rollins didn't run hard to first in the third inning Thursday. He should have. He's done it before, and if Janish hadn't muffed the ball — allowing the Phillies' first run to score — he might have even gotten away with it. What you learned yesterday was, this was an issue that has come up before between the manager and player...
By: The RotoFeed
Following the leader is not such a great idea
2008-05-13 15:26:00 London, May 13 (IANS) Ever wonder why sometimes people in groups do apparently foolish things, such as standing in the street and staring skyward when there’s nothing to see, just because someone else is doing it? The answer: it’s because of our tendency to follow the leader. But this tendency - which applies equally to fishes, animals ...
By: Latest News
Online communities love to play follow the leader
2008-05-08 00:13:00 People love to imitate those they admire and respect. You can use this to your advantage when building an online community; lead by example and watch your members follow your lead.
Trust is Everything ? Become the Leader Others Will Follow
2008-04-23 15:00:00 It’s finally finished! Our book, Trust is Everything — Become the Leaders Others Will Follow, will be published next week by Lulu. We will be providing ordering information shortly, but here’s the front cover: We look forward to hearing from you once you’ve had a chance to read our book! Aneil and Karen ...
By: Total Trust
Stop Playing Follow The Leader
2008-03-29 08:15:00 This is just the second post I?ve made since taking over BloggingExperiment.com, and apparently I’ve already started confusing people with my first post. How’s that for a first impression? When I stated in yesterday’s post that I was going to change a few of the “copied techniques”on this site, this is what I meant… For some ...
Frank Was the Leader
2008-03-21 13:41:00 Read this short story: Frank was the leader of the football team. Joe carried the water. Mike carried the equipment. Phil handled the schedule. The team played well because Frank was the leader. Everyone looked up to Frank, because he was the leader. The other members of the staff did their jobs and did them well, ...
TAPEMASTERS INC. LUPE FIASCO FOLLOW THE LEADER 2008
2008-03-14 07:31:00 1. Heat under the babyseat 2. Lil weapon feat. nikki jean 3. The cool 4. The coolest 5. Hurt me soul 6. American terrorist feat. matthew santos 7. Hip hop saved my life feat. nikki jean 8. The... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Follow the Leader
2008-03-13 13:35:00 And we desire that every one of you do shew the same diligence to the full assurance of hope unto the end: That ye be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Follow the leader
2008-03-13 13:07:00 I am not writing this to shame you, but to warn you, as my dear children. Even though you have ten thousand guardians in Christ, you do not have many fathers, for in Christ Jesus I became your... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
By: Catsy Carpe Diem
Will Microsoft's "Zune" unseat Apple's Ipod as the leader of the MP3 player
2008-03-13 09:39:00 Please elaborate with your thoughts on the matter, thanks.
Lupe Fiasco - Follow The Leader (NEW)
2008-03-11 19:02:00 DOWNLOAD (MEDIAFIRE)DOWNLOAD (MEGAUPLOAD)1. (00:01:39) Lupe Fiasco - Heat Under The Babyseat2. (00:02:04) Lupe Fiasco - Lil Weapon Feat. Nikki Jean3. (00:03:30) Lupe Fiasco - The Cool4. (00:04:30) Lupe Fiasco - The Coolest5. (00:02:40) Lupe Fiasco - Hurt Me Soul6. (00:04:18) Lupe Fiasco - American Terrorist Feat. Matthew Santos7. (00:03:02) Lupe Fiasco - Hip Hop Saved My Life Feat. Nikki Jean8. (00:01:50) Lupe Fiasco - The Instrumental Feat. Jonah Matranga9. (00:04:14) Lupe Fiasco - Superstar Feat. Matthew Santos10. (00:02:53) Lupe Fiasco - Daydreamin Remix Feat. Nas Jill Scott Prod. By Hasan Insane11. (00:03:35) Lupe Fiasco - After All Feat. Talib Kweli Prod. By Phenom Jglaze For Mental Instruments12. (00:03:16) Lupe Fiasco - Kick Push Remix Feat. Uness Prod. By Uness13. (00:01:31) Lupe Fiasco - Can U Let Me Know Feat. Sarah Green Remixprod. By Blaze P For Anti-Star Productions Dice Music Group14. (00:02:52) Lupe Fiasco - Paris Tokyo15. (00:02:44) Lupe Fiasco - Carrera Lu16. (00:01...
By: Tha Blog Is Hot
Marimar, Still the Leader ( Mega Manila Feb 26-28 TV Ratings
2008-02-29 11:30:00 For two consecutive days, Daisy Siete took the lead from Eat Bulaga! in the daytime race. Last February 26 and 27, the "Ulingling" episode of Daisy Siete starring the SexBomb Girls posted 24 percent and 23 percent ratings versus Eat Bulaga's 22.8 percent and 21.4 percent. But Eat Bulaga! managed to regain the lead on Thursday, February 28, by virtue of its 22.2 percent rating compared to Daisy Siete's 20.9 percent.Two GMA-7 Sine Novelas, Maging Akin Ka Lamang and My Only Love, meanwhile, were untouchable in their third and fourth positions from Tuesday to Thursday. Other shows that squeezed into the Top 10 during the past three days were Wheel of Fortune, Hana Yori Dango 2, Game KNB?, Wowowee, Come Back Soon-Ae, and Takeshi's Castle—in no particular order. Marimar still rules in the primetime race, consistently posting a rating of more than 46 percent; the highest was 47.8 percent last Wednesday. Richard Gutierrez's Kamandag took the No. 2 position Tuesday and Thursday while ...
What’s in a Name? - John McCain: “the leader of the loyal oppos
2008-02-18 20:22:00 It’s easy to forget that the Arizona senator is not, in fact, a Democrat. In the past year he has stood against his party on so many prominent and contentious issues that his concurrences with GOP dogma have become more of an exception than a rule. In the conservative media, he has become a figure ...
"Fool" s Gold " became the leader of film service of Northern America
2008-02-11 13:14:00 Adventure comedy "Fool" s Gold ", leaging roles in which have played Matthew McConaughey and Kate Hudson, became the leader of North American film service on results of week-end on February, 8-10th, informs AP.Film which prime-minister took place on Friday, for three days in hire has collected 22 million dollars. On the second line in the list of leaders of hire there was one more of prime-minister of the last week-end - " Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins " (Martin Lawrence). The film telling about reunion of family, has earned 17,1 million dollars.The leader of the last week - removed in 3-D film about concert round 16-years the priest-singer (Miley Cyrus) under the name " Hannah Montana and Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert " - has moved on the third place. For the last week-end he has collected 10,5 million dollars, and for 10 days in hire - 53,4 million.Technorati Profile
The Leader of the Pack
2008-02-03 18:04:00 As the photographs from New York fashion week start appearing I can't say that I'm exactly blown away by anything I've seen so far...good for my credit cards, bad for the purposes of creating theoretical shopping lists.The only thing that's got an "ooh, I wouldn't mind having that" so far was this grey top from Alexander Wang's show, whose theme seemed to be *O.D.M. meets biker. Before anyone says anything...yes, it's a sweatshirt...BUT...it's a sweatshirt with a zip (probably made from some semi-luxurious fabric which will semi-justify the exorbitant price). All the difference in the world. Will I be buying Wang's? No. Will I be customizing a grey sweatshirt? Yes. Actually, I'm thinking of a summer version...somehow a grey t-shirt with a shoulder zip sounds so much cooler than a plain old t-shirt right about now...possibly with a neon yellow or cobalt blue tank peeking out from underneath.*O.D.M. = Off Duty Model
The ear of the leader must ring with the voices of the people - Woodrow Wil
2008-01-24 02:41:00 The ear of the leader must ring with the voices of the people - Woodrow WilsonIt seems these days the opposite has is now in play... The people's ears are ringing with the voices of the leader..Terrorism, Moral Decline, Global Warming, Fear, Celebrities... Surely a revolution must come soon or we will decline into a place we cannot be saved from."When no one obeys, no one rules"
Tumbling Dice > Follow the Leader
2008-01-08 17:58:00 Every Wednesday Lawr looks at sim games like Strat-O-Matic, Diamond Legends, and Scoresheet Baseball.
By: The RotoFeed
Book Review: U.N.I.Q.U.E. - Growing The Leader Within by Debra Slover
2008-01-02 15:03:00 Leaders are born, not made. Leaders are made, not born. These two statements, diametrically opposed in every way, lie at the heart of a debate that has raged within the human community for a very long time. Now, which it true? The answer is that both statements are correct. There are some born who simply will fall into a ...
Arsenal FC are the leaders
2007-12-29 20:45:00 Arsenal FC will go into 2008 as the leaders of the Premier League after victory against Everton FC was combined with a surprise 2-1 defeat for Manchester United FC against West Ham United... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Arsenal FC are the leaders
2007-12-29 20:41:00 Arsenal FC will go into 2008 as the leaders of the Premier League after victory against Everton FC was combined with a surprise 2-1 defeat for Manchester United FC against West Ham United FC.Arsenal rallyThe result left United just a point clear of Arsenal, who travelled to an in-form Everton side knowing that victory would give them a two-point advantage at the summit. It was the home side who had the better of the first half and they deservedly led at the break thanks to a brave Tim Cahill header after 19 minutes. However, Arsenal rallied in a stormy second half where both sides had a player sent off - Mikel Arteta for Everton and Niclas Bendtner for Arsenal - scoring four times through Eduardo da Silva (47 & 58), Emmanuel Adebayor (78) and Tom? Rosick (90).
Empowering the Individual: Finding the Leader in Each of Us
2007-12-29 20:19:00 Grady Harp is an Amazon Top 10 Reviewer Too often self-help books stimulate the reader while the pages turn, but after the back cover closes the session is over and on we go. David M. Traversi avoids that route in publishing The Source of Leadership: Eight Drivers of the High-impact Leader , the result of his years as a motivational speaker and writer and coach, that on the surface is a primer for executive search teams to determine who among the hundreds of applicants for CEO jobs deserve to be termed ‘leaders’, but for the average leader, Traversi has written an extremely user friendly manual that allows the reader to open the potential of personal lives to be everything each of us can be. It is stimulating reading and an enormously helpful guide for self-improvement. Traversi talks about the ‘persona’ and the ’shadow’ aspects of our personalities: the ‘persona’ is what we present to the world while the ’shadow’ contains...
By: Blogging Authors
The Leader Of The Pack, Vroom Vrooom!
2007-12-19 16:14:00 You ever see The Dog Whisperer? I friggin’ love that show. I loved it way before Daisy and Darla came into my life. Now I can actually apply what I learn… As Seen on TV. Sorry, I couldn’t resist. I’ve gotten the whole family into Cesar Milan’s show and all of his “chhh” ways. I use “shhh” and “No” just because that is what works for me. If you haven’t seen the show, here’s a mini description.
By: Home Fires
The leader of the band has died
2007-12-17 15:30:00 Dan Fogelberg died this weekend due to prostrate cancer. It’s like a piece of my childhood died with him and I don’t know quite what to say. So, here’s a video of one of my favourite songs by him, The Leader of the Band:
By: Bligbi
Revamp of the Leaderboard on Zulutrade (2)
2007-11-28 11:11:00 Top of the collection is Tecnofinanzas, a forex contriver from Spain. Basically, the system uses time-based change entries and exits. For example, trades are streaming from 8 am stimulate (UK time) to 12 hour for digit session. … More: continuing here
The leader of emissions of the carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is named
2007-11-23 11:49:00 The leader of emissions of the carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is named According to the promulgated data of research of the organization Carbon Monitoring for Action, CARMA, the USA are leaders on the emissions into the atmosphere of carbon dioxide. Obtained data are a result of the first global inventory of harmful ejections, during which the ...
By: Global Warming
Everybody Follow The Leader
2007-11-14 18:54:00 It is important in a bonsai to have a leader branch. What I mean by this is to have one branch leading upwards which will in turn become the trunk. To create a good taper on your bonsai, you need to keep changing this leader year by year instead of letting it grow ...
By: Bonsai Art
Everybody Follow The Leader
2007-11-14 18:54:00 It is important in a bonsai to have a leader branch. What I mean by this is to have one branch leading upwards which will in turn become the trunk. To create a good taper on your bonsai, you need to keep changing this leader year by year instead of letting it grow ...
By: Bonsai Art
Entree Vous is one of the leaders in Easy Meal Preparation franchises
2007-11-11 18:38:00 Karla Ward reorts in the Kentucky Herald-Leader that the owners of Entre Vous have found that consumers are paying more than lip service to the meal-assembly industry. The Lexington, KY., based chain is the fastest-growing easy meal prep franchise in the country. The chain had nine stores open at the end of last year. It now has ...
The Leader in Mobile Marketing Technology
2007-11-08 16:22:00 Just over twenty years ago, a deal was signed to build mobile networks based on GSM technology. Since then, mobile phones have exploded in popularity, and I honestly don't know a single person who doesn't have a cell phone. And phones just aren't phones anymore. They're a tool to play games, take photographs, download music, read news, reply to e-mail ... and more recently, they've become a distribution and advertising channel for brands wishing to interact with their customers. Especially with premium SMS service and internet access.Companies are now facing exciting opportunities to increase revenue by deploying mobile marketing techniques to demographically predetermined groups of potential customers. It's estimated that 1 in 3 big brand companies have already launched live moble marketing campaigns!I think it's really important that these companies specifically target their campaigns in such a way to avoid being preceived as "spammers" through their mobile billing. I perso...
The leadership cult of the black swan
2007-11-06 18:35:00 I’ve recently read two books by Nassim Nicholas Taleb who is an ex-trader. The first: Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets, looks at how and why we tend to assume the existence of patterns where there is only randomness, and assume skill where there is nothing ...
"Hillary has all the leadership skills of a weathervane"
2007-11-04 18:46:00 As the election season progresses I hear more and more often that Hillarys negatives are increasing. I keep reading polls where the majority, including probable Democrat voters, saying they will never vote for Hillary. So, that begs the question of why she is so obviously the front runner amongst the Democrat candidates. It almost makes me believe there is a serious disconnect between the campaign staffers, media, pundits and the voters themselves. It is like all the people in the know who are making the pronouncements and giving their informed opinions are assuming what they see around them is the whole world rather than just a bubble of those immediately involved in the campaigns. They see donations and media support at an all time high but still they ignore the polls, like this one below, that show voter discontent with their presumptive candidate. So is it possible that these supposedly intelligent and seasoned staffers and strategists are fooling themselves into only...
Al-Qaida Says The Leader of Lybia Is Enemy Of Islam
2007-11-03 13:10:00 Al-Qaida's No. 2 Ayman al-Zawahri harshly criticized Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi in a new audio tape Saturday, accusing him of being an enemy of Islam and threatening a wave of attacks against the North African country because it improved relations with the United States.In the 28-minute audio tape called "Unity of the Ranks," al-Zawahri also announced that the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group was joining ranks with al-Qaida."The Islamic nation is witnessing a blessed step ... The brothers are escalating the confrontation against the enemies of Islam: Gadhafi and his masters, the Washington crusaders," al-Zawahri said in the audio tape. The recording could not be independently verified, but it appeared on a Web site commonly used by insurgents and carried the logo of al-Qaida's media production house, as-Sahab.The recording also carried a message Abu Laith al-Libi, a Libyan al-Qaida commander in Afghanistan who accused Gadhafi of decades of tyranny."He is the tyranny of Libya and i...
The Leadership Hub
2007-10-31 13:00:00 Yesterday I discovered a website called The Leadership Hub. It’s new and I haven’t explored it much, so I still can’t tell you how good it is. But I can tell you that it looks like a promising resource for leaders and leadership enthusiasts. It tries to integrate social networking. My first impression is very ...
The Leadership Vacuum
2007-10-30 14:07:00 The importance of leadership for the growth and competitiveness of business organizations is not debatable. This post from The Practice of Leadership highlights that and is based on a study done by IBM. The Leadership Vacuum
LG Chocolate: the Leader Among Mobiles
2007-10-27 12:03:00 The elegant LG KE800 Chocolate arrives into the mobile phone market with a 2 megapixel camera, FM radio along with an expandable memory option. The LG KE800 slide opening camera phone comes with a black colored casing and a sleek silver section that divides the display from the touch sensitive keys. The modern design of the phone comes with a 2 Inch colour screen that provides a clear and bright display with a screen resolution of 240 x 320 pixels. The KE800 Chocolate Platinum mobile phone has an internal memory of 60 Mbytes which can be expanded by adding a MicroSD memory card. The mobile phone has a talk time of up to six hours and a standby time of two hundred and seventy hours. The LG KE800 Chocolate Platinum weighing ninety five grams and measuring 95mm in height, 46mm in width and 17.5mm in depth makes it easy to hold in hand and slip into the pocket. The LG Chocolate mobile phone comes with a built in 2 megapixel camera feature that will help the user in taking perfect and ...
The Leadership debate - IR (un)truth test
2007-10-22 16:12:00 As one might expect, in the leadership debate, Howard made a few claims about the IR "reforms". Lets examine the veracity of some of these claims, remembering of course that one does not need to tell an outright lie to be untruthful. For example, when Howard was asked whether, under his WorkChoices laws employees could ...
By: Talk It Out
The Leadership debate - some impressions
2007-10-21 13:29:00 Well, it was certainly exciting watching the leadership debate, worm-free though it was. I must say that on the whole, I think Howard blew it big time - it is doubtful that he'll want a repeat closer to the election. Howard confirmed one of the most damaging perceptions of him and his government - stuck ...
By: Talk It Out
Marie Wilson - Closing the Leadership Gap: Why Woman Can and Must Help Run
2007-10-20 16:36:00 From The Oprah & Friends Radio Show with Gayle King, 19 October 2007 Closing the Leadership Gap: Why Woman Can and Must Help Run the World by Marie C. Wilson Insightful and inspiring, Closing the Leadership Gap is a call to action for the increased presence of women in powerful leadership positions in our ...
By: Oprah Selects
Where are the leaders?
2007-10-15 18:54:00 Andy ITGuy – This is inspired by both my buddy Sun Tzu and Michael Farnum. Michael is a little down in the tooth over the state of security. It seems to all be about playing catchup and buying stuff. But are we getting anywhere? It seems that we are always a few steps behind the bad guys. My handy dandy Art of War calendar quote for last Friday says … read more
The Leader in Mobile Marketing Technology - Go Live Mobile
2007-10-12 08:35:00 According to latest survey conducted the results show that the mobile web users are more in UK when compared to USA. Stephens article on mobile users gives us complete information that top five countries who prefer mobile web and they are Uk, US, South Africa, India and Indonesia. Another article from Mike shields states that more than 40 percent people in US access their mobile using web and 10 percent of them access their mobile suing web regularly. These articles give us the whole picture of mobile use using web. When such growth in using mobile website is rapid, there is a tough competition for mobile websites and they supposed to do every thing to take advantage of this mobile web growth. Go Live Mobile is the world leader in Mobile marketing technology. By now thousands of users have been satisfied with their service. Creating an attractive campaign for your mobile website is easy. To make your campaigns more effective you can opt for mobile website design which provides ri...
By: Earn-OnlineMoney
The Leader's Guide to Lateral Thinking Skills: Powerful Problem-Solving Tec
2007-10-04 03:52:00 The Leader's Guide to Lateral Thinking Skills: Powerful Problem-Solving Techniques to Ignite Your Team's Potential??????????????????????-????????Kogan Page | ISBN 0749440023 | 2003-06 | PDF | 192 pages | 1.5 MAt times when management literature abounds with dos and donts based on conventional wisdom, here is a powerful defender of the values of unconventional wisdom. Paul Sloane makes a strong case for innovation and lateral thinking in business, where doing new, different things in new, different ways is more important than doing the same things more efficiently. The book is rich with examples from the real world where creative thinking and action have led to astonishing successes (even after numerous failed attempts)and examples where conservatism and conventional thinking have led to obsolescence or catastrophe. The author argues that creative skills can and should be developed at the individual level, the team level and the company level and the book abounds with tips and techn...
wallet shox: follow the leader
2007-10-02 08:21:00 Remember that episode of 106 & park where Ms Kelly Price donned her pair of coustome Air force 1 Stiletto boots? and then Mariah wore her rhinestone embossed pair on TRL to promote her album of the moment? Almost 4 years later it looks like an old friend is returning and has been recieving alot of love especially after the hype of balenciaga's "sportiletto" Shoe (to the right). Pierre Hardy has done his part and jumped on the sneaker stiletto hybrid band-wagon to get his piece of the action. Im all for it as long as i dont see an NBA jersey dress attempt to rear it's head on the comeback trail.http://feeds.feedburner.c-om/SweetAndVicious
The leaders of the sector foment the use of the Catalan in the technologies
2007-09-25 11:27:00 Together with the Autonomous government of Catalonia and the Town hall of Barcelona, the Company has decided to promote a series of initiatives directed them near 11 millions of catalanoparlantes in the whole world. To this effort leading companies have added Dell, HP, HTC, Orange and Toshiba, in the sector of the Technologies of the Information...
The Leaders and the Led – Final Installment
2007-09-19 16:49:00 For the last three posts, I have tried to demonstrate what I feel is the gulf that exists between the executive of organizations such as OSSTF and the general membership. Today I would like to discuss ways of narrowing that gap.First, I think the most difficult thing for the executive to do is to acknowledge that this chasm exists. Second, I think they need to work toward conquering the fear they seem to have of somehow losing control of the organization if ‘the great unwashed’ become more involved. Now critics of my thesis might claim that there is ample opportunity for involvement if people care to sit on district committees, etc. While this is true, I think we have to acknowledge the fact that people lead very busy lives today and while they might not have the time to commit to regular meetings and other obligations that attend committee work, they may still have something worthwhile to contribute to the organization. For example, a former colleague of mine, from whom I...
The Leaders and the Led – Part 3
2007-09-17 21:44:00 Continuing with my theme of the gulf that often exists between the executive and rank and file members of organizations, I would like in a moment to discuss a personal experience that illustrates this problem. First, however, I should emphasize my belief that it is not enough to provide good service to the members; if the organization is to truly thrive, it must always have an eye toward the future, when a new generation will have to assume the executive positions. In my view, the only way to do that is to make the members feel welcome, to take seriously their suggestions and input, and to continuously demonstrate to them the importance of the organization. Unfortunately, often the ensconced upper echelon pays little heed to the membership, assuming that securing a reasonable contract is all that anyone expects, along with good representation in grievance matters. A few years back, at the local Annual General Meeting, we had a large turnout of young teachers. Unfortunately, I s...
Korn - Follow The Leader
2007-09-17 14:38:00 See More MP3 Collection at www.rapidalbums.blogspot.com Tracklist: It's On! Freak On A Leash Got The Life Dead Bodies Everywhere Children Of The Korn B.B.K. Pretty All In The Family Reclaim My Place Justin Seed Cameltosis My Gift To You Downloads Albums Click Part 1! Click Part 2!
By: Rapid Albums
Microsoft Office Visio 2007 Positioned in the Leaders Quadrant
2007-09-14 16:17:00 Gartner Inc. has positioned Microsoft Corp., a leading provider of business process management (BPM) software, in the ?Leaders? quadrant in its 2007 Magic Quadrant for Business Process Analysis (BPA) Tools, 2H07-1H08 report.1 The report evaluates services and products that include Microsoft Office Visio 2007. The Gartner Magic Quadrant for BPA Tools examines how business process analysis tools continue to grow in importance as business managers, process architects and process analysts seek to better capture, understand, streamline and automate their business processes. Gartner also underscored that BPA is increasingly used for compliance and process improvement initiatives. For business process (BP) improvement, BPA is the key link between business activity monitoring and workflow assembly and business orchestration. ?As businesses look more and more to process improvements as a core driver of growth and profitability, they made it clear that they want an easier way to analyze t...
The Leaders and The Led – Part 2
2007-09-13 20:51:00 The other day I wrote about what I perceive to be the chasm that exists between the executive and the general membership of organizations such as the Ontario Secondary School Teachers Federation (OSSTF). Before continuing, I want to make it clear that I am a firm supporter of unions and federations, and believe that the people they represent would be in far less desirable positions than they are today if they did not exist. My concern, however, is that if the current divide continues, the long term survival of such entities is in jeopardy. Today, during a time of increasing conservatism, many of the people best served by their organizations have attained a degree of affluence that, paradoxically, seems to be leading them to adopt a more conservative mentality. How many times, for example, have we heard people who should know better say, “Well, there was a time when unions served a purpose, but that time is over. We really don’t need them anymore.” Whether the speakers are...
The Leaders and The Led
2007-09-11 15:30:00 The year was 1997. There were five of us left on the bus, returning from a protest against Bill 160, education legislation that teachers opposed for a variety of reasons. Present were the local OSSTF president, the treasurer, and the vice-president, me, and a fellow teacher. The president turned and said, “Do you guys want to go for a beer?” There was only one thing wrong with the invitation – it was made to the executive, but not to we remaining two teachers, even though I knew the executive well. That same year, a member from the provincial executive addressed about 500 teachers at a meeting convened at my school, to determine the next step in our escalating protest against the Mike Harris government’s assault on education in Ontario. The possibilities ranged from a strike to a mass resignation. When the time came for questions and comments from the attendees, I went to the microphone and said the following:“I’ll do anything you folks want. If you tell us to str...
The Leaders Digest.
2007-08-18 09:11:00 Leadership Is A Popular Topic Filled With A Confusing Multitude Of Grids, Charts, Formulas, Jargon And Fads. Jim Clemmer Distills Todays Leadership Information To Its Core Essentials Using The Timeless Principles Of Leading People.
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