Kimberlee Castillo Yee

As you all know, the San Francisco Giants won the 2010 World Series on Monday. Since 1954, the Giants have tried their best to win the series but with no avail since moving to San Francisco. The Giants have a beautiful ball park in the China Basin in the city and on the outside wall facing King Street there is a Giants Wall of Fame. Fortunate to have tickets to game two, my sister and I arrived early to the park so we wouldn't miss a single moment. As I walked past the wall, I saw the names and faces of all the Giants of previous seasons: Mays. McCovey, Clark, Bonds, etc. I have been a Giants fan since I was a little girl. I am so impressed of these individuals who made following the team a great experience. This year there are great names to remember: Posey, Lincecum, Renteria, Huff, Uribe, Sandoval, Torres, Cain, Brumgarter, Ross, etc. But the difference between those previous teams and this year's team was the ability of their manager, Bruce Bochy, to look at them as a team....

Sometimes we forget the one of our most valuable possessions is our integrity. It is hard to obtain and if we lose it, we may never get it back. Here's a great article from Dr. Alan Zimmerman about integrity. Read on.... -------------------------------------------------------------- Dr. Zimmerman's TUESDAY TIP: "The time is always right to do what is right." Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. What Dr. Alan Zimmerman's Personal Commentary: The elections are upon us, and no matter what the outcome, history is in the making. And history needs to be made ... considering the lack of integrity that is so rampant in so many of our so-called "public servants." In fact, I like the way one health care expert put it when asked about a particular elected official. He said, "I don't think they could legally put him in a mental hospital. On the other hand, if he were already in, I don't believe they could legally let him out." Well, it's easy to pick...

In this electronic world, we are losing those small significant things that really matter. When I was a child, my parents would require me to write "thank you" notes for every gift that I ever received. How do you thank your employees? Recognition is so important today. Your employees are scared. They think that they will be the next one on the unemployment line. Give them recognition for a job well done. Say "thank you". Better yet, write in down.

I am finishing up an online course this week in Business Communication. I am amazed that there are so many people in my class that are terrified for public speaking. My question is that in today's environment with the expanded use of technology, i.e. email, IM, blogs, etc. are we losing an important skill set? I love to text message, but the interaction of one to one conversation isn't very intimate on a screen. Are we giving up closer and deeper relationships? Humans have a need to be social, but are we giving up the best part of it by relying too much on technology? Something to ponder.

I have been searching for new ideas on team building. I know that work teams are so important in getting jobs completed in today's business world. We are working with less employees, less resources. We need to keep up moral in these challenging times. But how do we accomplish this? One way, recognition, we need to say "thank you" more often. Yes, this is just a start but I will add more in coming entries. Thank you for reading.