NBA Hall of Famer Joe Dumars on managing eclectic personalities
Six-time NBA All-Star and Hall of Famer Joe Dumars spent 14 years with the Detroit Pistons. As the quiet leader of multiple championship teams, he guarded Michael Jordan \u2013who said he did it better than anyone else\u2013 and helped keep teammates like Dennis Rodman focused. Although it was the \u201cBad Boys\u201d era, Joe was the first-ever recipient of the NBA Sportsmanship Award, which is now named after him. After playing hard \u2013 and fair \u2013 Joe went on to spend another 14 years as the Pistons\u2019 president of basketball operations, and is now a top executive in the NBA. Joe speaks with Adam about his leadership style both on and off the court, and shares the wisdom he\u2019s learned about managing all kinds of people \u2013 and making teams better. Transcripts for ReThinking are available at go.ted.com/RWAGscripts.