Brian Dodd On Leadership

Can you ever have enough friends?  I can’t speak for you but I constantly need the relational dynamic and people speaking positively into my life.  Life is just too difficult to face alone apart from community. With that in mind, October was an incredible month!  Readership has grown exponentially each month and last month was no exception [...]

Are you loyal?  When things get tough at your organization, do you look for other options or do you look for solutions to the current issues? If anyone would have been justified in leaving a bad situation, it would have been USC sophomore quarterback Matt Barkley.  Barkley was the nation’s #1 high school quarterback in 2009 and started [...]

“Everybody loves to be told they are pretty.”  A friend once told me that when I asked him why he kept playing golf with a competitive company.  Here is what he knew, there is incredible power in a compliment.  In a positive sense, it can make people accomplish more than they ever dreamed possible.  In a negative sense, it can [...]

Are you the star of your organization?  Do you think you should be?  If so, how is your attitude?  Are you bitter?  Leaders want to lead.  That’s normal.  But what happens when you’re asked to play a supporting role?  How should you handle that?  And if you are leading a team of role players, what do you [...]

Do you ever wonder what God thinks of you as a leader?  Is He impressed?  Is He proud of you?  Do you think He appreciate your efforts, motives, and hard work?  I think I got a small picture of what He thinks about our Christian leadership efforts today. You see, I’ve been working on a project at work [...]