Brian Dodd On Leadership

January was an amazing month!  Overall readership grew by 96% while subscriptions grew by an incredible 149%.  In addition to the site’s growth, I introduced a forum called The Leadership Tribe which allows leaders to make their voices heard and connect with other leaders to share thoughts, insights, and resources on leadership.  I’m really excited about the potential of [...]

Leadership is influence.  It is about taking individuals and teams to a brighter tomorrow.  There can be something, however, in a leader’s life that harms our influence and makes our life or our tomorrow look very unattractive.  A poison exists that is aggressive and not neutral.  It infects our ability to connect with and influence others.  That poison is Bitterness. This past two weeks, Crawford [...]

Savvy leaders have always understood the powerful influence of social media.  Here are some quotes from the last 24 hours with key applications for all leaders, specifically those in the local church. Courtesy of http://news.egypt.com “Twitter was used by people on the ground to relay what was happening,” said Rasha Abdulla, head of the Mass Communication [...]

 People who are the best at what they do can teach us much about how to improve our performance.  They are Apex Leaders who give us insights in what it takes to achieve our maximum potential.  Apex Leaders also give us something very beautiful. Pittsburgh Steelers safety Troy Polamalu was recently profiled in the January 17th edition [...]

I love leaders!  Nothing significant happens in this world apart from leadership.  Leaders dream big, build teams, overcome obstacles, develop their skills, and pay the price necessary for organizations to advance. Here is something very interesting about leaders – they are very homogenous.  They mainly stay in their area of discipline.  That’s understandable – we [...]