Yesterday I posted the first six leadership lessons from the final chapter of Peter King’s great book Monday Morning Quarterback. As promised, the following is Part 2 which contains six additional leadership lessons I gleaned from that chapter. There are Perks to Leadership and There is a Price to Leadership – “I’m 26 years old, I just […]
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Best Practices Of Leadership From Top NFL Leaders Part 1
Brian Dodd on July 6, 2010 in Great Teams, NFL Draft, Performance, Sports Leadership
This past Father’s Day, I received as a gift Sports Illustrated Peter King’s book Monday Morning Quarterback. Like many NFL fans, Peter is my favorite football writer and his weekly online column by the same name is my must read of each week. It had a few too many personal chapters for my taste though they are extraordinarily written.  My two favorite chapters […]
10 Positive Mid-Year Thoughts
Brian Dodd on June 26, 2010 in Character, Church Leadership, Great Teams, NFL Draft, Performance, Relationships, Sports Leadership
Everywhere you look or listen, there is plenty of bad news to go around. However, with this being the final weekend of the first half of 2010, I thought it would be a good idea to look back on some of the positive things I’ve noticed or experienced so far this year. Father’s Day – My wife and […]
Most Popular Posts of May 2010
Brian Dodd on June 20, 2010 in Character, Church Leadership, Generosity, Great Teams, Most Read, NFL Draft, Performance, Relationships, Sports Leadership
I want to thank everyone who took the time to read the posts I have been submitting the last month. New strategies have been implemented and we have had good response. Once again, thank you and feel free to join in on the leadership conversations. The following were my 5 most read posts during the month of May. In […]
How Bad Teams Become Great – Part 2
Brian Dodd on June 14, 2010 in Great Teams, NFL Draft, Performance, Sports Leadership
In part 1 of this series, we looked at three NFL (www.nfl.com) teams who had an exceptional season sandwiched between two disappointing ones. The objective of these posts is to identify the success links that these teams had in common needed to produce that great season and are necessary for our organizations to have a much-needed performance spike. Six links […]
How Bad Teams Become Great – Part 1
Brian Dodd on June 13, 2010 in Great Teams, NFL Draft, Performance, Sports Leadership
In November 2009 I wrote two posts on Why Good Teams Go Bad (http://briandoddonleadership.wordpress.com/2009/11/05/why-good-teams-go-bad-part-1/) which was a study of NFL (www.nfl.com) teams that were 13-3 or better one year and experienced a losing record the next. What was interesting was that three of those teams had losing records prior to the one great year. In other words – a bad season, then a great […]
Adding Leaders: Insights from the 2010 Kansas City Chiefs Draft
Brian Dodd on May 10, 2010 in NFL Draft, Performance, Sports Leadership
On Monday, April 26th in Peter King’s great column Monday Morning QB (http://rss.cnn.com/rss/si_peter_king.rss) he noted that five of the seven Kansas City Chief 2010 draft picks were captains of the college teams. They were: Eric Berry of the Tennessee Volunteers who was also the best defensive player in the draft not named Suh. Dexter McCluster […]
The Greatest Enemy of Future Success is Past Success
Brian Dodd on May 1, 2010 in NFL Draft, Performance
In the 2009 NFL Draft, the following are the top 5 USC selections:Mark Sanchez – New York Jets, Round 1, No. 5 overallBrian Cushing -Houston Texans, Round 1, No. 15 overallClay Matthews – Green Bay Packers, Round 1, No. 26 overallRey Maualuga – Cincinnati Bengals, Round 2, No. 38 overallFili Moala – Indianapolis Colts, Round […]
Why You Choose Character Over Talent
Brian Dodd on April 27, 2010 in Character, NFL Draft
This past NFL draft will forever be known as the “Character Draft”. One of the on-going decisions leaders in sports and life make is do you take a person whose is a potential character-risk even though they have great talent? You want both but if you had to choose, would you choose talent and potential? […]
20 Thoughts at the Conclusion of the NFLÂ Draft
Brian Dodd on April 24, 2010 in NFL Draft
The following are 20 thoughts that I have at the conclusion of this year’s NFL Draft. GMs do not want to draft a QB for “the next guy”. As a result, if they don’t think the QB is ready at this moment, they will continually slide down in the draft. I am still stunned by […]
20 Thoughts On Day 1 Of The NFLÂ Draft
Brian Dodd on April 24, 2010 in NFL Draft
The following is a list of thoughts that I have after Day 1 of the NFL Draft.1. I love the multiple day approach. The extra excitement that is created from trade opportunities and the re-setting of draft boards is palpable. Also, I am looking for a number of veteran players to be traded today.2. The […]