Brian Dodd On Leadership

Few things are as wonderful as serving under highly successful leadership.  Highly successful leaders create environments where people can soar and reach their full potential. The opposite is true as well.  No matter how good your products or services may be, leadership will always be the lid that keeps your organization from going to the [...]

Are there times when the fact you are doing a great job does not matter?  Are there times when the performance of the team you lead has dramatically increased but yet you still lose our job?  Are there times when improved metrics matter little when evaluating your leadership?  The sobering answer is Yes. The Oakland [...]

Leaders never confuse activity with accomplishment.  They deeply desire to make a difference with their lives.  They want to capture new territory.  Leaders want to find solutions, improve the quality of life for others, and advance mission and vision.  They want to be not only successful but highly successful. Few leaders are as highly successful [...]

Tonight Manti Te’o appeared on ESPN’s Gruden Quarterback Camp.  Featuring former NFL head coach Jon Gruden, this popular interview segment has become a staple of pre-Draft information and entertainment. The show’s best segment was when former NFL 11-time All-Pro linebacker Derrick Brooks gave Te’o advice on integrating himself into a NFL locker room and making [...]

I just made my wife a very happy woman.  Regular readers of this site know that periodically I simply have too many magazines lying around the house.  Now is one of those times and they must be thrown out.  However, before doing so, I captured their best leadership quotes which I will now share them with you. [...]