Brian Dodd On Leadership

Many pastors and church leaders face challenges in effectively connecting with people of great financial means.  I will probably write several posts on this over the next few months but I want to begin by getting into the mind of how financial leaders think. Let’s begin with some foundational statements: Wealthy people are not “better” or “more important” than anyone else. Wealthy people [...]

Recently I wrote a post entitled The Top 10 Christian Leadership Blogs You Should Be Reading.   One of the posts I mentioned was Joseph Sangl.  I think his site contains the most relevant, insightful and with over 75 tools, the most effective financial coaching site on the web.  It is great for everyone but church [...]

There was some incredible leadership teaching at today’s Chick-Fil-A Leadercast.  The following are the top 50 quotes.  More to come later. John Maxwell “If you increase your influence, you increase your leadership.” “Leadership is not a noun.  It’s a verb.  It’s active.  It’s movement.” “It’s tough being in the people business when people don’t like you.” [...]

Recently my family vacationed in Amish country, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.  While there, I had the opportunity to learn about the most generous leader I have ever heard of.  Ironically, we have all benefited and enjoyed the work and vision of this man.  His name is Milton Snavely Hershey, founder of Hershey Chocolate. Here are some [...]

Today, 20 churches from various denominations in the city of Roswell, GA came together to address the needs of the hurting and under-resourced in our city in an event called Roswell Day of Hope. Roswell Day of Hope, a ministry of “Hope Roswell,” is a nonprofit organization, made up of local churches, nonprofits, businesses, health agencies, Roswell [...]