Brian Dodd On Leadership

What an incredible week of leadership this has been (and boy is that an understatement)!  Between the outpouring of support, long lines, and record sales Chick-fil-A experienced on August 1st, the attacks from misguided government officials on private enterprise, the war on free speech, the firing of former Vonte CFO/Treasurer Adam Smith, Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook’s continued fall, and the Olympics, we [...]

When I was a freshman in high school, I remember my dad and step-mother taking the family out for their anniversary dinner.  They could never settle on a place and ultimately got into the dreaded back-and-forth “I don’t care, you pick” argument.  The kids finally decided on Wendy’s. That story tells a lot about the options in our [...]

Recently I had the distinct pleasure of dining at a restaurant in Orangeburg, SC called FATZ.  If you are unfamiliar with FATZ, it would be in the same class with Ruby Tuesday’s, TJ Applebee’s, Friday’s, and Chili’s.  What made the experience distinctive was not necessarily the food, which was good, but a young man named Anthony [...]

*Note – many visiting this post are looking for Mr. Cathy’s statement to the Baptist Press about their organization’s support of the traditional family unit. Cathy said, “We are very much supportive of the family — the biblical definition of the family unit. We are a family-owned business, a family-led business, and we are married to our first [...]

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 [...]