Brian Dodd On Leadership

Bill Cowher tells Joe Posnanski in the December 19th edition of Sports Illustrated a statement Bill Parcells once said to him: “You start out coaching, and you think it is a big part of your life.  And then, after a while, you realize that it is your life.” Leadership is intoxicating and can become all-consuming.  The following [...]

We are angry as a society.  Maybe it’s that we are impatient and have no margin.  Maybe we are just selfish.  Maybe we are seeing the results of the breakdown of the family.  Maybe at our core we are scared and insecure.  Maybe we know that to most people and businesses we are simply commodities that if [...]

The night before Thanksgiving is one of my favorite nights of the year.  About a decade ago, my wife got the idea of what she calls the Thanksgiving Chain.  All you need to make one is construction paper, scissors, a stapler, and something to write with. We take basic construction paper you buy at Wal-Mart and cut it [...]

Is there a normal family left in America?  I have reached the point where I am putting the “normal family” in my Sasquatch or Righteous Anger categories – I’ve heard a lot about it but haven’t seen any documented visual evidence.  Dysfunction has become an institutionalized aspect of our society. Dysfunction is generally an inconvenience in [...]

I stated in my post 10 Most Popular Posts Of March 2011 – A Month From Hell that I was hoping we would get a little bit of Heaven in April.  Well, that desire became reality.  The following are the 10 Most Popular posts from the last 30 days as determined by you the readers. [...]