Brian Dodd On Leadership

  There are times in a leader’s life when your frustration mounts to a point that you simply lose it.  Last week, Los Angeles Lakers superstar Kobe Bryant reached such a point.  Following a loss to the lowly Cleveland Cavaliers, Bryant sat down with ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith for an interview as transparent as any you will [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJ2Xv6iVRpw 72% of all individuals who earn six figure incomes describe themselves as avid sports fans.  It really makes sense when you think about.  Sports is similar to the world they live in.  It is competitive, requires teamwork, overcoming adversity, preparation, aligned leadership, in-game adjustments, compensation issues, and ultimately it’s measurable.  Somebody wins and somebody [...]

As we head into the NBA Finals on Thursday, I can’t wait for this series.  There are so many historically compelling story lines.  I love the emotional intensity in which the Celtics play with and how that will contrast against the skillful poetry of the Lakers triangle offense.  As we approach the conclusion of these playoffs, [...]