Who is the greatest coach in the world? Bill Belichick? Phil Jackson? Tony La Russa? Mike Krzyzewski? No, no, no, and no! The best coach in the world is Jose Mourinho, head coach of soccer’s Real Madrid. The March 7th edition of Sports Illustrated profiled “the best coach in any sport, anywhere.” The resume of […]
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11 Ways To Avoid A Letdown In Performance In 2011
Brian Dodd on December 14, 2010 in Character, Church Leadership, Great Teams, Sports Leadership
Did you have a productive 2010? If so, are you excited about your organization’s plans for 2011? I hope so but what happens if things do not go according to plan. Are there warning signs that could prevent a letdown in performance? The answer is “YES!” The November 22nd and December 6th editions of The Sporting News featured […]
20 Limitations Of Leadership
Brian Dodd on December 12, 2010 in Church Leadership, Performance
Leaders cannot do everything! In an effort to provide tools and resources for those in leadership positions, the following is a list of items that those on your team must do for themselves. Feel free to post this somewhere in your office! Leaders can cast vision and connect the dots but they cannot give you […]
18 Lessons From The Greatest Leadership Book I’ve Ever Read Part 2
Brian Dodd on October 19, 2010 in Character, Church Leadership, Relationships
Have you ever had an older person invest in your life? I think most effective leaders had several people invest in them throughout their life. The best document on mentoring I’ve ever read is about a man name Paul who coached a younger Timothy about many things. Paul documented his insights in the books 1 and 2 Timothy […]
6 Quotes About An Undefeated Leader, Alabama QB Greg McElroy
Brian Dodd on October 2, 2010 in Character, Great Teams, Performance, Sports Leadership
ESPN’s College Gameday just did a feature on Alabama Crimson Tide QB Greg McElroy. As many of you know, McElroy has not lost a game since the 8th grade when his team lost 8-6 to Cross Timbers Middle School. The following are some great leadership quotes I wanted to pass along to . “In trying […]
Young Leaders, These Insights & Quotes Are A Gift For You
Brian Dodd on September 12, 2010 in Increasing Capacity, Performance, Sports Leadership
Hard Work Beats Talent When Talent Doesn’t Do Hard Work. USA Today’s preview edition of the NFL profiled several talented young quarterbacks. For anyone that is a young leader (or experienced one for that matter), the following quotes give us insights into what is required to be a great leader in our chosen profession. Aaron Rodgers (for […]
LeBron James Chose To Be Unpopular…And We Love Him For It
Brian Dodd on July 13, 2010 in LeBron James, NBA, Sports Leadership
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FmwJipHdqpA Americans love villains. It was a very famous movie villain, A Few Good Men’s Col. Nathan Jessup, who said “Deep down in places we don’t talk about at parties you want me on that wall! You need me on that wall!” Well, you’re wrong Col. Jessup. We don’t mind talking about it at all. Last week, LeBron James […]
The Two Most Exciting Words…
Brian Dodd on June 19, 2010 in Great Teams, NBA, Performance
The two most exciting words in sports is “Game 7”. On Thursday evening, the Los Angeles Lakers defeated the Boston Celtics in the 7th game of this year’s NBA Finals. As I watched the game and listened to the analysis throughout, several leadership principles became apparent that can be learned from when we want to elevate either our personal or […]
Leadership Quotes From Game 7
Brian Dodd on June 19, 2010 in Great Teams, NBA, Performance
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 […]
How Bad Teams Become Great – Part 2
Brian Dodd on June 14, 2010 in Great Teams, NFL Draft, Performance, Sports Leadership
In part 1 of this series, we looked at three NFL (www.nfl.com) teams who had an exceptional season sandwiched between two disappointing ones. The objective of these posts is to identify the success links that these teams had in common needed to produce that great season and are necessary for our organizations to have a much-needed performance spike. Six links […]
How Bad Teams Become Great – Part 1
Brian Dodd on June 13, 2010 in Great Teams, NFL Draft, Performance, Sports Leadership
In November 2009 I wrote two posts on Why Good Teams Go Bad (http://briandoddonleadership.wordpress.com/2009/11/05/why-good-teams-go-bad-part-1/) which was a study of NFL (www.nfl.com) teams that were 13-3 or better one year and experienced a losing record the next. What was interesting was that three of those teams had losing records prior to the one great year. In other words – a bad season, then a great […]
The Leadership Of Peyton Manning Review
Brian Dodd on May 31, 2010 in Increasing Capacity
We started the journey of Increasing Your Capacity and Slump Proofing Your Leadership last fall. Before we publish the final post tomorrow, I felt it was important to review the first nine chapters of this series. I have given much strategic thought to this issue since speaking with arguably the top church consultant in America. I […]