Brian Dodd On Leadership

  Recently, Rachel Farrell of www.CareerBuilder.com asked five business leaders what were the qualities that made up a good leader.  Here are the answers.  I’m interested in your thoughts and what you would add to this list. Rachael Fisher-Layne, VP of Media Relations for JCPR Honesty – This allows employees to always know where they [...]

I was fascinated today by an article entitled Simple Genius: A Cigarette Box So Ugly It Could Save Lives written by Suzanne Labarre of Co.Design for www.FastCompany.com.  It is about two Loughborough University (U.K.) students, Jennifer Noon and Sarah Shaw, who wish to reduce the amount of smoking.  Their concept is simple – scaring people has [...]

On June 15th here in the Atlanta area, a 2-year-old monkey escaped from the Yerkes National Primate Research Center Field Station which is associated with Emory University.  Should I be concerned?  After watching Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes, perhaps I should. Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes is a completely implausible but fun movie that I enjoyed [...]

    The U.S. Census Bureau reported that Hispanics made up 15.5% of the population in 2010 totaling 47.8 million people.  These numbers are expected to grow to 17.8 % and 59.7 million people by 2020.  How should this effect churches and how we do ministry in this country over the next decade? Fellowship Bible Church [...]

Leadership is about mobilization.  It’s about advancement, problem-solving, resourcing, team building, accomplishment, and the achievement of goals.  You can also say it’s about character, communication, creativity, perseverance, and planning.  But for new leaders just starting out, can we center the target and identify simply one thing that leadership is about? As leaders we can often focus on [...]