Brian Dodd On Leadership

The following are the Top 10 Leadership Posts I read the week of June 3rd.  There is something here for everyone – humor, marriage, relationships, profiles of some of today’s best business thinkers, and both inspiring and difficult posts about Southern Baptist churches. Take time to read each one and tell me your thoughts. Is [...]

Leaders often struggle with the issue of whether being liked by their direct reports is important or not.  I personally believe it is because those on your team not only have to be ABLE to help you, they must also WANT to help you for your organization to thrive.  Otherwise, they will do the bare minimum necessary causing your leadership to be short-lived. Recently, [...]

This past week I was flying to Houston, TX.  Normally when I fly I just like to read or catch up on work.  I rarely if ever speak to who I am sitting next to.  I really don’t know why.  I just don’t.  My plan for this flight was to be no different. As we taxied [...]

In their June 2012 edition, Fast Company magazine identifies their Top 100 Most Creative People In Business.  The following are thoughts and insights from many of those listed.  They are making me re-think certain aspects of local church leadership. I would be interested in hearing from pastors and church leaders on the application of these ideas. Motivation [...]

I love the Mission Impossible series.  They are absolutely fun, full of special effects and action, plenty of stuff blows up, basically implausible, and just plain entertaining.  The fourth installment of the Tom Cruise series, Ghost Protocol, is no exception.  With the dvd being released this Tuesday, I wanted to re-visit my thoughts on the film [...]