Brian Dodd On Leadership

Last evening I had the privilege of seeing Home Run, a feel-good movie about personal redemption, second chances, and finding freedom from addiction and anger.  You will see yourself in this film.   Cory Brand, played by Scott Elrod, is a professional baseball player struggling with anger and alcoholism resulting from childhood abuse from his [...]

With its dvd release on Tuesday, The Avengers is an absolutely amazing movie!  Movie favorites Iron Man, The Hulk, Thor, Captain America, along with Black Widow and Hawkeye, are forced to join forces to battle the evil Loki, played by Tom Hiddleston.  Loki and his alien forces steal a device called the tesseract which gives its owner unlimited [...]

I just watched the incredible Moneyball which was released on dvd on January 10th.  It is the true story of Oakland A’s GM Billy Beane, played by Brad Pitt, and his completely out-of-the-box approach to building a championship team on a shoestring budget.  Beane changed the way the game is evaluated and played.  It is time for [...]

If you as a leader were given unlimited power and control, how would you use it?  Would it be for self-serving reason or for revenge?  Would it be used for the good of others?  Does the answer depend on your background or how you have been treated?  Or is your character determined by someone else’s?   Very rarely am I [...]

“That was the best movie I’ve ever seen.” – My daughter. I’ve written reviews for movies like Thor, X-Men, and The Rising Of The Planet Of The Apes. Those type of movies are fun and a nice release but the reality is that they don’t have the ability to change a human life. With the [...]