This past Thursday, I had the honor to meet Emmanuel “Manny” Ohonme, the Founder and CEO of Samaritan’s Feet. Manny is an AMAZING leader. Under his leadership, Samaritan’s Feet is not just a non-profit or a humanitarian aid organization. It is a community of more than 70,000 volunteers, which includes organizations like Buick, who have joined together […]
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14 Qualities Of Leaders Who Create Lasting Change
Brian Dodd on April 21, 2012 in Great Teams, Performance, Sports Leadership
It has often been said that young people do not go to Harvard to get a job. They go to Harvard to create a job. As a leader, I LOVE that mentality. I love innovation and creativity. Leaders do not need precedent. The very nature of leadership is that you are taking people to a […]
The 10 Best Leadership Blogs I Read The Week Of April 16th
Brian Dodd on April 20, 2012 in Character, Church Leadership, Family, Great Teams, Increasing Capacity, NFL Draft, Relationships, Sports Leadership
I was blown away by some of the blog posts on leadership I’ve read this week. The following were 10 of the best in alphabetical order by author.  I read many more but I just want to expose you to as many different writers and resources week-to-week as I can. Enjoy! Hire Slow, Fire Slow by Jenni Catron. I […]
8 Things Church Leaders Do Who Have A Fully-Funded Vision
Brian Dodd on April 19, 2012 in Church Leadership
This is a live blog post from a conference Injoy Stewardship Solutions is putting on today called Funded And Free. You can still go to www.injoystewardship.com’s Home Page to catch live streaming for the remainder of the day. The leader of ISS, Joe Sangl, just gave an incredible session entitled 8 Things Church Leaders Do Who […]
Fathers And Leaders Who Cause Stress
Brian Dodd on April 19, 2012 in Family
I always love traveling to The Cove Church in Mooresville, NC located about 30 minutes north of Charlotte.  In addition to having as absolutely as nice and competent a church staff as you will ever meet, there is a stretch of road that is extremely relaxing for me to drive. To get there from my home, you must travel […]
45 Of The Best Leadership Quotes And Insights You Will Ever Read
Brian Dodd on April 17, 2012 in Great Teams, Increasing Capacity
One of my favorite books on leadership is Captain D. Michael Abrashoff’s masterpiece It’s Your Ship. This book is required reading for any leader looking to increase the productivity of his/her business, team, organization, or church. The following are his thoughts: “A recent Gallup study found that when people leave their companies, 65% of them are actually […]
9 Leadership Quotes and Lessons From Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol
Brian Dodd on April 16, 2012 in Movies, Relationships
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 […]
15 Leadership Quotes And Common Threads To Great Teams
Brian Dodd on April 15, 2012 in Great Teams
Great leaders know you can accomplish more with a team of talented individuals than you can simply by yourself. Therefore, a leader’s ultimate success is directly tied to his/her ability to build a great team. Led by head coach John Calipari, the 2011-2012 Kentucky Wildcats were one of the greatest college basketball teams in recent memory. Shortly after winning the national championship earlier […]
6 Ingredients All Churches And Businesses Need To Generate Momentum
Brian Dodd on April 14, 2012 in Increasing Capacity, Performance, Sports Leadership
One of the most important topics to leaders is the subject of momentum. We all know what momentum looks like but it is hard to define. The best definition I have heard is that momentum is when many positive things are all happening at the same time. Momentum is something all leaders crave. Because we are so desperate […]
The Top 10 Leadership Blog Posts I Read The Week Of April 9th
Brian Dodd on April 13, 2012 in Character, Church Leadership, Generosity, Great Teams, Performance, Sports Leadership
There is no shortage of great leadership blog posts you can read on the internet and this past week was no different. I provided a similar list last week as well which you can read by clicking here. I want to always try to mix up the authors from week-to-week which allows you to have different […]
20 Reasons I Love Church Volunteers With Big Vision
Brian Dodd on April 12, 2012 in Church Leadership
“Hey pastor, have we ever thought about doing it this way?” I don’t know how many times I’ve asked that in my life. Probably hundreds. But the question flows from a great passion I have for what God is doing at my church and a deep desire to doing something significant with my life. Because of that, I […]
10 Personality Traits Of Leaders Like Bubba Watson That Others Enjoy Being Around
Brian Dodd on April 11, 2012 in Character, Sports Leadership
Are you having as much fun as I am watching Bubba Watson make his rounds on the talk shows this week after winning The Masters? One word to describe Watson that I found fascinating was when he was described as “endearing” by Alan Shipnuck in the April 16th edition of Sports Illustrated. Reading the article forced […]