I recently wrote a post entitled The Top 10 Leadership Mistakes. Based upon your response, it echoed what many of you were thinking and feeling. In an effort to provide a balanced perspective, I want to bring you what I feel are my Top 10 Benefits that come to those of you follow quality leadership. Leaders provide vision. They […]
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6 Leadership Lessons From The Atlanta Falcons
Brian Dodd on November 29, 2010 in Character, Church Leadership, Family, Great Teams, Performance, Relationships, Sports Leadership
Mike Linch, Senior Pastor of NorthStar Church in Kennesaw, GA is a great leader and friend. I have written two posts on his leadership previously. You can read them here and here. This past weekend he did the pre-game chapel for the Atlanta Falcons prior to their meeting the Green Bay Packers. The following is a guest post from Mike so […]
10 Ways To Disqualify Yourself From Dating My Daughter
Brian Dodd on October 13, 2010 in Character, Family, Relationships
Is there anything that captures the heart of man more than his little girl? If there is, I have not discovered it. A few weeks ago when my family was on vacation, someone referenced the beauty of my pre-teen little girl in a loud voice as they were driving past us. Can you tell I am putting that nicely?! […]
Leaders, You Can Go Home Again
Brian Dodd on October 3, 2010 in Church Leadership, Family, Relationships
Today I got to go home again! As a result of a previous post I wrote, How A Sunday School Teacher Changed My Life, the leadership of Acworth United Methodist Church gave me the privilege of returning to my childhood church home to speak to their men. It is not an exaggeration to say that today was one of […]
20 Thoughts From A Father’s Stream Of Consciousness
Brian Dodd on September 28, 2010 in Character, Family, Relationships
Have you ever noticed how quickly children grow up? I am about the be the father of a teenager but I still see my daughter as a little girl crawling down the hall in diapers. Where did the time go? I am in a reflective state of mind this evening. It just amazes me watching God shape her mind […]
6 Leadership Lessons From Iron Man 2
Brian Dodd on September 27, 2010 in Church Leadership, Family, Movies, Relationships
With Tuesday’s release of Iron Man 2 on dvd, I wanted to provide you an updated post that was originally posted on May 8th. Buy the dvd. You’ll enjoy it. My wife and I saw Iron Man 2 today. First, it is great to have a wife who will put up with popcorn movies! Second, you […]
5 Leadership Is A Rollercoaster Principles
Brian Dodd on September 23, 2010 in Family, Generosity, Relationships
Yesterday I had a privilege of taking my daughter on her first rollercoaster ride! As you can imagine it was quite a memorable experience for all. After taking the ride and enjoying that memory with her, I began to think about what leaders can learn from rollercoasters. Trust me! It will be worth the read. […]