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. The following are the leadership principles and quotes from the film: Leaders Are Incredibly Resourceful – Throughout the […]
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10 Leadership Lessons From Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes
Brian Dodd on December 12, 2011 in Movies
On June 15th 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, maybe I should. Coming out on dvd tomorrow, Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes is a completely implausible but fun movie that […]
An Inexpensive Way To Create Priceless Thanksgiving Memories
Brian Dodd on November 23, 2011 in Church Leadership, Family, Movies
The night before Thanksgiving is one of my favorite nights of the year. About a decade ago, my wife got the idea of what she calls the Thanksgiving Chain. All you need to make one is construction paper, scissors, a stapler, and something to write with. We take basic construction paper you buy at Wal-Mart and cut it […]
8 Leadership Lessons And Quotes From Super 8
Brian Dodd on November 21, 2011 in Movies
With the movie Super 8 available on dvd this Tuesday, I feel the timing is right to re-visit my review from earlier this year. This movie is just not that great.  Being a Steven Spielberg production, the quality is obviously very high. There are some good surprises as well. The best part of the movie is […]
One Of The Greatest Leadership Trades I Ever Made
Brian Dodd on November 12, 2011 in Character, Church Leadership, Family, Relationships
“That movie just gets better every time I see it.” – My daughter We make trades every day. We choose to do one thing rather than another. We spend time with one person over another or one person over an activity. Today I made a very good trade. Last week my daughter told me she […]
Top 10 Most Popular Posts Of October 2011
Brian Dodd on October 31, 2011 in Character, Church Leadership, Great Teams, Most Read, Movies, Performance, Sports Leadership
October was another great month for this site! For the third consecutive month a movie review took the top spot. I have no movies planned for November so it will be interesting to see what takes the upcoming top spot this month. The following are the Top 10 posts for October as determined by you the […]
Why I Am Praying For These 15 Celebrities
Brian Dodd on October 9, 2011 in Church Leadership
A major priority I have as a leader, who happens to also be Christian, is to engage and serve our culture. I don’t want to remove myself from culture or be antagonistic towards it. At the same time, I don’t necessarily want to embrace all of it. But rather, I want to effectively engage it so I can […]