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. […]
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A Wonderful Leadership Surprise
Brian Dodd on September 21, 2010 in Character, Church Leadership, Family, Generosity, Relationships
Precept Ministries, led by Jack and Kay Arthur, has been an incredible blessing to my family and we have been privileged to financially support their efforts for many years. Yesterday we were visiting their campus in Chattanooga, TN and we received a wonderful leadeship surprise. My daughter and I took a walk alongside a creek on their property.  I […]
9/11 Reflections and What Churches Are Doing Well
Brian Dodd on September 12, 2010 in Character, Relationships
Much has been said this week regarding Florida preacher Terry Jones and his desire to burn a copy of the Quran. What resulted was a negative reflection of American Christianity because of an ill-advised decision by a single rouge pastor. As Rick Warren said, we are for the separation of church and hate. What these actions did was cause me to […]
10 Lessons Learned From Bad Days In Leadership
Brian Dodd on September 11, 2010 in Character, Family
As leaders, we all have bad days. These are times when nothing goes right and everything we touch goes sour. We’ve all been there. You can’t be a leader and not have those type of days. The question then becomes how do we properly frame the days we wish would just end. Here is the truth […]
4 Ways To Impact A Man’s Life
Brian Dodd on September 9, 2010 in Family, Generosity, Relationships
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B300gQkgDS0] Recently, www.smedioi.com had a blog post entitled How To Market To Men On The Social Web written by Douglas Idugboe. There were several interesting findings including men spend more for online shopping than women. Churches are constantly looking for ways to impact the lives of men. The following are the lessons and quality insights from this post that pastors […]
10 Ways To Increase Blog Traffic
Brian Dodd on September 7, 2010 in Relationships
Leaders are constantly seeking ways to expand their influence. This past summer, the readership of this site has grown over 900%. I’ve learned much and want to pass along my key learnings about multiplying readers and exponentially impacting the lives of others to you. In addition to some positive things I’ve learned, I will also pass on my blogging mistakes. Things That Work Read A Lot On the Subject of Blogging […]
3 Simple Leadership Lessons From Frank Beamer
Brian Dodd on September 6, 2010 in Character, Family, Generosity, Great Teams, Sports Leadership
Genius is making the complicated simple, not the simple complicated. Whether it is pride, insecurity, or our natural default mode as leaders, we tend to over-analyze things in our lives. The result becomes relationships and tasks that are needlessly complicated. As a ministry consultant, I spend much time talking leaders through a process that takes complex ideas and […]