1269 Leadership Quotes
In the third episode of this year’s Hard Knocks series, New York Jets head coach Robert Selah identified the four levels of competitors which exist in every organization. What I appreciate about his levels is he clearly communicates the characteristics of each. By providing such clarity, Coach Selah also provides the framework needed to go […]
John Maxwell is famous for saying, “Everything rises and falls on leadership.” Organizations rise and fall on leadership. Teams rise and fall on leadership. Most importantly, churches rise and fall on leadership. And the sobering truth is not every leader can build a great organization, team or church. For lessons on how to do so, I […]
A collective smile has come across the faces of sports fans everywhere as the NFL training camps are beginning. The Dallas Cowboys were the first to open and their ongoing soap opera debuted a new actor named Dez Bryant.  The fun has began. The following are my top 20 storylines and predictions for the upcoming year.  No great leadership principles here. Just sheer fun. New York Jets - Rex Ryan’s bunch have the […]
In November 2009 I wrote two posts on Why Good Teams Go Bad (http://briandoddonleadership.wordpress.com/2009/11/05/why-good-teams-go-bad-part-1/) which was a study of NFL (www.nfl.com) teams that were 13-3 or better one year and experienced a losing record the next. What was interesting was that three of those teams had losing records prior to the one great year. In other words – a bad season, then a great […]
