As you know, on Friday, March 11th a 9.0 earthquake rocked Japan and caused a tsunami that devastated the nation. Two evenings later at a Passion City Church service in Atlanta, I had the opportunity to be part of a prayer and reflection time for the Japanese people which I will never forget. Fortunately, someone in attendance had a […]
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15 Leadership Quotes and Prinicples From Baltimore Orioles’ Manager Buck Showalter
Brian Dodd on April 8, 2011 in Great Teams, Performance, Sports Leadership
The Baltimore Orioles are 5-1 and in first place in the AL East! Who would have thought that the team with the 2nd most losses of any AL team since 1997 would be off to such a good start?  Manager Buck Showalter would, that’s who and he has the Orioles’ players believing it as well. In […]
12 Warning Signs Of Unhealthy Leadership
Brian Dodd on April 6, 2011 in Church Leadership, Family, Relationships, Sports Leadership
I once worked for someone that when anyone told him that he look tired, he had a standard response – “I didn’t know there was another option.” Well, there are other options. There has to be. Those we are called to serve need our energy. And more importantly, the task we have been called to is too […]
22 Leadership Quotes And Principles From Mark Zuckerberg And The Facebook Effect Part 2
Brian Dodd on April 3, 2011 in Performance
The following is Part 2 of the leadership quotes and principles from the first six chapters of The Facebook Effect by David Kirkpatrick. This incredible book chronicles Facebook’s journey from conception to becoming a legitimate business. To read Part 1, click here. All quotes are from Facebook’s founder Mark Zuckerberg unless otherwise noted. More than 80% of the […]
10 Most Popular Posts Of March 2011 – A Month From Hell
Brian Dodd on April 1, 2011 in Character, Church Leadership, Family, Generosity, Great Teams, Most Read, NBA, Performance, Relationships, Sports Leadership
March 2011 will be a month I will never forget. Many things happened that will leave lasting memories and that was reflected in what the readers felt were the most popular posts. The #1 post is about a man on a highway to hell. Posts #2 and #9 were about hell on earth – Japan. […]
6 Things You Can Do To Change Your Bleak Present Into A Bright Future
Brian Dodd on March 31, 2011 in Great Teams, Performance, Sports Leadership
The Kansas City Royals win the 2015 World Series!!! That’s right, the Royals are going to be very good - not this year or probably even next. But very soon, they are going to be very good. If your team has under-performed or not met expectations in recent memory, Joe Posnanski wrote an interesting article in the March 21st edition of […]
How Success Changes A Person
Brian Dodd on March 30, 2011 in Performance
Every new level comes with a new devil. You see, things change with success. It’s just a reality. One of the characteristics of someone who has sustainable leadership and success is that they will handle this new prosperity well. 20-year-old Trevor Bayne won this year’s Daytona 500. The March 14h edition of Sporting News talked with him about […]