Are you happy with your growth as a leader? After reading this week’s edition of The Sporting News, I have uncovered 15 action steps you can take to accelerate your leadership growth. How Well Do You Prepare? “You’re not going to gain much strength during the season. But during the offseason, when you’re working four days a week, you’re […]
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Maybe The Best Definition Of Leadership I’ve Ever Heard
Brian Dodd on October 14, 2010 in Character, Church Leadership, Family, Generosity, Performance, Relationships, Sports Leadership
How would you define the word “leadership”? The most famous definition is from John Maxwell who says “Leadership is influence”. John, of course, is right. However, today my pastor Crawford Loritts gave a definition that made me stop in my tracks. Crawford gave this statement – “The Heavy Responsibility Of Leadership Is That It Is A […]
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?! […]
11 Ways To Go From Average To Exceptional
Brian Dodd on October 10, 2010 in Character, Great Teams, Performance, Sports Leadership
Do you feel average? Is your organization just treading water? On a personal level, do you feel like you are “stuck in the mud”? We have all been there. In the October 11th edition of The Sporting News, Stan McNeal takes a look at four MLB play-off teams who were not expected to be there – […]
Depression – Be On Guard
Brian Dodd on October 5, 2010 in Church Leadership, Family, Performance
Are you depressed? Pretty straightforward question isn’t it? According to www.upliftprogram.com, 9.5% of everyone who reads this post is suffering from depression. What is alarming is that now 4% of PRE-SCHOOLERS are clinically depressed and make up the fastest growing market of antidepressants. This is a national epidemic. I have been thinking a lot about […]
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 […]
Top 10 Most Popular Posts Of September 2010
Brian Dodd on October 1, 2010 in Character, Church Leadership, Family, Generosity, Great Teams, Most Read, Movies, Performance, Relationships, Sports Leadership
Have you ever been wonderfully surprised? In July the readership of this blog grew 124%. During August, it grew an additional 97%. I figured at some point this rate of acceleration has to stop. What a bad leadership thought because of my lack of vision. Incredibly, the month of September saw this site grow another 92%!!! […]