Can one person really make a difference? I think they can and so do general managers in the NHL. The following three individuals were the top picks in the draft and changed the fortunes of their organizations. Alex Ovechkin, the 1st pick in the 2004 NHL Draft, has won multiple Hart Trophies and turned Washington […]
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How To Build A Champion Part 3
Brian Dodd on August 19, 2010 in Great Teams, Performance, Sports Leadership
The following is the final list of ten leadership excerpts from Christopher Price’s book The Blueprint that chronicles the construction of the New England Patriots. Regardless of your profession, these leadership lessons apply across all disciplines.  Old guys had started the process of “regulating” the locker room. Brady recognized the importance of team building, of the […]
LeBron’s Supporting Cast: How To Build Around A Star
Brian Dodd on July 23, 2010 in Character, Great Teams, LeBron James, NBA, Sports Leadership
Miami Heat team president Pat Riley has already earned the 2010-11 NBA Executive Of The Year for signing the LeBron James, Dwyane Wade, and Chris Bosh. However, he is showing equal genius in placing the complimentary parts around them with minimal resources available. The following are his moves: Drafting 6-10 Dexter Pittman out of Texas, 6-9 Jarvis […]
How Bad Teams Become Great – Part 2
Brian Dodd on June 14, 2010 in Great Teams, NFL Draft, Performance, Sports Leadership
In part 1 of this series, we looked at three NFL (www.nfl.com) teams who had an exceptional season sandwiched between two disappointing ones. The objective of these posts is to identify the success links that these teams had in common needed to produce that great season and are necessary for our organizations to have a much-needed performance spike. Six links […]
How Bad Teams Become Great – Part 1
Brian Dodd on June 13, 2010 in Great Teams, NFL Draft, Performance, Sports Leadership
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 […]
“I Love Working With You”
Brian Dodd on June 10, 2010 in Generosity, Great Teams
I was reading an article on www.espn.com yesterday about the emerging superstar Point Guard Rajon Rondo of the Boston Celtics. It was noted by reporter Peter May that during Rondo’s rookie season Head Coach Doc Rivers advised him, “you know your teammates hate playing with you?” Rondo responded well to the coaching and started 22 of the […]
“There Are No Great Teams Currently In The NBAâ€
Brian Dodd on May 29, 2010 in Great Teams, NBA
Yesterday I listened to a portion of an interview with ESPN (www.espn.com) analyst Jon Barry who stated emphatically “There are no great teams currently in the NBA!” It was further noted that each of the remaining four play-off teams (Orlando has since been eliminated) was flawed in key areas.  The teams that were noted for being […]