The Top 10 Most Popular Leadership Posts Of 2014

The Top 10 Most Popular Leadership Posts Of 2014

2014 was the most popular year in the history of this site.  Thanks to you the readers, this site finished the year as the 31st most read Christian leadership blog on the internet.  You can click here for the full list.
2014 will also be remembered as The Year Of The Movie.  The top 6 posts and 8 of the Top 10 were all leadership principles from movies.  With a HUGE year from Hollywood planned for 2015, I do not see this trend slowing down.
The following are The Top 10 Most Read Leadership Posts Of 2014 as determined by you the readers:

1. 18 Leadership Quotes And Lessons From God’s Not Dead The Movie – In addition to being the most popular post of 2014, it passed 10 Leadership Quotes And Principles From Soul Surfer as the most popular post in this site’s history.
2. 40 Leadership Quotes And Lessons From When The Game Stands Tall – Similar to God’s Not Dead, this inspirational film with family values represented everything which is good about leadership.  Being in the #2 slot is also an indication of what type of posts this site’s readers responds to.  For this I am proud of my audience.
3. 15 Leadership Quotes And Lessons From Lone Survivor Movie – I am so glad this post was highly popular.  The rest of the films contain fictional comic book heroes.  Lone Survivor is a vivid reminder the real heroes are our incredibly brave servicemen and women.
4. 15 Leadership Quotes And Lessons From X-Men: Days Of Future Past – I am a raving fan of Marvel movies.  10 Leadership Quotes And Principles From X-Men: First Class was the #5 Most Read Post of 2011 and its successor was even more popular.
5. 20 Leadership Quotes And Lessons From The Amazing Spider Man 2 – Powered by Gwen Stacy’s, played by Emma Stone, incredible graduation speech, this film arrived at #5 on my annual list.  As Stacy said, “What makes life valuable is it doesn’t last for forever.  What makes it precious is it ends.”
6. 21 Leadership Quotes And Lessons From Guardians Of The Galaxy – When Marvel expanded their cinematic universe to include the Guardians, the public wholeheartedly responded both at the box office and online.  Humor is a leader’s best friend and few films were as funny as this one.
7. The Top 30 Blogs Christian Leaders Need To Read In 2014 – For the third consecutive season, this listing of other top bloggers made the Top 10 of the year.  Make sure you check back on January 1st for this year’s list.
8. 24 Leadership Quotes And Lessons From Captain America 2: The Winter Soldier – The best action movie of 2014.  I cannot wait for Avengers 2: Age of Ultron.  Click here to read my review of its trailer.
9. New FREE Ebook – 999 Leadership Quotes: Timeless Truths From The 2014 Passion, Velocity, ARC, Orange, Leadership Conferences – Similar to the list of top bloggers, an Ebook made the Top 10 list.  Be sure to be on the lookout as I plan to release another one in January.
10. 17 Leadership Quotes And Lessons From Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes – As a leader, you can accomplish more with a team than you can by yourself.  What I enjoyed most about this post is my good friend Jeff Shortridge helped me write it by sending some of his leadership thoughts on the movie.

Other movies which were popular with the readers which made the Top 20 were 23 Leadership Quotes And Principles From Unbroken The Movie (#12) which immediately went viral upon its release just one week ago,  20 Leadership Lessons And Quotes From The Tom Cruise Movie Edge Of Tomorrow (#16), and 22 Leadership Quotes And Lessons From The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 (#17).
I want to close out an incredibly successful 2014 by thanking you for visiting this site so often.  I trust the posts have expanded your thinking and made you a better leader.  It would be an absolute honor to continue investing in your leadership in 2015.  God bless!