May 31st, 2010 
alandanielson In the United States, today is Memorial Day. Today we remember those who have died in service to our country. Today we remember heroes. Today we remember leaders. Why do I say we remember leaders today? Because one of the greatest defining characteristics of any leader is willingness to sacrifice. Leadership is hard work requiring [...]
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Tags: Leadership, Sacrifice, The Character of A Leader 
No Comments » May 27th, 2010 alandanielson 30 years ago this month I saw my favorite movie of all time: Star Wars The Empire Strikes Back. My favorite character of the Star Wars saga, Yoda, had his debut in this film and he had some great lines. When Luke was trying to use the Force to lift his starfighter out of a [...]
Posted in Small Groups Tags: Triple-Threat Leadership, Triple-Threat Small Group Leaders 1 Comment » May 26th, 2010 alandanielson Yesterday was an exciting and crazy day as I released the new 3-T e-Book!! Several of you started reading the Triple-Threat Leadership e-Book yesterday and caught a few more typos. Please forgive me. Don’t get me wrong, I love my editor and I’m forever grateful for his contribution. The person who owns the mistakes [...]
May 26th, 2010 alandanielson Originally posted November 9, 2009—reposted May 26, 2010 I had the honor of meeting Francis Chan before he spoke at the RightNow’09 Conference and was amazed by his immediate genuineness and authenticity. In his conference session he spoke about the honor of sharing in Christ’s suffering and read the following verse from Philippians. “I want [...]
Posted in Special Tags: chan, conference, crucifixion, Fe, francis, Mexico, new, now, right, rightnow, rightnow09, Santa, suffering 8 Comments » May 25th, 2010 alandanielson I’ve finished my Triple-Threat Leadership e-Book and for a limited time I’m giving it away! Click Here to get your copy now!
Posted in Leadership Tags: e-Book, Triple-Threat Leader, Triple-Threat Leaders, Triple-Threat Leadership 2 Comments » May 24th, 2010 alandanielson I’ve been working like crazy getting my Triple-Threat Leadership e-Book ready to release and it’s coming very soon! The online assessment is complete and I’m testing it out on some friends and colleagues. Here’s a short exerpt from the e-Book: Executive coaching has become a trend in the leadership world because wise leaders have recognized the [...]
May 19th, 2010 alandanielson I recently took one division at an organization through my Triple-Threat Leadership presentation and discovered something fascinating (Click Here to read about Triple-Threat Leadership if you aren’t already familiar with it). During every Triple-Threat event I ask the participants which leadership style is the preferred or default style of their organization as a whole. Unanimously every [...]
May 18th, 2010 alandanielson A few weeks ago I wrote a post about a neighborhood child who we suspected of stealing an iPod from our house. I asked for your advice and I got some great responses. Thanks for your thoughts! Here’s the link to that post. Last weekend I was finally able to talk to the boy’s dad. [...]
Posted in Character, Spiritual Growth Tags: Demonstrating Grace, Reaching Neighbors For Christ 5 Comments » May 17th, 2010 alandanielson Whenever leaders are faced with changing something in their organization they face a tough challenge: getting everyone on board. If you’re trying to change the direction or tradition of your church that challenge gets even tougher. Why? Because people are so emotionally attached to they way they do church. I was watching a video the [...]
May 12th, 2010 alandanielson Sometimes becoming a better leader has less to do with adding good habits than it has to do with eliminating bad habits. Here are a few bad habits that small group leaders could stand to cast off: Adding too much: the desire to constantly throw in their opinions. Showing off: the need to demonstrate how [...]
