A friend of mine at Life Way, Rick Howerton, is going to be reviewing my Triple-Threat Leadership eBook on his blog soon (not sure when just yet) and he sent me a few questions.  I wrote out my answers and sent them back last night, but one of his questions really stood out to me.  Today, I thought I’d share it, and my answer, with you.

Rick: There has been so much written on leadership, what sets your work,  Triple-Threat Leadership, apart from other leadership ideologies?

Alan: The trend in leadership books/talks today is for experts to say, “Don’t focus on your weaknesses, just leverage your strengths.”  While I agree with this in principle, in practice it’s not always realistic.  I believe there are three skills that all leaders, regardless of their job title, organization size, or experience must have: (1) casting vision, (2) creating strategy, and (3) fostering relationships.  Leaders who learn do do all three will always succeed.  All leaders are going to be better at one or two of these skills, but their leadership will be incomplete unless they learn to do the other one or two they do less-well.   Triple-Threat Leadership is not about focusing on your weaknesses, and it’s not about doing all things well.  It’s about doing THREE things well.  Leaders who learn these three things succeed: they become “Triple-Threat Leaders”.

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