Thornton uses his years of consulting and workshop experience to get to the “nitty-gritty” of leadership basics. After a brief introduction he begins a “step by step” guide to better leadership awareness. Chapter 1 deals with a sound leadership foundation, which includes mission, vision and values. In chapter 2 he introduces what he calls the “Three C’s of Leadership” which are the three things leaders should do! These are 1) they challenge people; 2) build people’s confidence and 3) they coach people. With this early foundation entrenched within the book, the following chapters begin to build the core message.
The rest of The Triangles of Management and Leadership discuss management styles, the Power Triangle, planning, decision-making, managing conflict, motivation, feedback, controls, the Finance Triangle, dealing with difficult people and managing change. The author likes to use 3’s to connect major points or concepts as in the 3-points of a triangle. Each chapter is followed by a section called, “Applying the Concept” in which other organizational leaders comment on the major principles of the preceding chapter. [Review from Amazon.com reviewer]
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