You've heard it before: You're only as good as the people around you.

In other  words, it doesn't have to be lonely at the top! Strong leaders depend on key relationships to sustain them personally and professionally.

But how do you build a healthy circle of support both inside and outside your organization?

How do you attract the kind of people that will enhance your vision as well as your goals for your company or ministry?

In partnership with Dr. John Townsend and Dr. Henry Cloud, CCN’s monthly Ultimate Leadership series provides the support and the answers that leaders seek.

This month, leaders in business and ministry are invited to join Dr. Townsend to gain skills for connecting, networking and establishing trust alliances with the kind of persons that promote the growth and health of the leader and the organization.

In this highly practical Ultimate Leadership session, you'll uncover the qualities and abilities shared by Leaders Who Create Alliances That Work.

You'll take a look at the key components of building these alliances:

• Developing connections
• Establishing trust
• Maintaining a network
• Discerning positive and negative alliances

Remember, you're not supposed to go it alone!

Dr. John Townsend, a clinical psychologist, is co-founder and co-director of Cloud-Townsend, Inc. He is the best-selling author of Hiding from Love, and coauthor of Boundaries, Boundaries with Kids, Boundaries in Marriage, Boundaries in Dating, 12 “Christian” Beliefs That Can Drive You Crazy, Safe People, The Mom Factor, Raising Great Kids, and How People Grow. He is a specialist on such topics as biblical models of personality and character growth, and spiritual issues of psychopathology.