Develop Your Leadership Skills - Brossura

Adair, John Eric

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ISBN 10: 0749449195 ISBN 13: 9780749449193

Casa editrice: Kogan Page Ltd, 2007

Riassunto

Best-selling author and leadership expert John Adair brings his stimulating insights into leadership into his most accessible book to date. Full of exercises and checklists, "Develop Your Leadership Skills" provides the tools to recognize and develop leadership qualities, acquire personal authority and master core leadership functions, including planning, communicating and motivating. Suitable for anyone who wishes to improve their leadership skills, this guide distills the essence of Adair's teaching and offers a framework for becoming an effective leader.

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Informazioni sull?autore

John Adair is acknowledged internationally as an authority on leadership. The world's first Professor of Leadership Studies, he advises many organisations in business, government, education, health and the voluntary sector. An effective speaker with a valuable message, he is one of the very few figures in recent years to have transformed the debate as to what effective leadership is all about.

John Adair has recently been made United Nations Chair of Strategic Leadership. Based in Turin, he has launched a strategic leadership programme in association with the UN. He has also received the Lifetime Achievement in Leadership Award and China has made him its first Honorary Professor of Leadership. The author of over 50 books, now in 25 languages, on leadership and management development, he continues to write and teach throughout the world, inspiring new audiences with his timeless and timely vision of leadership.

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Introduction

1. What you have to be

Some essential qualities; Generic leadership traits

2. What you have to know

3. What you need to do

Task need; Team maintenance need; Individual needs; The three circles interact; Towards the functional approach to leadership; Your role as leader; Leadership: personal reminder

4. How to turn the core leadership functions into skills

Defining the task; Planning; Briefing; Controlling; Evaluating; Motivating; Organising; Providing an example

5. How to develop yourself as a leader

Be prepared; Be proactive; Be reflective

6. How to lead at the strategic level

The functions of a strategic leader; The importance of practical wisdom; Leadership for desirable change

7. How to grow leaders in your organisation

Principle one: develop a strategy for leadership development; Principle two: selection; Principle three: training for leadership; Principle four: career development; Principle five: line managers as leadership developers; Principle six: culture; Principle seven: the chief executive; Finding greatness in people

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: Kogan Page Ltd
• Data di pubblicazione: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0749449195
• ISBN 13: 9780749449193
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Lingua: Inglese
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 89
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile