Develop Your Leadership Skills

John Adair is acknowledged internationally as an authority on leadership. The world's first Professor of Leadership Studies, he advises many organizations in business, government, education, health and the voluntary sector. He has recently received the Lifetime Achievement in Leadership Award, and he continues to write and teach throughout the world, inspiring new audiences with his timeless and timely vision of leadership. He is the author of the best-selling classics Not Bosses But Leaders and The Inspirational Leader, both published by Kogan Page.

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