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.
โฆ Table of Contents
Contents......Page 6
About the author......Page 8
Introduction......Page 10
1. What you have to be......Page 12
Some essential qualities......Page 14
Generic leadership traits......Page 15
2. What you have to know......Page 20
3. What you need to do......Page 26
Team maintenance need......Page 28
The three circles interact......Page 29
Towards the functional approach to leadership......Page 30
Your role as leader......Page 31
Leadership: personal reminder......Page 33
4. How to turn the core leadership functions into skills......Page 34
Defining the task......Page 35
Planning......Page 39
Briefing......Page 42
Controlling......Page 45
Evaluating......Page 48
Motivating......Page 50
Organising......Page 55
Providing an example......Page 61
5. How to develop yourself as a leader......Page 66
Be prepared......Page 67
Be reflective......Page 68
6. How to lead at the strategic level......Page 72
The functions of a strategic leader......Page 73
The importance of practical wisdom......Page 74
Leadership for desirable change......Page 76
7. How to grow leaders in your organisation......Page 78
Principle one: develop a strategy for leadership development......Page 79
Principle two: selection......Page 80
Principle three: training for leadership......Page 81
Principle four: career development......Page 82
Principle five: line managers as leadership developers......Page 83
Principle six: culture......Page 84
Finding greatness in people......Page 85
Achieving the task......Page 88
Building and maintaining the team......Page 89
Developing the individual......Page 90
Further reading......Page 92
Index......Page 94