Leadership And Motivation

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

John Adair has transformed our understanding of how leadership works with his pioneering book Not Bosses But Leaders . Here he explores the nature of motivation, individual needs and how they relate to the key tasks facing leaders and managers - good, positive motivation can create, maintain and improve the performance of any team.

In Leadership and Motivation John Adair also puts forward his own theory of motivation - the fifty-fifty rule - and then identifies the eight key principles for motivating others.

Motivation increases efficiency and productivity - and makes reaching targets more likely. Leadership and Motivation will stimulate your thoughts and ideas on how to inspire others, and offers you some practical ways to motivate yourself and others to achieve.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

• About the Author (p. xi)
• Introduction (p. 1)
• Part 1 Leadership and Motivation (p. 5)
• 1 Functional Leadership (p. 7)
• The Background (p. 8)
• The Theory of Group Personality and Group Needs (p. 8)
• Individual Needs and Motivation (p. 9)
• The Needs Interact (p. 10)
• Leadership Functions (p. 12)
• Sharing Decisions (p. 14)
• Conclusion (p. 16)
• 2 Action-Centred Leadership (p. 19)
• The Wider ACL Framework (p. 20)
• The Qualities Approach (p. 22)
• The Situational Approach (p. 25)
• Individual Needs (p. 28)
• Leadership and Management Functions (p. 30)
• The Decision-making Continuum (p. 32)
• The Levels of Leadership (p. 33)
• 3 The Fifty-Fifty Rule (p. 37)
• Part 2 Maslow and Herzberg (p. 45)
• 4 Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs (p. 47)
• The Physiological Needs (p. 49)
• The Safety Needs (p. 51)
• The Social Needs (p. 53)
• The Esteem Needs (p. 53)
• The Need for Self-actualization (p. 54)
• The Desires to Know and Understand (p. 54)
• The Aesthetic Needs (p. 56)
• Coping and Expressive Behaviour (p. 56)
• 5 The Application of Maslow's Ideas in Industry (p. 59)
• Douglas McGregor's Theory X and Theory Y (p. 60)
• The Wider Dissemination of Maslow's Ideas (p. 63)
• The Moral issue (p. 65)
• 6 Herzberg's Motivation - Hygiene Theory (p. 69)
• Basic Characteristics of the Research Project (p. 70)
• The Categories (p. 72)
• Experimental Results (p. 76)
• Herzberg and Maslow (p. 80)
• Critics of Herzberg's Theory (p. 83)
• Conclusion (p. 84)
• Part 3 How to Motivate Others: The Eight Principles of Motivation (p. 87)
• 7 A Framework for Motivation (p. 89)
• 1 Be Motivated Yourself (p. 91)
• 2 Select People who are Highly Motivated (p. 93)
• 3 Treat Each Person as an Individual (p. 95)
• 4 Set Realistic and Challenging Targets (p. 97)
• 5 Remember that Progress Motivates (p. 99)
• 6 Create a Motivating Environment (p. 101)
• 7 Provide Fair Rewards (p. 103)
• 8 Give Recognition (p. 106)
• Summary: How to Motivate Others (p. 109)
• 8 Parting Reflections - Towards a New Theory of Motivation (p. 115)
• Notes (p. 117)
• Further Reading (p. 123)
• Index (p. 131)