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Develop Your Leadership Skills

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: UK Kogan Page Ltd 2013Description: 79pISBN:
  • 9780749467005
DDC classification:
  • 658.4092/ADA
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Develop Your Leadership Skills is John Adair's most accessible title on leadership. Full of exercises and checklists, it will boost your confidence levels and guide and inspire anyone on their journey to becoming a leader of excellence.Acknowledged as a world expert, John Adair offers stimulating insights into recognizing and developing individual leadership qualities, acquiring personal authority and, most importantly, mastering core leadership functions such as planning, communicating and motivating. Suitable for anyone who wishes to improve or develop their leadership skills, this guide distills the essence of John Adair's teaching and provides a framework for becoming an effective leader.

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Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • 1 What you have to be
  • 2 What you have to know
  • 3 What you need to do
  • 4 How to turn the core leadership functions into skills
  • 5 How to develop yourself as a leader
  • 6 How to lead at the strategic level
  • 7 How to grow leaders in your organisation

Excerpt provided by Syndetics

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 Excerpted from Develop Your Leadership Skills by John Adair All rights reserved by the original copyright owners. Excerpts are provided for display purposes only and may not be reproduced, reprinted or distributed without the written permission of the publisher.

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