The Concise Adair on Leadership

178 Pages·2003·0.57 MB·English

by  John Adair

THE
CONCISE
Adair
on
Leadership
Edited by
Neil Thomas
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THE
CONCISE
Adair on leadership
John Adair
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About the author
John Adairis internationally acknowledged as having had a
significant influence on management and leadership devel-
opment in both the business and military spheres. He has seen
military service, lectured at Sandhurst, worked extensively as
a consultant, held professorships in Leadership Studies and
authored well received management and leadership books.
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Contents
1 Leadership and teambuilding 1
Section1: Leadership 2
The seven qualities of leadership 7
Functions of leadership 11
Leadership characteristics 16
Leadership skills 19
Developing leadership skills 38
Section2:Teambuilding 39
Summary and six-month follow-up test 50
2 Motivation and people management 53
Introduction 54
The 50:50 rule 55
Needs and motivation 56
McGregor’s Theory X and Theory Y 58
Managers/leaders and motivation 64
Getting the best from people 67
Summary and six-month follow-up test 80
3 The leader as decision-maker 83
Key elements of effective thinking and decision-making 86
Other useful approaches 89
The concept of value in decision-making 91
Decision-making and weighing up the options 93
Summary and six-month follow-up test 96
4 Communication and presentation 99
Introduction 100
Issues in communication 100
Listening 104
Reading skills 107
Writing skills 108
Speaking and presentation skills 113
Presentation skills 114
One-to-one interviews 119
Managing meetings 121
Within your organisation 124
Summary and six-month follow-up test 125
5 Personal reminders and thoughts worth thinking 129
Introduction 130
Leadership: Personal reminders 131
Teambuilding: Personal reminders 133
Leadership: Thoughts worth thinking 136
Teambuilding: Thoughts worth thinking 145
Motivation and people management:
Personal reminders 148
Motivation and people management:
Thoughts worth thinking 148
The leader as decision-maker:
Personal reminders 157
The leader as decision-maker:
Thoughts worth thinking 158
Communication and presentation:
Personal reminders 161
Communication and presentation:
Thoughts worth thinking 163
PART
ONE
LEADERSHIP AND TEAMBUILDING
SECTION 1: Leadership 2
The seven qualities of leadership 7
Functions of leadership 11
Leadership characteristics 16
Leadership skills 19
Developing leadership skills 38
SECTION 2: Teambuilding 39
Summary and six-month follow-up test 50
1 Leadership and teambuilding
This chapter of the book is divided into two parts:
1 Leadershipand
2 Teambuilding.
SECTION 1: Leadership
A survey of successful chief executives on the attributes most
valuable at top levels of management indicated the following
in order of rating:
1 Ability to take decisions
2 Leadership
3 Integrity
4 Enthusiasm
5 Imagination
6 Willingness to work hard
7 Analytical ability
2 THE CONCISE ADAIR ON LEADERSHIP