The Inspirational Leader
How to Motivate, Encourage and Achieve Success
1st Edition
Published on 3. August 2005
Book
Paperback/Softback
208 pages
978-0-7494-4456-3 (ISBN)
Description
"Adair, an authority on business leadership development, reiterates his best ideas on strategic leadership and introduces new thoughts into a concise, readable guide." - Management Today
The Inspirational Leader argues that leaders are not born but made. Taking the form of conversations between a young chief executive and the author, it explores the nature and practice of leadership. Each aspect of leadership is studied and discussed, so that the key skills are revealed for anyone to adopt and use to inspire and encourage others.
Thought-provoking and accessible, it will help readers to develop the necessary charisma and qualities to make them inspiring leaders. Leaders are not a particular type of person, and the valuable advice presented in this book can help any aspiring leader realise their full potential.
The Inspirational Leader argues that leaders are not born but made. Taking the form of conversations between a young chief executive and the author, it explores the nature and practice of leadership. Each aspect of leadership is studied and discussed, so that the key skills are revealed for anyone to adopt and use to inspire and encourage others.
Thought-provoking and accessible, it will help readers to develop the necessary charisma and qualities to make them inspiring leaders. Leaders are not a particular type of person, and the valuable advice presented in this book can help any aspiring leader realise their full potential.
Reviews / Votes
"Key skills are revealed for anyone to adopt and use to inspire and encourage others." Management Services "In this book, Adair uses actual conversations and discussions over some months between an executive and himself to explore the nature of leadership and its practice in organizational settings." Leadership and Organisational Development Journal "Adair, an authority on business leadership development, reiterates his best ideas on strategic leadership and introduces new thoughts into a concise, readable guide." Management TodayMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 135 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-7494-4456-3 (9780749444563)
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Schweitzer Classification
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Book
02/2009
1st Edition
Kogan Page Ltd
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Previous edition
Book
06/2003
1st Edition
Kogan Page Ltd
€36.11
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Person
John Adair is internationally acknowledged as an authority on leadership. He is the author of many books and articles on leadership and management development, including the best-selling classic Not Bosses But Leaders, published by Kogan Page. He continues to write and teach throughout the world, inspiring new audiences with his timeless vision of leadership.
Content
The three basic approaches; The authority of knowing; Levels of leadership; The implicit contract; The need for challenge; The effects of trust; What motivates individuals; The test of leadership.
The three basic approaches; The authority of knowing; Levels of leadership; The implicit contract; The need for challenge; The effects of trust; What motivates individuals; The test of leadership.