How to Lead Others
Eight Lessons for Beginners
1st Edition
Published on 20. September 2018
216 pages
978-1-4729-5696-5 (ISBN)
Description
The eight basic - but critical - lessons that everyone should know in order to lead others successfully.
In any job, there will come a time when you are asked to lead other people. But while people are often well trained in the skill set of their particular profession, few people are ever taught how to lead. As such, those first steps into leadership can seem daunting - what do you actually do? How do you really lead? How do you build an effective team? And how do you lead colleagues who used to be your peers?
How to Lead Others is the second book in the John Adair Masterclass Series, and it conveys the basics of leadership in a way that is concise, relevant and practical by breaking down leadership into eight simple lessons:
· Defining the task;
· Effective planning;
· Briefing;
· Controlling;
· Motivating;
· Organizing;
· Evaluating; and
· Leading by example.
Aimed at those who, regardless of industry or business sector, are about take their first steps on the leadership path, or who are at an early stage in their career and realise that leadership responsibilities lie ahead of them, How to Lead Others is the essential handbook to one of the most important and challenging aspects of professional life.
In any job, there will come a time when you are asked to lead other people. But while people are often well trained in the skill set of their particular profession, few people are ever taught how to lead. As such, those first steps into leadership can seem daunting - what do you actually do? How do you really lead? How do you build an effective team? And how do you lead colleagues who used to be your peers?
How to Lead Others is the second book in the John Adair Masterclass Series, and it conveys the basics of leadership in a way that is concise, relevant and practical by breaking down leadership into eight simple lessons:
· Defining the task;
· Effective planning;
· Briefing;
· Controlling;
· Motivating;
· Organizing;
· Evaluating; and
· Leading by example.
Aimed at those who, regardless of industry or business sector, are about take their first steps on the leadership path, or who are at an early stage in their career and realise that leadership responsibilities lie ahead of them, How to Lead Others is the essential handbook to one of the most important and challenging aspects of professional life.
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Series
Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
Professional and scholarly
ISBN-13
978-1-4729-5696-5 (9781472956965)
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09/2018
Bloomsbury Business
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Person
John Adair is one of the world's leading authorities on leadership and leadership development. He is a teacher of leadership and an author of 50 books, which have been translated into 18 languages. Since 2006, he has been Honorary Professor of Leadership at the China Executive Leadership Academy in Shanghai. In 2009, he was appointed Chair of Leadership Studies at the United Nations Staff College in Turin.
Content
- Cover page
- Halftitle page
- Dedication
- Title page
- Copyright page
- CONTENTS
- Introduction
- The way ahead
- How to use this book
- How we learn
- The true conclusion
- PART ONE UNDERSTANDING LEADERSHIP
- 1 What you have to be
- Representative qualities
- Some generic qualities of leadership
- Exercise 1: Leadership qualities
- Exercise 2: Have you got what it takes for a top job in leadership?
- Key points
- 2 What you have to know
- The three kinds of authority at work
- The need for flexibility
- Key points
- 3 What you have to do
- Group personality and group needs
- Task needs
- Group maintenance needs
- Individual needs
- Understanding the individual
- The Three Circles model
- Exercise 3: The Three Circles model
- Exercise 4: The Three Circles model
- Necessary functions
- The generic role of leader
- Women as leaders
- Key points
- 4 Pulling the threads together
- Sharing decisions
- Developing your own style of leadership
- Drawing upon the qualities approach
- The different levels of leadership
- Leadership and values
- Key points
- PART TWO DEVELOPING YOUR LEADERSHIP SKILLS
- 5 Defining the task
- Be clear about your task
- The reason why
- Key points
- 6 Planning
- Searching for alternatives
- How to be more creative
- Exercise 5: Creative solutions
- Exercise 6: Functional flexibility
- Making a contingency plan
- Key points
- 7 Briefing
- Effective speaking
- Be clear
- Briefing and group work
- Key points
- 8 Controlling
- Controlling a meeting
- Self- control
- Calm, cool and collected
- Key points
- 9 Motivating
- The 50-50 rule and the eight principles of motivating
- Motivation and inspiration
- Key points
- 10 Organizing'
- Organizing your team
- A good leader delegates
- Organizing yourself
- Key points
- 11 Evaluating
- Assessing consequences
- Evaluating team performance
- Appraising and training individuals
- Judging people
- Self- evaluation
- Learn from your mistakes
- How to learn from feedback
- Key points
- 12 Leading by example
- Exercise 7
- In the task area
- In team and individual circles
- Key points
- APPENDIX
- INDEX
