Develop Your Leadership Skills

Name: Develop Your Leadership Skills
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ISBN: 9780749449193

ISBN-10: 0749449195

ISBN-13: 9780749449193

Edition: 2nd 2007

Authors: John. Adair

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Best-selling author and leadership expert John Adair brings his stimulating insights into leadership into his most accessible book to date. Full of exercises and checklists, "Develop Your Leadership Skills" provides the tools to recognize and develop leadership qualities, acquire personal authority and master core leadership functions, including planning, communicating and motivating. Suitable for anyone who wishes to improve their leadership skills, this guide distills the essence of Adair's teaching and offers a framework for becoming an effective leader.

Book details

List price: $17.95
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Kogan Page, Limited
Publication date: 3/28/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 144
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.40" long x 0.28" tall
Weight: 0.352
Language: English



About the author


Introduction



What you have to be


Some essential qualities


Generic leadership traits



What you have to know



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



How to turn the core leadership functions into skills


Defining the task


Planning


Briefing


Controlling


Evaluating


Motivating


Organising


Providing an example



How to develop yourself as a leader


Be prepared


Be proactive


Be reflective



How to lead at the strategic level


The functions of a strategic leader


The importance of practical wisdom


Leadership for desirable change



How to grow leaders in your organisation



Develop a strategy for leadership development



Selection



Training for leadership



Career development



Line managers as leadership developers



Culture



The chief executive


Finding greatness in people



A leadership checklist


Further reading


Index