"A good leadership book should result in honest reflection. John Adair's latest work achieves just that ...Should encourage and inspire the reader to self-assess -- an important step on the road to becoming a better leader." -- Management Today
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Written for all audiences and is especially well suited to individuals seeking insight on how to inspire and motivate others to higher levels of performance and successrefreshing discourse on the holistic nature of inspirational leadership. The Leadership and Organisational Development Journal
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John Adair the world's first Professor of Leadership Studies (at the University of Surrey), is an acknowledged authority on leadership development. The author of many books and articles on leadership, he has significantly evolved the debate as to what effective leadership is all about. He continues to write, teach and consult throughout the world, inspiring new audiences with his timeless vision of leadership.
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This review is from: The Inspirational Leader: How to Motivate, Encourage and Achieve Success (Paperback)
This is an enlightening book on leadership by a world renowned leadership guru who is an internationally acclaimed writer, teacher and consultant. Adair explains the clear distinction between management and leadership and also highlights the fact that leaders are not born but made. Hence the challenge to organizations that even though they tend to be over-managed and under-led, the situation can be rectified through effective leadership development programmes. Adair had an extensive military, business, and academic backgrounds which influenced gave him a lot of hands own experience and interest in leadership and how it can be effectively deployed for the benefit of an organisation. In this book, Adair illustrates how leaders can inspire their subordinates to achieve outstanding performance through effective management of the three variables namely the individual, the team and the task. Through having a clear shared vision, he explains how leaders can motivate their people to give off their best. This is a well written book that is interesting to read in which Adair managed to combine provocative ideas and an accessible style.
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A Good Read!,
This review is from: The Inspirational Leader: How to Motivate, Encourage and Achieve Success (Hardcover)
Leadership guru John Adair talked with a bright young executive about leaders and the tenets of leadership, and recorded the conversations in this unique, philosophical book. Adair addresses tough questions about leadership and drills down beyond management and deep into human nature. He doesn't bother with leadership buzzwords, but instead discusses in meaningful terms the qualities that make a leader effective. People aren't born leaders, Adair says, they are made. Although the book is a bit too philosophical at times, the conversations between the author and the young executive are thought provoking, and the quotes peppered throughout the book are memorable. If you aspire to transform your management abilities into true leadership skills, we encourage you to sit down with the professor and his young protégé and enjoy the conversation.
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This review is from: The Inspirational Leader: How to Motivate, Encourage and Achieve Success (Hardcover)
The Inspirational Leader, a new classic from the pen of John Adair, reinforces his argument 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. The key skills are revealed for anyone to adopt and use to inspire and encourage others. Though provoking and accessible.
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