How to Grow Leaders: The Seven Key Principles of Effective Leadership Development

ISBN-13: 9780749454807 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 192 str.

John Adair

Opis

How to Grow Leaders is an authoritative account of leadership development, the nature of leadership and how it can be taught. John Adair identifies the seven key principles of leadership development and answers vital questions on how to select, train and educate leaders. In doing so he discusses topics such as the manager as leader, how people become leaders, how to manage leadership training, learning to be a strategic leader and training team leaders. Effective leadership is a crucial factor in business success. How to Grow Leaders will help managers and trainers develop these skills in others while helping them pursue leadership excellence themselves.

Spis treści

• • Chapter - 00: Introduction;
• Section - ONE: Exploring Leadership - A Personal Odyssey;
• • Chapter - 01: The Qualities Approach;
  • Chapter - 02: The Group or Functional Approach;
  • Chapter - 03: Leaders or managers?;
  • Chapter - 04: The Situational Approach;
  • Chapter - 05: Levels of leadership;
• Section - TWO: How to Grow Leaders - The Seven Principles;
• • Chapter - 01: Principle One: Training for leadership;
  • Chapter - 02: Principle Two: Selection;
  • Chapter - 03: Principle Three: Line managers as leadership mentors;
  • Chapter - 04: Principle Four: The chance to lead;
  • Chapter - 05: Principle Five: Education for leadership;
  • Chapter - 06: Principle Six: A strategy for leadership development;
  • Chapter - 07: Principle Seven: The chief executive

O autorze

John Adair is acknowledged internationally as an authority on leadership. The world's first Professor of Leadership Studies, he advises many organisations in business, government, education, health and the voluntary sector. An effective speaker with a valuable message, he is one of the very few figures in recent years to have transformed the debate as to what effective leadership is all about.

John Adair has recently been made United Nations Chair of Strategic Leadership. Based in Turin, he has launched a strategic leadership programme in association with the UN. He has also received the Lifetime Achievement in Leadership Award and China has made him its first Honorary Professor of Leadership. The author of over 50 books, now in 25 languages, on leadership and management development, he continues to write and teach throughout the world, inspiring new audiences with his timeless and timely vision of leadership.