Not Bosses But Leaders: How to Lead the Way to Success

ISBN-13: 9780749454814 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 192 str.

John Adair

Opis

This pioneering work from leadership expert John Adair has transformed our understanding of how leadership works and how executives can become business leaders. Accessible guidance on exactly what one needs to become a leader is presented in the form of a dialogue with a young business executive, and each fundamental aspect of leadership is discussed including the qualities of leadership, leadership styles, leadership functions, the difference between leadership and management, and strategic leadership. Not Bosses But Leaders is a work of great vision with a practical core. Thought-provoking and definitive, it springs from the day-to-day realities of management, and will enable readers to greatly improve their leadership skills. It is the study of what a leader actually has to do.

Spis treści

• • Chapter - 00: Introduction;
  • Chapter - 01: Qualities of Leadership;
  • Chapter - 02: The Circles Interact;
  • Chapter - 03: Leaders or Managers?;
  • Chapter - 04: High-performance Teams;
  • Chapter - 05: The Purpose of Industry;
  • Chapter - 06: Moving from Plans to Action;
  • Chapter - 07: Sharing and Caring;
  • Chapter - 08: Leadership and Power;
  • Chapter - 09: Leadership from Within

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.