Every organization needs a strategic leader. This is the leader who steers the organization in times of change while motivating and inspiring their team.

Strategic Leadership encourages leaders to focus on tomorrow rather than yesterday. It explores the nature and origin of strategic leadership, transferable skills, and the art of inspiring others. It then describes the role of a strategic leader and broad functions of that role such as building and maintaining a team, achieving a common task, and motivating and developing the individual. It assesses skills needed to be effective,...

This is an essential volume and an exclusive opportunity to own all of Adair's ground-breaking works that will help you transform your understanding of how leadership works and learn the skills to transform you into a leader.

John Adair's 100 Greatest Ideas for Smart Decision Making is a one-stop of practical advice and tips on problem solving and productive thinking from one of the world's best-known and most sought after authorities on leadership and management. Inside you will find:

• 11 Greatest Ideas for Practical Wisdom
• 8 Greatest Ideas for Problem Solving Strategies
• 13 Greatest Ideas for How Your Mind Works
• 8 Greatest Ideas for Clear Thinking
• 13 Greatest Ideas for Productive...

The final instalment in a new series offering straightforward, practical wisdom from a top business guru

John Adair's 100 Greatest Ideas for Amazing Creativity is the second title in a new series of titles from the noted business expert. Focused on concise, practical, and straightforward business wisdom, the series offers the kind of real-world insight that business leaders thrive on.

Short, punchy, and packed with real solutions, this book provides 100 proven and effective ideas for businesspeople in need of fresh new ideas, whether they work for a small firm or a...

The fundamental concepts of leadership that will guide, inspire and reassure aspiring or established leaders. Designed to challenge and inspire anyone who is seeking a deeper understanding of management, Lessons in Leadership provides a series of reflections on the very fundamentals of leadership as a management function. In the midst of current global concerns about the quality of leadership, this book is both a practical handbook and a vital contribution to the ongoing debate about what kind of leadership we should be encouraging in today’s volatile and uncertain world. Sometimes...

This thought-provoking book, Great Leaders, is aimed at stimulating your curiosity and guiding you through the various facets of leadership. Leadership expert and author John Adair explores the topic through its many forms, posing the question: Who are the great leaders in history and what have they got to teach us today about the nature and practice of leadership? Leadership is a characteristic many think can't be taught; but to what degree can true leadership skills be identified and developed? Adair reviews the key great leaders in history to identify the main lessons that should be...

"Poor communication is one of the prime causes of personal and business failure" When writing about communication, few authors share John Adair’s wide experience of management and leadership development in both business and military spheres. Adair uses his experience to add rare depth and insight to hard-edged practical skills and techniques that you can put into practice. He covers important topics such as listening skills, effective reading and writing techniques, how to argue/discuss for the best outcomes, how to manage meetings both face to face and online, how to coach, give...

New ideas are essential for industry - they are the lifeblood of successful organisations. Creative and innovative thinking, the means by which ideas are born and nurtured, are not products of clearly defined steps and can be widely encouraged. "Daring ideas are like chessmen moved forward. They may be beaten, but they may start a winning game." Goethe The Concise Adair on Creativity and Innovation encapsulates all of John Adair's writing on how to enhance creativity within your organisation with a focus on team training, generation of ideas, communication and overcoming obstacles, the...