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THE CONCISE Adair on Leadership Edited by Neil Thomas Blank page THE CONCISE Adair on leadership John Adair Published by Thorogood 10-12 Rivington Street London EC2A 3DU Telephone: 020 7749 4748 Fax: 020 7729 6110 Email: [email protected] Web: www.thorogood.ws © John Adair 2003 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission of the publisher. This book is sold subject to the condition that it shall not, by way of trade or otherwise, be lent, re-sold, hired out or otherwise circulated without the publisher’s prior consent in any form of binding or cover other than in which it is published and without a similar condition including this condition being imposed upon the subsequent purchaser. No responsibility for loss occasioned to any person acting or refraining Special discounts for bulk from action as a result of any material quantities of Thorogood books in this publication can be accepted by are available to corporations, the author or publisher. institutions, associations and A CIP catalogue record for this book other organisations. For more is available from the British Library. information contact Thorogood ISBN 1 85418 218 8 by telephone on 020 7749 4748, by fax on 020 7729 6110, or Designed and typeset by Driftdesign. email us: [email protected] Printed in India by Replika Press. About the author John Adairis internationally acknowledged as having had a significant influence on management and leadership devel- opment in both the business and military spheres. He has seen military service, lectured at Sandhurst, worked extensively as a consultant, held professorships in Leadership Studies and authored well received management and leadership books. Blank page Contents 1 Leadership and teambuilding 1 Section1: Leadership 2 The seven qualities of leadership 7 Functions of leadership 11 Leadership characteristics 16 Leadership skills 19 Developing leadership skills 38 Section2:Teambuilding 39 Summary and six-month follow-up test 50 2 Motivation and people management 53 Introduction 54 The 50:50 rule 55 Needs and motivation 56 McGregor’s Theory X and Theory Y 58 Managers/leaders and motivation 64 Getting the best from people 67 Summary and six-month follow-up test 80 3 The leader as decision-maker 83 Key elements of effective thinking and decision-making 86 Other useful approaches 89 The concept of value in decision-making 91 Decision-making and weighing up the options 93 Summary and six-month follow-up test 96 4 Communication and presentation 99 Introduction 100 Issues in communication 100 Listening 104 Reading skills 107 Writing skills 108 Speaking and presentation skills 113 Presentation skills 114 One-to-one interviews 119 Managing meetings 121 Within your organisation 124 Summary and six-month follow-up test 125 5 Personal reminders and thoughts worth thinking 129 Introduction 130 Leadership: Personal reminders 131 Teambuilding: Personal reminders 133 Leadership: Thoughts worth thinking 136 Teambuilding: Thoughts worth thinking 145 Motivation and people management: Personal reminders 148 Motivation and people management: Thoughts worth thinking 148 The leader as decision-maker: Personal reminders 157 The leader as decision-maker: Thoughts worth thinking 158 Communication and presentation: Personal reminders 161 Communication and presentation: Thoughts worth thinking 163 PART ONE LEADERSHIP AND TEAMBUILDING SECTION 1: Leadership 2 The seven qualities of leadership 7 Functions of leadership 11 Leadership characteristics 16 Leadership skills 19 Developing leadership skills 38 SECTION 2: Teambuilding 39 Summary and six-month follow-up test 50 1 Leadership and teambuilding This chapter of the book is divided into two parts: 1 Leadershipand 2 Teambuilding. SECTION 1: Leadership A survey of successful chief executives on the attributes most valuable at top levels of management indicated the following in order of rating: 1 Ability to take decisions 2 Leadership 3 Integrity 4 Enthusiasm 5 Imagination 6 Willingness to work hard 7 Analytical ability 2 THE CONCISE ADAIR ON LEADERSHIP
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