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"Authoritative & wise" — Warren Bennis "John Adair is without doubt one of the foremost thinkers on leadership in the world" — Sir John Harvey-Jones There is a revolution underway. We are moving — rapidly in some areas, slower in others — from management to business leadership. As the market for good leaders who can achieve results increases, so-called leadership development programs have proliferated. Many of these are old management development programs renamed, and others are full of confusing theories and unproductive approaches. This ground-breaking new book aims to set the record straight. It looks at the body of knowledge on leadership, identifies the seven key principles of leadership development, and answers key questions on how to select, train and educate leaders. In "How to Grow Leaders," John Adair continues to inspire new audiences with his timeless vision. A vital addition to the debate on leadership from a true expert, this book also considers the global challenge and long term issues involved.
Beginning with an exploration of leadership and moving on to his seven steps to growing leaders, Adair provides unique insight into the heart of leadership, helping readers discover skills in themselves and in those around them.
| 1 | The qualities approach | 7 |
| 2 | The group or functional approach | 15 |
| 3 | Leaders or managers? | 25 |
| 4 | The situational approach | 33 |
| 5 | Levels of leadership | 43 |
| Principle 1 | Training for leadership | 55 |
| Principle 2 | Selection | 79 |
| Principle 3 | Line managers as leadership mentors | 97 |
| Principle 4 | The chance to lead | 107 |
| Principle 5 | Education for leadership | 117 |
| Principle 6 | A strategy for leadership development | 139 |
| Principle 7 | The chief executive | 149 |
Anonymous
Posted August 30, 2005
Rarely does a revolutionary write the history of his own revolt. However, that¿s exactly what John Adair does in this book. Adair is respected internationally in the field of leadership. His 1968 classic, 'Training for Leadership', was a pioneering volume on leadership development. Although his work initially received relatively little attention in the U.S., it contributed to the current 'leadership revolution,' which has had a powerful impact on how companies train leaders. Today, in part thanks to Adair and others like him, companies no longer assume that 'you either have it or you don¿t' when it comes to leadership potential. They are more willing to accept the idea that managers can be leaders, too, and should be trained for that role. Adair¿s book doesn¿t just peer in the rearview mirror of history - it casts a steady, discerning gaze at the road ahead as well. Using elegant, thoughtful prose enhanced with apt anecdotes and quotations, Adair establishes seven key principles of leadership development. His intriguing conclusion: while companies may mold the raw material of leadership, only societies and families can actually provide it. If 'lead, follow or get out of the way' is your motto, we say have confidence - John Adair is marching to his rightful place at the head of the leadership pack. A must read.
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"Authoritative & wise" — Warren Bennis "John Adair is without doubt one of the foremost thinkers on leadership in the world" — Sir John Harvey-Jones There is a revolution underway. We are moving — rapidly in some areas, slower in others — from management to business leadership. As the market for good leaders who can achieve results increases, so-called leadership development programs have proliferated. Many of these are old management development programs renamed, and others are full of confusing theories and unproductive approaches. This