What you have to be -- What you have to know -- What you need to do -- How to turn the core leadership functions into skills -- How to develop yourself as a leader -- How to lead at the strategic level -- How to grow leaders in your organization -- Finding greatness in people -- Appendix --...

"Develop Your Leadership Skills is John Adair's most accessible title on leadership. Full of exercises and checklists, it can help boost confidence levels and guide and inspire anyone on their journey to becoming a leader of excellence. Acknowledged as a world expert, John Adair offers...

Introduction -- First thoughts -- Leading from the front -- Sharing dangers and hardships -- Discovering the three-circles model -- The role of leader -- A general framework -- Enthusiasm -- Integrity -- Tough and demanding but fair -- Warmth and humanity -- Humility -- The strategic leader --...

Introduction -- Understanding leadership -- What you have to be -- What you have to know -- What you have to do -- Pulling the threads together -- Developing your leadership skills -- Defining the task -- Planning -- Briefing -- Controlling -- Motivating -- Organizing -- Evaluating -- Leading by...

"Line managers and leaders of all levels need to ensure that problems are solved in the optimal way and that the ideas and innovations for tomorrow's business flow freely. Decision Making and Problem Solving helps them master the processes of practical thinking which lie behind effective...