Author : John Eric Adair
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,11 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Career development
ISBN : 9781854182043
This book is a practical master-class in how to manage both yourself and others to provide a team that is motivated, creative and high-performing. Internationally recognised as a writer, teacher and consultant, Professor John Adair has written 27 books and numerous articles on leadership and management development: this is the distillation of a career's thought and practice into one book.
Author : John Eric Adair
Publisher : Thorogood Publishing
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 41,26 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN :
This is a goldmine of ideas, advice and techniques from one of the world’s leading writers on management and leadership. It brings together all of John Adair’s thinking on leadership, teambuilding, creativity and innovation, problem-solving, motivation, communication and time-management. Full of practical guidance experience and insight, it’s packed with a large number of charts, diagrams and forms. This is a repackaged and updated edition of the best-selling John Adair Handbook.
Author : John Adair
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 21,10 MB
Release : 2011-04-06
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0857081381
Everything You Need to Lead Your Team... in An Instant. John Adair’s Greatest Ideas for Effective Leadership is full of accessible advice and practical exercises from one of the world’s best –known and most sought-after authorities on leadership and management. Inside you will find: 9 Greatest Ideas for Leadership Skills 3 Greatest Ideas for Setting and Achieving You Objectives 6 Greatest Ideas for Teambuilding 4 Greatest Ideas for Leadership Qualities 8 Greatest Ideas for Managing Your Time ...and 70 other fantastic ideas, tips, and tricks that will give you the confidence, answers, and inspiration you need to succeed.
Author : Michael Armstrong
Publisher : Kogan Page Publishers
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 45,14 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780749443443
Providing guidance on the processes of management and leadership, this work presents particular reference to what managers and aspiring managers need to know about the skills of management and approaches to effective leadership.
Author : John Adair
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 18,47 MB
Release : 2018-09-20
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1472956982
The eight basic - but critical - lessons that everyone should know in order to lead others successfully. In any job, there will come a time when you are asked to lead other people. But while people are often well trained in the skill set of their particular profession, few people are ever taught how to lead. As such, those first steps into leadership can seem daunting – what do you actually do? How do you really lead? How do you build an effective team? And how do you lead colleagues who used to be your peers? How to Lead Others is the second book in the John Adair Masterclass Series, and it conveys the basics of leadership in a way that is concise, relevant and practical by breaking down leadership into eight simple lessons: · Defining the task; · Effective planning; · Briefing; · Controlling; · Motivating; · Organizing; · Evaluating; and · Leading by example. Aimed at those who, regardless of industry or business sector, are about take their first steps on the leadership path, or who are at an early stage in their career and realise that leadership responsibilities lie ahead of them, How to Lead Others is the essential handbook to one of the most important and challenging aspects of professional life.
Author : John Adair
Publisher : Kogan Page Publishers
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 28,88 MB
Release : 2009-02-03
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0749456213
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 you need 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 timeless work of great vision with a solid practical core. Thought provoking and definitive, it springs from the day-to-day realities of management, and will enable you to greatly improve your leadership skills. It is the study of what a leader actually has to do.
Author : John Adair
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 17,41 MB
Release : 2011-12-06
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0857082248
Everything You Need to Communicate Effectively...in an Instant John Adair’s 100 Greatest Ideas for Brilliant Communication is all you need to master the skills of speaking, listening, writing and reading, from one of the world’s best-known and moist sought-after authorities on leadership and management. Inside you will find: 10 Greatest Ideas for Giving Presentations 12 Greatest Ideas for Leading Effective Meetings 5 Greatest Ideas for Delighting Your Customers 24 Greatest Ideas for Effective Speaking 9 Greatest Ideas for Clear Writing ...and 40 other fantastic ideas, tips and tricks that will give you the confidence, answers, and inspiration you need to succeed.
Author : Michael Armstrong
Publisher : Kogan Page Publishers
Page : 472 pages
File Size : 10,56 MB
Release : 2016-11-03
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0749478160
To make an effective contribution, HR specialists have to be good at management, leadership and developing both themselves and others. They also need to be aware of the management and business considerations that affect their work. Armstrong's Handbook of Management and Leadership for HR provides guidance on the processes of management and leadership with particular reference to what HR managers and aspiring managers need to know and do to make a difference. Written by renowned human resources expert and bestselling author Michael Armstrong, Armstrong's Handbook of Management and Leadership for HR covers in one volume the 'Leading, Managing and Developing People' and 'Developing Skills for Business Leadership' Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) modules. It includes numerous practical features such as case studies, practitioner interviews, exercises and clear learning objectives to aid learning. This is the essential book for HR students and professionals looking to broaden their skills and understanding relating to management and leadership. Online supporting resources include lecture slides, an instructor's manual, a student's manual and a literature review.
Author : Jo Owen
Publisher : Kogan Page Publishers
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 27,73 MB
Release : 2014-06-03
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0749471573
Winner of the CMI Management Book of the Year Awards in the 2012/2013 New Manager category, The Leadership Skills Handbook from best-selling author Jo Owen reveals the essential skills you need to be an effective leader. It shows you what works in practice, not in theory. Each skill is presented in a concise, easy to follow format, with an accompanying framework to help you think about how that skill should be ideally deployed. The skills are about the real challenges real leaders have to master, and as you observe and record real-life examples of skills in action, you will be developing your own unique formula for success in the context that matters to you. Based on research from over a thousand leaders throughout the world at all levels in the public, private and voluntary sectors, it identifies the practical skills to make you even more successful, and offers guidance on all key topics. This completely revised third edition of The Leadership Skills Handbook is about more than just technical skills, it is also about developing the people skills, behaviours and values you will need. Full of tips, exercises and practical wisdom, it will help you become a leader that people want to follow and develop your own formula for success, based on what works for you as well as what works for your organization. Focusing on the real challenges that leaders have to master, this book will help you become a leader that people want to follow.
Author : Nigel Clark
Publisher : Kogan Page Publishers
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 43,19 MB
Release : 2017-08-03
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0749477350
Professional services firms - from the legal sector to accountancy, consulting and beyond - face increased disruption. Service delivery models are under pressure to adapt to changing client expectations. Technology offers new ways of working with clients, but changes the skills profile required of professionals, and threatens the traditional people-centred business model. The Professional Services Leadership Handbook equips leaders, and aspiring leaders, with tools and insights both to tackle these long-term disruptive trends and to maximise their firm's profitability today. Leaders of professional services firms find themselves with a daunting, but exciting, range of challenges ahead. Using practical insights drawn from experienced professional services leaders, the Professional Services Leadership Handbook explores new models and working practices to address four components of strategic leadership: clients, business, people and self leadership. It offers clear-sighted analysis of common pain points, and provides innovative solutions for dealing with them. This practical guide is designed for everyone involved in leadership decisions, whether that be a practice area, sector group, business function, or even firm-wide leadership role. It will help readers to focus their attention on the activities that will really make a difference to the success of their firm.
