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Great Leaders: Inspirational Lessons in Leadership - Couverture souple

Adair, John

 
9781854189172: Great Leaders: Inspirational Lessons in Leadership
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1854189174 ISBN 13 : 9781854189172
Editeur : Thorogood Publishing, 2020

Synopsis

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 learnt from them. What emerges is a concept of leadership that is highly relevant to the needs of the world today.
Great Leaders is a book rich in examples and case studies, and wide-ranging in scope. With a thematic structure, Adair illustrates the different facets of leadership including:

  • Knowledge
  • Communication
  • Decision-making
  • Inspiring while informing
  • Making progress in a changing world
  • Charisma
  • Women as leaders
  • Leaders for tomorrow
The very different styles of leadership of Lincoln, de Gaulle, Hitler, Socrates, Lao Tzu, Washington, Thatcher, Gandhi and many more are examined, focusing on the cardinal qualities of inspiring, communicating and decision making but also of humour, intuition and imagination.

Key qualities that so often appear as abstract ideals – motivation, communication, decision-making, inspiration – here almost literally come to life.

“Any of us who aspire to, and recognise the need for some form of leadership can only improve our performance by studying the past. John Adair’s latest book is a valuable addition to the thinking that has gone into the subject… I believe that it is a ‘must read’ book… He is without doubt one of the foremost thinkers on
the subject in the world.”
Sir John Harvery-Jones

“I discovered once again how rare it is to come upon a book about leaders with depth, conceptual bite and historical context. It was a relief and joy.”
Warren Bennis

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À propos de l'auteur

John Adair is widely acknowledged as one of the most significant influences on management and leadership development in both business and military spheres. He studied history at Cambridge University and holds higher degrees from the Universities of Oxford and London. He became the world's first Professor of Leadership Studies at the University of Surrey and is internationally known as a consultant. He is the author of many respected books on management and leadership.

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Éditeur
Thorogood Publishing
Date d'édition
2020
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1854189174
ISBN 13 
9781854189172
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
382
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