Inspiring Leadership: Learning from Great Leaders
- 5h 46m
- John Adair
- Thorogood
- 2002
In this stimulating and rewarding book, John Adair poses the questions, who are the great leaders in history and what have they got to teach us today about the nature and practice of leadership?
In asking to what degree true leadership can be identified and developed, he explores the make-up and achievements of leaders as diverse as Lao Tzu and Machiavelli, Margaret Thatcher and Mandela.
Using a thematic structure, John Adair illustrates different facets of leadership, for example leadership through knowledge (Socrates), the servant-leader (Lao Tzu), the gentleman leader (Washington), charisma (Lawrence of Arabia) and women as leaders (Thatcher). He examines the very different styles of leadership of Lincoln, de Gaulle, Hitler and Gandhi; he explores the cardinal qualities of inspiring, communicating and decision making but he also touches on the value of humour, intuition and imagination.
This is a thought-provoking book, rich in example and wide-ranging in scope; key qualities that so often appear abstract ideals—motivation, communication, decision-making, inspiration—here almost literally come to life.
About the Author
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.
In this Book
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Leadership Through Knowledge
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Leadership Skills
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The Servant-Leader
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The Ability to Give Direction
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Making the Right Decisions
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The Art of Inspiring While Informing
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The Roots of British Tradition
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The Gentleman Leader
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Nelson
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Polar Explorers
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Leadership in a Changing World
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Charisma
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Women as Leaders
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Styles of Leadership
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Leaders for Tomorrow
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Picture Acknowledgements
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Select Bibliography
