Effective Leadership: A Modern Guide to Developing Leadership Skills

by John Adair

Leaders play an essential role in every aspect of our modern lives and good leadership is an art that is highly prized. Effective leaders not only control, appraise and analyse, they also encourage, improve and inspire.In "Effective Leadership" John Adair, Britain's foremost expert on leadership training, shows how every manager can learn to lead. Drawing on numerous examples of leadership in action - commercial, historical, military - he identifies the essential requirements for good leadership and explains how you can enhance your personality, knowledge and position to become the best leader you can be.Recognized as the ultimate tool for any aspiring leader, this landmark book will help you- Understand leadership - the characteristics and skills you need to be an effective leader- Develop leadership abilities - how to define tasks, plan, brief, communicate, motivate and set an example- Grow as a leader - how to put your leadership skills into practice

Genres: Leadership, Business, Nonfiction

Paperback

First published February 1, 2003

About the author

John Eric Adair is a British academic who is a leadership theorist and author of more than forty books (translated into eighteen languages) on business, military and other leadership.

Reviews

[John Cumming · Rating 4 out of 5]

I came at this book knowing its author’s reputation as a leadership ‘guru’ and thought it worth reading. It was surprisingly easy to read and led me to some surprising conclusions.

At first glance, the focus on a very traditional style of leadership (traditional is relative of course) put my back up a bit as one who naturally adopts a coaching stance far more than the the more directive, controlling stance portrayed in this book. But soon it became apparent that this is a weakness in being adaptive in my own leadership style - and us agile coaches like to pride ourselves in being adaptive right?

The book has given me a fresh insight in how I can improve myself which is going to be particularly valuable as I think about my personal development objectives for the year. Agile coaches out there - read this book to get an alternative perspective!

[Joshua Green · Rating 5 out of 5]

Without a doubt the best book on leadership I have ever read. Having used the 3 circles mode in the past knowing the origins of them and the way Adair sets out the steps one needs to take to develop their leadership ability makes this a truly remarkable book. A must read for any junior manager who wants to step up their self development and become the leader they wish they had.

[Jools · Rating 5 out of 5]

A book I will return to many times, I think. Well presented, with many pointers to great management and working practice.

[Szilard Kui · Rating 4 out of 5]

Excellent introductory book. The only thing this book lacks is a list of books for further reading and research.

I highly recommend it to everyone.

[Maria Montemayor · Rating 3 out of 5]

a leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way. – john c. maxwell

[Emily · Rating 1 out of 5]

Felt like an instruction manual to manage the process of being an effective leader, very formulaic, gives technical solutions to adaptive challenges