John adair's 100 greatest ideas for effective leadership

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.

PART ONE: UNDERSTANDING LEADERSHIP.

Five Greatest Ideas for Understanding the Functions of Leadership.

Idea 1 Task, team, individual.

Idea 2 Leadership function - action-centred leadership.

Idea 3 Leadership characteristics - task element.

Idea 4 Leadership characteristics - team element.

Idea 5 Leadership characteristics - individual element.

Follow-up Test.

PART TWO: PERFORMING AS A LENDER.

Three Greatest Ideas for Setting and Achieving Your Objectives.

Idea 6 Draw up a personal profile.

Idea 7 Set personal goals.

Idea 8 Set professional business goals.

Nine Greatest Ideas for Leadership Skills.

Idea 9 Leadership skills - defining the task.

Idea 10 Leadership skills - planning.

Idea 11 Leadership skills - briefing.

Idea 12 Leadership skills - controlling.

Idea 13 Leadership skills - evaluating.

Idea 14 Leadership skills - supporting.

Idea 15 Leadership skills - motivating.

Idea 16 Leadership skills - setting an example.

Idea 17 The Adair short course on leadership.

Four Greatest Ideas for Leadership Qualities.

Idea 18 The 25 attributes of leadership and management.

Idea 19 The seven qualities of leadership.

Idea 20 Leadership qualities test.

Idea 21 Humility in action.

Follow-up Test.

PART THREE: POWER THROUGH THE PEOPLE.

Six Greatest Ideas for Teambuilding.

Idea 22 Teambuilding - the functions of the leader.

Idea 23 Achieving the task - with a team.

Idea 24 Building the team.

Idea 25 Developing the individual.

Idea 26 The individual and teams.

Idea 27 From good to great - the hallmarks of a high performance team.

Sixteen Greatest Ideas for Getting the Best from Your Team.

Idea 28 50:50 rule of motivation.

Idea 29 Eight rules for motivating people.

Idea 30 Maslow's hierarchy of needs.

Idea 31 McGregor's theory X and theory Y.

Idea 32 Herzberg's motivation-hygiene theory.

Idea 33 Manager's motivating checklist.

Idea 34 Ten ways to strengthen your own motivation.

Idea 35 The seven indicators of high motivation.

Idea 36 Choosing people with motivation - the Michelangelo motive.

Idea 37 The key to motivating: treat each person as an individual.

Idea 38 Using Jacob's ladder to set realistic and challenging targets.

Idea 39 Give feedback to reinforce and motivate.

Idea 40 Maintain morale to maintain motivation.

Idea 41 Create a motivating environment.

Idea 42 Give fair rewards to the motivated.

Idea 43 Give recognition to the motivated.

Follow-up Test.

PART FOUR: THINKING AS A LEADER.

Twelve Greatest Ideas for Decision-Making.

Idea 44 Refine your decision-making skills.

Idea 45 The decision-maker as effective thinker.

Idea 46 The manager as decision-maker.

Idea 47 How to avoid the trap of bad compromise decisions.

Idea 48 How to use analysis in decision-making.

Idea 49 The role of synthesis - a holistic approach - in decision-making.

Idea 50 The role of imagination in decision-making.

Idea 51 The role of conceptual thinking in decision-making.

Idea 52 The role of intuition in...