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John Eric Adair

    May 18, 1934
    John Eric Adair
    Effective Innovation
    Effective Motivation
    100 greatest ideas for effective leadership and management
    Effective Communication
    Effective Teambuilding
    The Inspirational Leader
    • This book looks at the nature and practice of leadership and how to encourage and inspire others.

      The Inspirational Leader
      5.0
    • Effective Teambuilding

      • 180 pages
      • 7 hours of reading

      The ultimate tool for improving team performance and ensuring that your business goals are achieved.You may have mastered every other skill a manager could possibly learn, but none of that will matter if you have not learnt to build and sustain your team effectively to begin with. Most tasks in modern business are carried out by teams, so the skill of ensuring that your team works to the best of its abilities is vital if you are to achieve your business aims. In Effective Teambuilding John Adair, Britain's foremost expert on leadership training, teaches you everything you need to know to enable you to: Select the right people to create the strong foundations your team needs Encourage your team members to work well together and use each other's skills to complement their own Sustain group morale and motivation Raise standards of performance throughout the team

      Effective Teambuilding
      4.0
    • Successful management and leadership has never been a greater challenge. Time is stretched, your people are highly motivated but can be highly demanding and business is competitive. Whether you are a first-time manager or experienced leader, straightforward, practical advice on best practice can be hard to find. John Adair's 100 Greatest Ideas for Leadership and Management will help you find the answers and inspiration you need. The book provides accessible advice from one of the world's best-known and most sought after authorities on leadership and management - advice you can put into practice immediately.

      100 greatest ideas for effective leadership and management
      3.9
    • Effective Motivation

      • 208 pages
      • 8 hours of reading

      In this practical guide to motivation the author presents a set of strategies for motivating high performance teams and individuals. Case studies and exercises are included to help readers relate the principles and put them to productive use.

      Effective Motivation
      3.8
    • Effective Innovation

      • 320 pages
      • 12 hours of reading

      In Effective Innovation, John Adair looks at both creativity and innovation, generating new ideas and bringing them to market. His seven habits of successful thinkers provides a compelling framework for developing your own productive thinking skills.

      Effective Innovation
      3.8
    • Leadership Skills

      • 100 pages
      • 4 hours of reading

      This text offers insights on: recognising and developing leadership qualities; acquiring personal authority to give postive direction and the flexibility to embrace change; and transforming core leadership functions like planning, communicating and motivating into skills that can be learned.

      Leadership Skills
      2.0
    • Here in one book is a brilliant summary of all John Adair's ideas, advice and techniques This book 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. It is a comprehensive master-class on: Growing into an effective and inspiring leader How to build a cohesive and responsive team Techniques of creativity and innovation Analysis and decision-making Mastering the art of good communication Managing your own time, managing yourself Clearly written and presented, the book is packed with practical guidance and insights, helpful charts, diagrams and forms. A must-have for all managers and leaders.

      The Best of Adair on Leadership & Management
      2.0
    • John Adair, Britain's foremost expert on leadership training, shows how every manager can learn to lead. He draws upon numerous examples of leadership in action - commercial, military and historical - to pinpoint the essential requirements.

      Effective leadership : how to be a successful leader
      4.0
    • This text is rich in practical advice and guidance and addresses key areas such as setting and achieving goals and objectives, decision making and problem solving, creative and innovative thinking, self-development, and much more.

      The John Adair Handbook of Management and Leadership
      4.0
    • Decision Making and Problem Solving

      • 86 pages
      • 4 hours of reading

      An explanation of the key principles for developing thinking skills and applying them creatively and productively to every challenge. It examines: understanding the way your mind works; adopting a structured approach to reach the best decision; assessing risk and generating successful options for action; using brainstorming and lateral thinking to increase your creativity; and creating a personal strategy to become a more effective practical thinker.

      Decision Making and Problem Solving
      3.0
    • This book is a goldmine of ideas, advice and techniques from one of the world’s leading thinkers on management and leadership. Reformatted and with a new foreword by John Adair, it distills in one book the best of all of his thinking and writing on effective leadership, teambuilding, creativity and innovation, problem-solving, motivation and communication.Clearly written and presented, the book is packed with practical guidance and shrewd insights, with a large number of valuable charts, diagrams and forms. It is a repackaged and updated edition of the best-selling John Adair Handbook .

      The best of John Adair on leadership and management
      3.5
    • You will build a truly successful career only if you manage your time effectively and plan your personal development properly. John Adair’s wide experience of management development in the business, military and academic spheres adds a rare degree of insight, depth and context to practical advice.

      The Concise Time Management and Personal Development
      3.0
    • Lessons in Leadership

      • 184 pages
      • 7 hours of reading

      In a dynamic book sector such as `Leadership', it's easy to lose sight of the basics - the timeless concepts that continue to underpin much of the new thinking on the behaviour of leaders. One of the UK's best-known business thinkers, John Adair has distilled his experience into 20 key concepts, including: * The art of sharing decisions; * Integrity; * Warmth and humanity; * Critical testing; and * Practical wisdom. For anyone seeking a deeper knowledge of the theories and issues surrounding leadership as a management function, Lessons in Leadership is a series of reflections on the fundamentals of leadership, all designed to challenge and inspire the reader. In the midst of current global concerns about the quality of leadership, the book is both a practical handbook and also a contribution to the ongoing debate about what kind of leadership we should be encouraging in today's volatile and uncertain world. Leadership and change go hand in hand - but during times of change, the basic building blocks of leadership remain the same. Regardless of the size of the team to be led - whether it is five or 5,000 - Lessons in Leadership offers guidance, inspiration, reassurance and insight

      Lessons in Leadership
      3.6
    • "A path to effective leadership using the wisdom of the ancient philosopher."--Provided by publisher.

      Confucius on Leadership
      3.6
    • How to Grow Leaders

      • 184 pages
      • 7 hours of reading

      Beginning with an exploration of leadership and moving on to his seven steps to growing leaders, Adair provides unique insight into the heart of leadership, helping readers discover skills in themselves and in those around them.

      How to Grow Leaders
      3.5
    • Develop Your Leadership Skills

      • 89 pages
      • 4 hours of reading

      Best-selling author and leadership expert John Adair brings his stimulating insights into leadership into his most accessible book to date. Full of exercises and checklists, ""Develop Your Leadership Skills"" provides the tools to recognize and develop leadership qualities, acquire personal authority and master core leadership functions, including planning, communicating and motivating. Suitable for anyone who wishes to improve their leadership skills, this guide distills the essence of Adair's teaching and offers a framework for becoming an effective leader.

      Develop Your Leadership Skills
      3.5
    • The Art of Judgment

      • 224 pages
      • 8 hours of reading

      An essential guide for any business leader looking to hone, develop and master the art of judgment.

      The Art of Judgment
      2.7
    • "Teambuilding and motivational skills are of crucial importance in business and the leadership role in particular." As a writer on leadership topics, John Adair has been described as "without doubt one of the foremost thinkers on the subject in the world" (Sir John Harvey-Jones). Managers and leaders must be effective team builders and motivators to be able to achieve their business aims and get the best out of people. The skills needed in both these areas should be practiced and improved upon on a constant basis to ensure they help build and maintain effective and efficient teams in order to achieve goals. This book encapsulates John Adair's writing on these critical elements of any truly successful organisation. It develops his classic theory on Team, Task and Individual, and summarises all his writing on leadership and motivation and getting the best from people. It includes sections on being motivated oneself, selecting people, target setting and reward and recognition. John Adair's books have sold hundreds of thousands of copies. His writing combines depth and insight with hard-edged, practical techniques. You will find this book equally valuable whether you are beginning your career in management or looking for an expert refresher course.

      The Concise Adair on Teambuilding and Motivation
    • 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 exploresthe 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.

      Great Leaders: Inspirational Lessons in Leadership
    • "Daring ideas are like chessmen moved forward. They may be beaten, but they may start a winning game." Goethe New ideas are essential for industry, they are the lifeblood of successful organisations. Creative and innovative thinking, the means by which ideas are born and nurtured, are not products of clearly defined steps, they can be encouraged in various ways. This book encapsulates all of John Adair's writing on how to enhance creativity within your organisation, team training, generation of ideas, communication and overcoming obstacles, the key characteristics of innovators and how to organise and use them to the best effect. A goldmine of practical advice and shrewd insight, this book summarises everything you need to know to understand the creative process and manage innovation effectivly to put great ideas into action.

      The Concise Adair on Creativity and Innovation
    • "Poor communication is one of the prime causes of personal and business failure" There are many books on communication, however, few writers share John Adair's wide experience of management and leadership development in both business and military spheres. His experience adds a rarely found depth and insight to hard-edged practical skills and techniques that you can put into practice. He covers important topics such as listening skills, effective reading and writing techniques, how to argue/discuss for the best outcomes, how to manage meetings both face to face and online, how to coach, give briefings and communicate to achieve the right results. John Adair's books have sold hundreds of thousands of copies. This book encapsulates his writing on the art and skills of effective communication. You will find it equally valuable whether you are beginning your career or looking for an expert refresher course.

      The Concise Adair on Communication and Presentation Skills
    • The Concise Adair on Leadership

      • 164 pages
      • 6 hours of reading

      A masterclass in the art of leadership by John Adair. As management fads come and go, John Adair's work remains a beacon of practical advice and shrewd insights. His books have sold hundreds of thousands of copies. The Concise Adair on Leadership encapsulates his writing on how to develop your own leadership potential, to motivate your colleagues and to build a creative and high-performing team. "... without doubt one of the foremost thinkers on the subject in the world.' Sir John Harvey Jones

      The Concise Adair on Leadership
    • 100 tipů jak řídit a vést lidi

      • 130 pages
      • 5 hours of reading

      Srozumitelných a praktických rad pro řízení a vedení lidí je málo. Tato kniha nabízí 100 tipů pro manažery a vedoucí pracovníky, kteří hledají inspiraci bez ohledu na úroveň své zkušenosti. Obsahuje 13 tipů pro kreativitu a inovaci, 16 tipů, jak získat z týmu to nejlepší, 20 tipů pro efektivní komunikaci a 12 tipů pro rozhodování. Pokud máte pocit, že vaše podnikání stagnuje, prodeje klesají nebo kariéra se neubírá správným směrem, můžete také zvolit další tituly ze série, které se zaměřují na úspěšné podnikání, zlepšení byznysu, prodej a kariéru. Autor, John Adair, je mezinárodně uznávaný odborník na vedení a dvakrát byl zařazen mezi 40 lidí, kteří nejvíce přispěli k rozvoji manažerského myšlení. Napsal více než 30 knih a článků o historii a rozvoji vůdcovství. Na univerzitě v Surrey se stal prvním profesorem vůdcovského učení a působí také jako hostující profesor na univerzitě v Exeteru. Jako konzultant spolupracoval s řadou mezinárodních společností, včetně Shell a Unilever, a jeho rady využívají různé sektory, od obchodního po zdravotnický.

      100 tipů jak řídit a vést lidi
      5.0
    • Jakýkoliv vedoucí činitel, který aspiruje na vrcholnou kvalitu své práce, má evidentně nezadatelné právo dohlížet na to, aby byla zvolena nejlepší rozhodnutí, aby problémy byly řešeny optimálním způsobem a aby nebyly kladeny překážky tvůrčím nápadům a inovacím, které jsou tolik potřebné pro budoucí vývoj. Je samozřejmé, že každý člen týmu či organizace by se měl podílet na plnění těchto základních požadavků. Ale vy, jakožto vedoucí pracovník, zodpovídáte za intelektuální vedení, které je zapotřebí, aby to vše bylo splněno. Jste ochoten se toho ujmout? Jedním z kroků k tomuto cíli, který byste měl určitě podniknout, je stát se mistrem v procesech praktického myšlení, které jsou základem veškerého účinného rozhodování, řešení problémů i tvůrčího myšlení. Nemůžete zaručit výsledky svou nezanedbatelnou roli v lidském konání hrají i štěstí a náhoda ale můžete alespoň zajistit, aby se při dosahování cílů využívaly osvědčené procesy uvažování. Máte za to odpovědnost. Mým cílem v této knize je vybavit vás nezbytnou znalostí těchto procesů a pomoci vám dosáhnout zručnosti při jejich využívání. O autorovi: John Adair je považován za světoznámého odborníka v oblasti školení vedoucích představitelů. Je autorem třiceti knih na toto téma a byl jmenován mezi čtyřicet odborníků, kteří celosvětově nejvíce přispěli k rozvoji teorie a praxe managementu. Nyní pracuje jako národní i světový poradce pro rozvoj teorie vůdcovství.

      Jak se správně rozhodovat a řešit problémy
      4.0
    • Příručka shrnuje základní principy a praktickou metodiku efektivní komunikace.

      Efektivní komunikace
      1.5
    • Leadership. Učte se od velkých vůdců

      • 289 pages
      • 11 hours of reading

      Kdokoliv, kdo usiluje o vedoucí postavení, může svou výkonnost zlepšit studiem minulosti. John Adair v této podnětné knize zkoumá významné vůdce historie a lekce, které nám mohou poskytnout pro současnost. Klade otázky o podstatě a praktikování vůdcovství, přičemž analyzuje dílo a úspěchy různých osobností, jako jsou Lao-c', Machiavelli, Margaret Thatcherová a Nelson Mandela. Adair strukturuje své úvahy podle různých aspektů vůdcovství: vůdcovství prostřednictvím znalostí (Sokrates), vůdce služebník (Lao-c'), vůdce gentleman (Washington), charismatický vůdce (Lawrence z Arábie) a ženy jako vůdci (Thatcherová). Zkoumá různé styly vůdcovství na příkladech Lincolna, de Gaulla, Hitlera a Gándhího a zaměřuje se na klíčové vlastnosti jako inspiraci, komunikaci a rozhodování, ale také na smysl pro humor, intuici a představivost. Tato kniha vyzývá k zamyšlení a je bohatá na příklady, přičemž klíčové vlastnosti, jako motivace a schopnost rozhodovat, ožívají v konkrétních kontextech. John Adair, uznávaný odborník na rozvoj managementu a vůdcovství, je autorem mnoha ceněných knih a byl prvním profesorem vůdcovství na univerzitě v Surrey.

      Leadership. Učte se od velkých vůdců
      3.0
    • Jak být inovativní a rozvíjet skvělé myšlenky. Máte pocit, že je ve vašem životě nedostatek kreativity? Chcete získat konkurenční výhodu ve svém oboru či pouze obohatit svůj osobní život? Myslíte si, že nemůžete být tvůrčí? Umění kreativního myšlení vám pomůže rozvinout tvůrčí schopnosti. Za použití příkladů úspěšných podnikatelů, autorů, vědců a umělců, John Adair inspirující a zábavnou formou představuje klíčové aspekty kreativity.

      Umění kreativního myšlení : jak být inovativní a rozvíjet skvělé myšlenky
      2.9
    • Jak řídit druhé i sám sebe

      • 172 pages
      • 7 hours of reading

      Publikace je určena: manažerům, kteří chtějí vylepšit svůj styl vedení a řízení Dozvíte se: jak maximálně využít svůj čas proč je důležité dlouhodobě i střednědobě plánovat jaké styly vedení porad existují a kdy se pro který rozhodnout co udělat pro to, abyste správně stanovili úkoly a následně dosáhli co nejlepších výsledků jak co nejefektivněji rozhodovat a řešit problémy kdy je vhodné zapojit kreativitu a inovaci co jsou to potřeby a jak s nimi souvisí motivace jaké prostředky existují, abyste získali z lidí to nejlepší že vytvořit motivující prostředí není až tak náročné a jak to udělat proč byste se měli umět bezvadně vyjadřovat a osvojit si prezentační dovednosti jaké vlastnosti má mít správný vůdčí typ jak sestavit váš tým a jak s ním pracovat, abyste zvedali jeho výkon

      Jak řídit druhé i sám sebe
    • Praktický návod k vytvoření pracovního týmu, který by splňoval základní předpoklady dobrého managementu.

      Vytváření efektivních týmů
    • Hospodaření s časem

      • 134 pages
      • 5 hours of reading

      Rady nejen pro manažery, jak efektivně organizovat čas v podniku i při schůzích a jak využívat čas trávený v čekárnách či dopravních prostředcích.

      Hospodaření s časem