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Strategic Leadership - (John Adair Leadership Library) by John Adair (Hardcover)

Strategic Leadership - (John Adair Leadership Library) by  John Adair (Hardcover)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Adair explores the nature and origin of strategic leadership, transferable skills, and the art of inspiring others. He then describes the role of a strategic leader and broad functions of that role, such as building and maintaining a team, achieving a common task, and motivating and developing the individual.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>A strategic leader is essentially the leader of any organization and someone who has to steer the company in times of change, whilst motivating and inspiring their team. <p/><b><i>Strategic Leadership</i></b> from the renowned leadership expert John Adair encourages leaders to focus on tomorrow rather than yesterday. It explores the nature and origin of strategic leadership, transferable skills and the art of inspiring others. It then describes the role itself and broad functions of that role such as building and maintaining a team, achieving a common task and motivating and developing the individual. It moves on to assess the skills you need to be effective, and the seven generic functions that make up the role of strategic leader which include providing direction, strategic thinking and planning, building partnerships and developing tomorrow's leaders. <p/>Full of checklists, summaries and historical examples, <b><i>Strategic Leadership</i></b> will encourage you to ask the right questions whilst defining the role and skills of a strategic leader.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"...Adair presents invaluable information, sharp insights, wonderful quotes and fascinating anecdotes about the history and techniques of strategic leadership in this exceptionally literate treatise. Adair uses clear, simple sentences to get his points across, creating a blueprint to help anyone become an effective strategic leader... ...Adair's elegant merging of form and function makes this a necessary and accessible textbook. <i> getAbstract</i> recommends this solid read to leaders interested in personal development, strategy and ancient history, and to those who simply love great quotes and aphorisms on leadership." -- getAbstract.com<br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>John Adair</b> is the world's leading authority on leadership and leadership development. Over a million managers worldwide have taken part in the Action-Centred Leadership programmes he pioneered. He is the author of over 50 books, many of which are published by Kogan Page, including the leadership classics, <i>Not Bosses But Leaders</i> and<i> How to Grow Leaders</i>.

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