A guide to leadership by John Adair, delivering an understanding of how leadership works and how executives can become business leaders. The author's views are presented as a dialogue with a young business executive, who is soon to become a strategic leader. By using this approach the volume examines what is needed to become a leader, and each fundamental aspect of leadership is exposed and explained. The text doesn't depend on historical models but springs from the day-to-day realities of management.

Paperback - 176 pages Reissue (12 April, 1996)
ISBN: 0330302299

This text reinforces the author's argument that leaders are not born but made. Taking the form of conversations between a young chief executive and the author, it explores the nature and practice of leadership. Each aspect of leadership is studied and discussed, so that the key skills are revealed for anyone to adopt and use to inspire and encourage others. Thought-provoking and accessible, it should help you to develop the necessary charisma and qualities to be an inspiring leader. You don't have to be a particular type of person, and the advice presented here should help any aspiring leaders to realize their full potential and gain the competence and confidence to inspire others.

Hardback - 192 pages (June 2003) Kogan Page; ISBN: 0749440465

John Adair has transformed the understanding of how leadership works with his pioneering book Not Bosses But Leaders. Now he returns with a new title that explores in an authoritative way exactly what we know about leadership and leadership development. There is a revolution underway. We are moving - rapidly in some areas, slower in others - from management to business leadership. As the market for good leaders who can achieve results increases so-called leadership development programmes have proliferated. Many of these are old management development programmes renamed, and others are full of confusing theories and unproductive approaches. This ground-breaking new book aims to set the record straight. It looks at the body of knowledge on leadership, identifies the seven key principles of leadership development, and answers key questions on how to select, train and educate leaders at the level of team, operational and strategic leadership. A vital addition to the debate on leadership from a true expert, this book also considers the global challenge and long term issues involved.

Paperback – 250 Pages (8 March, 1996)
ISBN: 0330344757

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This text offers insights on: recognising and developing leadership qualities; acquiring personal authority to give positive direction and the flexibility to embrace change; acting on the key interacting needs to achieve a task, build a team and develop its members; and transforming core leadership functions like planning, communicating and motivating into skills that can be learned.

Paperback- 96 pages new edition (12 November, 1998)
Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD);
ISBN: 0852927649

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.

Paperback – 74 pages new edition (15 September), Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD)
ISBN: 0852928076

This is a unique collection of over 40 practical learning exercises devised and tested by John Adair, one of the world's acknowledged authorities on management development. All the exercises - many now classics - are designed to facilitate the development of core management skills. As well as detail on the how the exercises work, the author provides background context on where, when and how to use them. Each exercise has been revised and updated by leading trainer and best-selling author Terry Gillen, who also provides commentary. The result is a volume that will be a powerful tool for all training and development specialists.

Pages: 368   Published: February 1997  
ISBN: 0852926847

Who are the great leaders in history and what can they teach us today about the nature and practice of leadership? John Adair has brought together a wide range of quotes from inspiring leaders, from Machiavelli to Mandela.

Paperback– 360 pages (December 2002) Thorogood;
ISBN: 1854182072