The final instalment in a new series offering straightforward, practical wisdom from a top business guru John Adair's 100 Greatest Ideas for Amazing Creativity is the second title in a new series of titles from the noted business expert. Focused on concise, practical, and straightforward business w[...]
The first installment in a new series offering straightforward, practical wisdom from a top business guru John Adair's 100 Greatest Ideas for Effective Management is the first in a new series of titles from the noted business expert.[...]
John Adair's 100 Greatest Ideas for Smart Decision Making is a one-stop of practical advice and tips on problem solving and productive thinking from one of the world's best-known and most sought after authorities on leadership and management. Inside you will find: "11 Greatest Ideas for Practical Wi[...]
John Adair is one if the most important and influential figures in the world of leadership thought and practice. More than a million people have been trained using Adair concepts such as action-centered leadership. He ranks with the likes of Warren Bennis in terms of both his influence and the depth[...]
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 trai[...]
Innovation the process of taking new ideas through to satisfied customers is the lifeblood of any organization today. Nothing causes a company and the individuals working in it to lose enthusiasm more than a lack of interest in positive change. You cannot stand still: either you go forwards or you m[...]
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 i[...]
Time is a precious resource, both irreplaceable and irreversible, yet we often fill our days with time-wasting activities and leave ourselves without enough time for our real priorities. As an effective manager, you need to possess strong time management skills in order to ensure that both you and y[...]
Strong communication skills are arguably the most important attribute a manager can possess. Many managers believe they have already mastered the four basic communication skills -- speaking, listening, writing and reading -- but many simply go through the motions. In Effective Communication John Ada[...]
Leadership skills are essential for any aspiring manager, and there are no better guides to those skills than the actions and words of great leaders themselves: Julius Caesar, Alexander the Great and Napoleon; Churchill, Charles de Gaulle and Abraham Lincoln; Field Marshalls Slim and Montgomery; and[...]
Argues that leaders are not born but made. This work explores the nature and practice of leadership. It helps you to develop the necessary charisma and qualities to make you an inspiring leader.[...]
Helps you to create an innovative climate that encourages the development of new products and services. Drawing upon real-life examples including Google, Honda and 3M, this work sets out practical ways for bringing about change in organizations.[...]
"How to Grow Leaders" is a ground-breaking book which sets the record straight on leadership development, the nature of leadership and how it can be taught. John Adair identifies the seven key principles of leadership development, and answers vital questions on how to select, train and educate leade[...]
Presents an understanding of how leadership works and how executives can become business leaders. This work discusses the various fundamental aspects of leadership including the qualities of leadership, leadership styles, leadership functions, the difference between leadership and management, and st[...]
"The Art of Creative Thinking" provides clear, practical guidelines for developing your powers as a creative thinker. Using examples of entrepreneurs, authors, scientists and artists, John Adair illustrates a key aspect of creativity in each chapter. Stimulating and accessible, this book will help y[...]
"The Leadership of Muhammad" is a very personal study of the life-story and leadership skills of the Prophet. John Adair served with a Bedouin regiment in the Arab Legion and this story is full of fascinating detail of desert life and Bedouin beliefs. A business book that crosses boundaries it highl[...]
Helps you to learn key techniques and models to confidently make the right decisions. Using checklists, exercises and case studies, this title provides a framework to find solutions, generate ideas and inspire confidence in your team - so you can spot the solution in every problem, and create ideas [...]
Suitable for anyone who wishes to improve or develop their leadership skills, this book offers stimulating insights into recognizing and developing individual leadership qualities, acquiring personal authority and, most importantly, mastering core leadership functions such as planning, communicating[...]
Probably no Native American handicrafts are more widely admired than Navajo weaving and Navajo and Pueblo silver work. This book, which is now in its third large printing, contains the most important and complete account of Indian jewelry fashioned by the Navajo, the Zuni, the Hopi, and other Pueblo[...]
This practical guide helps readers to understand their talents and temperament and find the career or calling in which they can flourish. It takes a broad-ranging view of vocation to include all kinds of secular work, for people who are looking for personal fulfilment in what they do.[...]