The John Adair Handbook Of Management & Leadership

Available in paperback for the first time, this book is a goldmine of ideas, advice and techniques from one of the world’s leading writers on management. It brings together in one book all of John Adair’s thinking on effective leadership, teambuilding, creativity and innovation, problem-solving, motivation and communication. Clearly written and presented, the book is packed with practical guidance and insights, with a large number of helpful charts, diagrams and forms. John Adair is internationally acknowledged as having a major influence on management and leadership development in both business and military spheres. He is currently a consultant to a wide variety of organisations in business, government and the voluntary sector. He is a former visiting professor in Leadership Studies at the University of Exeter. About Author: He studied history at Cambridge University and holds higher degrees from the Universities of Oxford and London. He has served in the Arab Legion and worked as a deckhand on an Arctic trawler. After Cambridge, he became senior lecturer in Military History at Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst and later Assistant Director of the Industrial Society. He became the world’s first Professor of Leadership Studies at the University of Surrey. John Adiar is the author of many respected books on management and leadership, including Insuring leadership, also published by Thorogood.