Inspiring Leadership: Learning from Great Leaders
John Adair





Format: Paperback, 366pp.
ISBN: 9781854182074
Publisher: Thorogood
Pub. Date: September 28, 2003

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Description and Reviews
From The Publisher:

Who are the great leaders in history and what have they got to teach us today about the nature and practice of leadership? A wide range of inspiring leaders, from Lao Tzu and Machiavelli, to Thatcher and Mandela.

This book is a unique approach to leadership by a writer internationally acknowledged as a major influence on leadership studies. There are Points to Ponder throughout the book, helping to draw out the lessons and concepts for the reader. It features among others: Alexander the Great, Amundsen, Attila, Attlee, Bevan, Boudicca, Mike Brearley, Caesar, Churchill, de Gaulle, Einstein, Eisenhower, Elizabeth I, Gandhi, Sir Edmund Hillary, Ho Chih Min, Hsun-Tzu, Jefferson, Jesus, Jinnah, Kennedy, Lao Tzu, Lincoln, Machiavelli, Mandela, Montgomery, Mosley, Napoleon, Nehru, Nixon, Pericles, Plato, Reagan, F D Roosevelt, St Paul, Scott, Shackleton, Socrates, Washington, Wellington and Xenophon.


Reviews

"How rare is it to come upon a book about leaders with depth, conceptual bite and historical context"

—Warren Bennis

About the Author

John Adair is widely acknowledged as one of the most significant influences on management and leadership development in the world. He studied history at Cambridge University and holds higher degrees from the Universities of Oxford and London. He became the world's first Professor of Leadership Studies at the University of Surrey and is internationally known as a consultant. He is the author of many respected books on management and leadership.


Table of Contents

	Introduction	1
	PART 1
	ONE Leadership Through Knowledge	4
	Socrates – A Leader of Ideas	6
	The Case of the Aspiring General	7
	The Case of the Young Cavalry Commander	8
	Knowledge – The Key to Leadership	11
	Are Knowledge and Experience Enough?	13
	A Leader in Action	17
	Chapter Review	20
	TWO Leadership Skills	24
	The Case of Nicomachides	25
	Human Needs and Leadership Functions	28
	A Leader in Estate Management	30
	Are Leaders Born or Made?	33
	Chapter Review	34
	THREE The Servant-Leader	37
	The Teaching of Lao Tzu	39
	The Tao of Leadership	40
	Jesus and His Disciples	44
	Servant Leadership in Perspective	47
	The Japanese Contribution	53
	Chapter Review	55
	FOUR The Ability to Give Direction	58
	What’s in a Word?	59
	The Shepherd and His Flock	61
	Interlude: The Three Circles	66
	Alexander the Great	67
	Creating Unity and Teamwork	69
	Caring for Individuals	71
	Chapter Review	74
	FIVE Making the Right Decisions	77
	Thinking to Some Purpose	78
	From Ideas to Responsible and Decisive Action	84
	Case-study: Chairing the Cabinet	90
	Intuition and Imagination	94
	Calmness Under Pressure	99
	The Value of Humour	103
	Chapter Review	105
	SIX The Art of Inspiring While Informing	108
	The Effective Communicator	109
	The Art of Inspiring Others	110
	The Relevance of the Second World War	114
	Case-Study: The Forgotten Army	115
	Case-study: Montgomery	124
	The Effects of Telecommunications	129
	Chapter Review	133
	PART 2
	SEVEN The Roots of British Tradition	138
	Eagles of Rome	138
	The Tribal Legacy	145
	Alfred the Great	148
	Chapter Review	154
	EIGHT The Gentleman Leader	156
	The Impact of Education	158
	Leadership Qualities	162
	Machiavelli and Leadership	169
	The Great Rebellion	172
	The American Experience	176
	George Washington	182
	Chapter Review	185
	NINE Nelson	187
	Early Life	188
	The Man and the Legend	189
	Achieving the Task	194
	Bringer of Harmony	197
	Meeting Individual Needs	198
	Nelson’s Legacy	204
	Chapter Review	205
	TEN Polar Explorers	207
	Captain Robert Falcon Scott	208
	Sir Ernest Shackleton	211
	Gino Watkins	213
	Chapter Review	218
	ELEVEN Leadership in a Changing World	220
	The New Climate of Change in the Nineteenth Century	221
	How Progress Happens	225
	Captains of Industry	227
	Management Through Leadership	232
	A Factory of Democratic Leaders	234
	Slim on Leadership	243
	Managers or Leaders?	246
	Chapter Review	249
	PART 3
	TWELVE Charisma	254
	The Rediscovery of Charisma	255
	Leadership: A Gift from Above?	256
	Case-study: Alexander the Great	261
	Case-study: Lawrence of Arabia	268
	Chapter Review	273
	THIRTEEN Women as Leaders	276
	The Western Tradition	277
	Leadership in Marriage	282
	Great Social Reformers	287
	Women as Manager-Leaders	291
	Case-study: Margaret Thatcher	293
	Chapter Review	301
	FOURTEEN Styles of Leadership	303
	Greatness	303
	Abraham Lincoln	306
	Charles de Gaulle	309
	Adolf Hitler	315
	Mahatma Gandhi	322
	Nelson Mandela	328
	Chapter Review	333
	FIFTEEN Leaders for Tomorrow	335
	Not Followers But Companions	338
	An Invitation to Greatness	338
	Chapter Review	344
	Picture Acknowledgements	346
	Select Bibliography	347
	Index	349

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