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Sixteen Greatest Ideas for Getting the Best from Your Team
by John Adair
John Adair's 100 Greatest Ideas for Effective Leadership
Cover Page
Title page
Copyright
Author's Note
Contents
Preface
PART ONE: Understanding Leadership
Five Greatest Ideas for Understanding the Functions of Leadership
Idea 1: Task, team and individual
Idea 2: Leadership function – action-centred leadership
Idea 3: Leadership characteristics – task element
Idea 4: Leadership characteristics – team element
Idea 5: Leadership characteristics – individual element
Follow-up test
PART TWO: Performing as a Leader
Three Greatest Ideas for Setting and Achieving Your Objectives
Idea 6: Draw up a personal profile
Idea 7: Set personal goals
Idea 8: Set professional business goals
Nine Greatest Ideas for Leadership Skills
Idea 9: Defining the task
Idea 10: Planning
Idea 11: Briefing
Idea 12: Controlling
Idea 13: Evaluating
Idea 14: Supporting
Idea 15: Motivating
Idea 16: Setting an example
Idea 17: The Adair short course on leadership
Four Greatest Ideas for Leadership Qualities
Idea 18: The 25 attributes of leadership and management
Idea 19: The seven qualities of leadership
Idea 20: Leadership qualities test
Idea 21: Humility in action
Follow-up test
PART THREE: Power Through the People
Six Greatest Ideas for Teambuilding
Idea 22: Teambuilding – the functions of the leader
Idea 23: Achieving the task – with a team
Idea 24: Building the team
Idea 25: Developing the individual
Idea 26: The individual and teams
Idea 27: From good to great – hallmarks of a high-performance team
Sixteen Greatest Ideas for Getting the Best from Your Team
Idea 28: The 50:50 rule of motivation
Idea 29: Eight rules for motivating people
Idea 30: Maslow's hierarchy of needs
Idea 31: McGregor's Theory X and Theory Y
Idea 32: Herzberg's motivation-hygiene theory
Idea 33: Manager's motivating checklist
Idea 34: Ten ways to strengthen your own motivation
Idea 35: The seven indicators of high motivation
Idea 36: Choosing people with motivation – the Michelangelo motive
Idea 37: The key to motivating – treat each person as an individual
Idea 38: Using Jacob's ladder to set realistic and challenging targets
Idea 39: Giving feedback to reinforce and motivate
Idea 40: Maintaining morale to maintain motivation
Idea 41: Creating a motivating environment
Idea 42: Giving fair rewards to the motivated
Idea 43: Giving recognition to the motivated
Follow-up test
PART FOUR: Thinking as a Leader
Twelve Greatest Ideas for Decision Making
Idea 44: Refining your decision-making skills
Idea 45: The decision maker as effective thinker
Idea 46: The manager as decision maker
Idea 47: How to avoid the trap of bad compromise decisions
Idea 48: How to use analysis in decision making
Idea 49: The role of synthesis – a holistic approach – in decision making
Idea 50 – The role of imagination in decision making
Idea 51: The role of conceptual thinking in decision making
Idea 52: The role of intuition in decision making
Idea 53: The role of originality and innovation in decision making
Idea 54: The concept of value in decision making
Idea 55: How to weigh up the options in decision making
Thirteen Greatest Ideas for Creativity and Innovation
Idea 56: Seven obstacles to creativity
Idea 57: Ten things a creative person ought to be
Idea 58: Seven ways to stimulate creativity
Idea 59: The four main stages of creativity
Idea 60: The seven key players in innovation
Idea 61: How to recruit and retain creative people
Idea 62: How to encourage creativity
Idea 63: How communication can reinforce innovation
Idea 64: Overcoming obstacles to creativity and innovation
Idea 65: Making your organization good at innovation
Idea 66: Checklist for the innovative organization
Idea 67: Ways to generate ideas in an organization
Idea 68: Using brainstorming to generate ideas
Follow-up test
PART FIVE: The Challenge of Strategic Leadership
Five Greatest Ideas for the Role of Strategic Leader
Idea 69: Levels of leadership
Idea 70: The art of being a leader-in-chief
Idea 71: Seven functions of strategic leadership
Idea 72: Seven useful skills for operational leaders
Idea 73: Practical wisdom
Seven Greatest Ideas for Strategic Leadership Skills
Idea 74: Giving direction
Idea 75: Strategic thinking and strategic planning
Idea 76: Making it happen
Idea 77: Relating the parts to the whole
Idea 78: Building partnerships
Idea 79: Releasing the corporate spirit
Idea 80: Developing today's and tomorrow's leaders
Follow-up test
PART SIX: Developing Your Personal Skills
Twelve Greatest Ideas for Effective Communication
Idea 81: 15 key issues in communication
Idea 82: Listening – a key element in communication
Idea 83: Being a better listener – developing listening skills
Idea 84: Six principles of effective speaking
Idea 85: Profiling the occasion – the first element of a good presentation
Idea 86: Planning and writing the presentation
Idea 87: How best to deliver your presentation on the day
Idea 88: One-to-one interviews
Idea 89: Appraising performance
Idea 90: Seven ways to receive criticism
Idea 91: Communication and the management of meetings
Idea 92: Communication within your organization
Eight Greatest Ideas for Managing Your Time
Idea 93: The ten principles of time management
Idea 94: Delegating effectively
Idea 95: Making use of committed time
Idea 96: Managing your health and avoid stress
Idea 97: Five techniques to keep interruptions brief
Idea 98: Six organizing ideas to improve time management
Idea 99: Making time to think
Idea 100: How to manage meetings
Follow-up test
About John Adair
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