Five Greatest Ideas for Understanding the Functions of Leadership
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
- PART TWO: Performing as a Leader
- PART THREE: Power Through the People
- Six Greatest Ideas for Teambuilding
- 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
- Twelve Greatest Ideas for Decision Making
- PART FIVE: The Challenge of Strategic Leadership
- 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
- Twelve Greatest Ideas for Effective Communication
- About John Adair
- Index
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