- Hardcover: 192 pages
- Publisher: Kogan page; 3 edition (23 Dec 2002)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0749438991
- ISBN-13: 978-0749438999
- Product Dimensions: 24.6 x 15.5 x 2.1 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 774,999 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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SIR JOHN HARVEY-JONES
John Adair is without doubt one of the foremost thinkers on leadership in the world
Warren Bennis, Distinguished Professor of Management at the University of Southern California
“An authoritative and wise guide to leadership. Every practising leader can benefit from this readable book.”
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This short volume collects some of the most time-honored principles of leadership and compiles them in a series of short, easy-to-read chapters. Author John Adair draws on some unlikely sources for his material, finding inspiration even in Cromwell, the fanatical Puritan revolutionary; in the experience of the German army during World War II and in other characters and events not usually cited in management tomes. Adair's classic on leadership, now reissued, is a very useful handbook that resembles inspirational reading more than an expository how-to. On the downside, the book needs tightening. In particular, the author's lists of "key points" tend to be vague, passive and general. Nonetheless, we believe that gem seekers will find useful nuggets of leadership counsel here and that business readers will enjoy the intriguing array of quotable stories and sources.
4 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Slightly cheesy and patronising in places but teaches you a little bit about yourself in every page. Doesn't take long to read and you'll learn a bit more about your team once you've finished it...
0 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
There are certain signs that ought to warn you off this book:
It is written in the style of a conversation.
The author coins the term 'transcendent common sense'.
One page out of every five is dedicated to a profound quote from a celebrated leader.
Occasionally the author will stumble across a good point, but given the number of genuinely great management books covering the same ground, there is little point in sifting through the rhetoric to find them.
It is written in the style of a conversation.
The author coins the term 'transcendent common sense'.
One page out of every five is dedicated to a profound quote from a celebrated leader.
Occasionally the author will stumble across a good point, but given the number of genuinely great management books covering the same ground, there is little point in sifting through the rhetoric to find them.
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