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How to Grow Leadersis a ground-breaking book which sets the record straight on leadership development, the nature of leadership and how it can be taught.John Adair identifies the seven key principles of leadership development, and answers vital questions on how to select, train and educate leaders at team, operational and strategic leadership levels. In doing so he discusses topics such as the manager as leader, how people become leaders, how to manage leadership training, learning to be a strategic leader and training team leaders.Effective leadership is a crucial factor in business success. How to Grow Leaderswill help you to develop these skills in others, whilst guiding you on your own personal journey towards excellence as a leader.

John Adair is a leading authority on leadership and leadership development. He advises many organizations in business, government, education, health and the voluntary sector. Over a million managers worldwide have taken part in the Action-Centred Leadership programs he pioneered. Adair is the author of over 50 books, including the leadership classic Not Bosses But Leaders, (Kogan Page), and he continues to write and teach throughout the world.

Introduction	p. 1
Exploring Leadership - A Personal Odyssey	p. 7
The Qualities Approach	p. 9
Can leadership qualities be developed?	p. 12
The Group or Functional Approach	p. 17
What is the Group or Functional Approach?	p. 19
Applying the Group or Functional Approach to training	p. 23
Leaders or managers?	p. 27
Discovering the generic role of leader	p. 29
Revisiting the Qualities Approach	p. 31
The manager as leader	p. 34
The Situational Approach	p. 35
What is the Situational Approach?	p. 36
The origins of the Situational Approach	p. 37
The Socratic tradition: can leadership be learnt?	p. 42
Levels of leadership	p. 46
The application of the Three Circles to organizations	p. 48
The role of the strategic leader	p. 49
Is it possible to transfer as a strategic leader from one organization to another?	p. 51
On practical wisdom	p. 54
How to Grow Leaders - The Seven Principles	p. 57
Training for leadership	p. 59
The most common error	p. 60
The second most common error	p. 69
Training team leaders	p. 73
You do not teach the paths of the forest to an old gorilla	p. 75
Do 'sheep dips' work?	p. 78
How to manage leadership training	p. 81
Keypoints	p. 82
Selection	p. 84
How do people become leaders?	p. 84
The principle of election	p. 90
Applying the Group or Functional Approach to first-line leadership selection	p. 92
Selection - the wider framework	p. 96
Keypoints	p. 102
Line managers as leadership mentors	p. 104
What is a mentor?	p. 105
The apprenticeship method	p. 106
At least you can say 'goodbye'	p. 110
Keypoints	p. 113
The chance to lead	p. 114
The military analogy	p. 114
What can organizations do?	p. 116
What constitutes a challenge?	p. 116
Fortune favours the prepared mind	p. 119
Keypoints	p. 122
Education for leadership	p. 124
Thinking outside the box	p. 125
Schools for leadership	p. 130
Growing university leaders	p. 137
New opportunities for 'education for leadership'?	p. 139
Keypoints	p. 144
A strategy for leadership development	p. 146
Reviewing the strategy	p. 148
Getting the structures right	p. 149
What surrounds and infuses a successful strategy is culture	p. 152
Keypoints	p. 155
The chief executive	p. 156
Learning to be a top strategic leader	p. 157
What does a strategic leader have to do?	p. 161
Make your presence felt in training for leadership	p. 164
Keypoints	p. 168
Conclusion	p. 170
Index	p. 175
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