Leadership and Motivation: The Fifty-Fifty Rule and the Eight Key Principles of Motivating Others

by Adair, John

• ISBN13: 9780749454821
• ISBN10: 0749454822
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-03-28
• Publisher: Kogan Page Ltd

Summary

John Adairhas transformed our understanding of how leadership works with his pioneering book Not Bosses But Leaders. Here he explores the nature of motivation, individual needs and how they relate to the key tasks facing leaders and managers - good, positive motivation can create, maintain and improve the performance of any team.In Leadership and Motivation John Adair also puts forward his own theory of motivation the fifty-fifty rule and then identifies the eight key principles for motivating others.Motivation increases efficiency and productivity - and makes reaching targets more likely. Leadership and Motivationwill stimulate your thoughts and ideas on how to inspire others, and offers you some practical ways to motivate yourself and others to achieve.

Author Biography

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.

Table of Contents

About the Author	p. xi
Introduction	p. 1
Leadership and Motivation	p. 5
Functional Leadership	p. 7
The Background	p. 8
The Theory of Group Personality and Group Needs	p. 8
Individual Needs and Motivation	p. 9
The Needs Interact	p. 10
Leadership Functions	p. 12
Sharing Decisions	p. 14
Conclusion	p. 16
Action-Centred Leadership	p. 19
The Wider ACL Framework	p. 20
The Qualities Approach	p. 22
The Situational Approach	p. 25
Individual Needs	p. 28
Leadership and Management Functions	p. 30
The Decision-making Continuum	p. 32
The Levels of Leadership	p. 33
The Fifty-Fifty Rule	p. 37
Maslow and Herzberg	p. 45
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs	p. 47
The Physiological Needs	p. 49
The Safety Needs	p. 51
The Social Needs	p. 53
The Esteem Needs	p. 53
The Need for Self-actualization	p. 54
The Desires to Know and Understand	p. 54
The Aesthetic Needs	p. 56
Coping and Expressive Behaviour	p. 56
The Application of Maslow's Ideas in Industry	p. 59
Douglas McGregor's Theory X and Theory Y	p. 60
The Wider Dissemination of Maslow's Ideas	p. 63
The Moral issue	p. 65
Herzberg's Motivation - Hygiene Theory	p. 69
Basic Characteristics of the Research Project	p. 70
The Categories	p. 72
Experimental Results	p. 76
Herzberg and Maslow	p. 80
Critics of Herzberg's Theory	p. 83
Conclusion	p. 84
How to Motivate Others: The Eight Principles of Motivation	p. 87
A Framework for Motivation	p. 89
Be Motivated Yourself	p. 91
Select People who are Highly Motivated	p. 93
Treat Each Person as an Individual	p. 95
Set Realistic and Challenging Targets	p. 97
Remember that Progress Motivates	p. 99
Create a Motivating Environment	p. 101
Provide Fair Rewards	p. 103
Give Recognition	p. 106
Summary: How to Motivate Others	p. 109
Parting Reflections - Towards a New Theory of Motivation	p. 115
Notes	p. 117
Further Reading	p. 123
Index	p. 131
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