How to Grow Leaders: The Seven Key Principles of Effective Leadership Development

Adair is a leading authority on leadership development, and he has created this guide for business professionals who need to select, train and educate potential leaders within an organization. The author defines the principles of leadership by describing the steps for becoming a true leader and offers step-by-step instructions for managing leadership training, developing team leaders and teaching strategic leadership principles. This book also outlines the key principles of leadership development such as mentoring, proper selection and learning how to become a chief executive. Annotation ©2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
Adair identifies the seven key principles of leadership development and answers vital questions on how to select, train, and educate leaders. In doing so, he discusses topics such as the manager as leader, learning to be a strategic leader, and training team leaders.
"How to Grow Leaders" is an authoritative account of 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. 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 Leaders" will help managers and trainers develop these skills in others while helping them pursue leadership excellence themselves.