John Adair 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. Positive motivation, he argues, 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 Motivation will stimulate readers’ thoughts and ideas on how to inspire others, and offers some practical ways to motivate oneself and others to achieve.
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Concise and Helpful I found that this book gets right to the point and is very helpful for folks that are new to leadership roles. it provides smile but effective guidance
A well-rounded analysis which lends particularly well to college-level classroom use. John Adair’s pioneering NOT BOSSES BUT LEADERS helped change the way leadership roles are viewed in business: in LEADERSHIP AND MOTIVATION: THE FIFTY-FIFTY RULE AND THE EIGHT KEY PRINCIPLES OFM OTIVATING OTHERS he extends his analysis to review the foundations of leadership ability and its role in both business and personal life. Chapters tell how to create framework for such motivation by selecting the right people and creating the atmosphere that enables them to shine. From moral issues to…
50-50 rule + 8 motivation principles This book is about leadership and motivation, and how both promote or demote creativity. It defines a leader as someone who has personal qualities and technical knowledge that, under a given situation, permit him or her to perform successfully a requisite function. The leader motivates people to follow him/her because everyone involved stands to gain. Everyone wins because the strategic and operational levels of the group “work harmoniously together as the organization’s leadership team”…