Leadership Skills Author:Adair This text provides practical guidance to help readers recognize and develop leadership qualities. It shows how the core leadership functions - planning, communication and motivating - can be transformed into practical skills one can master and use in any situation and at all levels with an organization. The book offers insights on: recognizing a... more »nd developing leadership qualities; acquiring the personal authority to give positive direction and the flexibility to embrace change; acting on the key interacting needs - to achieve a task, build a team and develop its members; and transforming the core leadership functions, such as planning, communicating and motivating, into practical skills that can be mastered. "Training Extras" is a comprehensive series which covers all the crucial skill areas for the first-time manager or supervisor, providing: the key issues in an easy-to-read style; diagrams, models and charts for clarity and quick reference; helpful starting points to build confidence and encourage "hands-on" practice; practical advice and tips based on real-life management issues and examples.« less