Inspirational Leader: How to motivate, encourage and achieve success, The

Management Services, Autumn 2006

The Inspirational Leader How to motivate, encourage and achieve success, by John Adair Published by Kogan Page, 2003 ISBN 0-7494-4456-8 Price: £9.99

John Adair is an internationally acknowledged writer on leadership and has written many books and articles including 'Not Bosses But Leaders' and was the world's first Professor of Leadership Studies. The style of the book is in the form of Adair having conversations with a young chief executive. They explore the nature and practice of leadership and each aspect is studied and discussed so that the key skills are revealed for anyone to adopt and use to inspire and encourage others. Adair reinforces his opinion that leaders are not born but made.

This is the kind of book that might well appeal to someone who is starting in a leadership role and wants to develop their leadership skills.