Contents

Introduction

Part 1 Exploring Leadership – A Personal Odyssey

1 The Qualities Approach

CAN LEADERSHIP QUALITIES BE DEVELOPED?

2 The Group or Functional Approach

WHAT IS THE GROUP OR FUNCTIONAL APPROACH?

APPLYING THE GROUP OR FUNCTIONAL APPROACH TO TRAINING

3 Leaders or Managers?

DISCOVERING THE GENERIC ROLE OF LEADER

REVISITING THE QUALITIES APPROACH

THE MANAGER AS LEADER

4 The Situational Approach

WHAT IS THE SITUATIONAL APPROACH?

THE ORIGINS OF THE SITUATIONAL APPROACH

THE SOCRATIC TRADITION: CAN LEADERSHIP BE LEARNT?

5 Levels of Leadership

THE APPLICATION OF THE THREE CIRCLES TO ORGANIZATIONS

THE ROLE OF THE STRATEGIC LEADER

IS IT POSSIBLE TO TRANSFER AS A STRATEGIC LEADER FROM ONE ORGANIZATION TO ANOTHER?

ON PRACTICAL WISDOM

Part 2 How to Grow Leaders – The Seven Principles

Principle One Training for Leadership

THE MOST COMMON ERROR

THE SECOND MOST COMMON ERROR

TRAINING TEAM LEADERS

YOU DO NOT TEACH THE PATHS OF THE FOREST TO AN OLD GORILLA

DO ‘SHEEP DIPS’ WORK?

HOW TO MANAGE LEADERSHIP TRAINING

Key points

Principle Two Selection

HOW DO PEOPLE BECOME LEADERS?

THE PRINCIPLE OF ELECTION

APPLYING THE GROUP OR FUNCTIONAL APPROACH TO FIRST-LINE LEADERSHIP SELECTION

SELECTION – THE WIDER FRAMEWORK

Key points

Principle Three Line Managers as Leadership Mentors

WHAT IS A MENTOR?

THE APPRENTICESHIP METHOD

AT LEAST YOU CAN SAY ‘GOODBYE’

Key points

Principle Four The Chance to Lead

THE MILITARY ANALOGY

WHAT CAN ORGANIZATIONS DO?

WHAT CONSTITUTES A CHALLENGE?

FORTUNE FAVOURS THE PREPARED MIND

Key points

Principle Five Education for Leadership

THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX

SCHOOLS FOR LEADERSHIP

GROWING UNIVERSITY LEADERS

NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR ‘EDUCATION FOR LEADERSHIP’?

Key points

Principle Six A Strategy for Leadership Development

REVIEWING THE STRATEGY

GETTING THE STRUCTURES RIGHT

WHAT SURROUNDS AND INFUSES A SUCCESSFUL STRATEGY IS CULTURE

Key points

Principle Seven The Chief Executive

LEARNING TO BE A TOP STRATEGIC LEADER

WHAT DOES A STRATEGIC LEADER HAVE TO DO?

MAKE YOUR PRESENCE FELT IN TRAINING FOR LEADERSHIP

Key points

Conclusion

Index