How to Lead Others: Eight Lessons for Beginners

by John Adair

In any job, there will come a time when you are asked to lead other people. But while people are often well-trained in the skill set of their particular profession, few people are ever taught how to lead. As such, those first steps into leadership can seem daunting--what do you actually do? What do you need to know? How do you actually lead?

Broken down into eight simple lessons, this book aims to convey the basics in a way that is clear, concise, relevant and practical. To enhance the practical nature of the text, each of the seven chapters is followed by a series of key points--designed to act as summaries as well as incitements to positive action.

· The First Defining the task
· The Second Effective planning
· The Third Briefing
· The Fourth Controlling
· The Fifth Motivating
· The Sixth Organizing
· The Seventh Evaluating
· The Eighth Leading by example

Aimed at those who, regardless of industry or business sector, are about take their first steps on the leadership path, or who are at an early stage in their career and realize that leadership responsibilities lie ahead of them, How to Lead Others is the essential handbook to one of the most important and challenging aspects of professional life.

216 pages, Paperback

Published January 8, 2019

Reviews

[Alireza Hejazi · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is on how to become a better leader. It strives to explain the fundamentals of leadership in a succinct, relevant, and practical manner. It simplifies leadership into eight easy lessons. They are as follows: task definition, effective planning, briefing, regulating, motivating, organizing, assessing, and setting a good example. The book’s climax may be found in what is known as “leading by example,” which takes readers through a step-by-step process of leadership development. Reading the book will provide readers with academic understanding as well as practical ideas to help them set a good example as leaders. The book is directed at people who are about to take their first steps on the leadership road, or who are at an early point in their career and understand they will have to assume leadership duties.