John Adair (author)

For other people named John Adair, see John Adair (disambiguation).

John Adair is is an author of books on business leadership.

Adairs Leadership model

Adair describes describing leadership with a model of three circles^[1] as a functional relationship between the three basic variables of:^[2]

The three overlapping circles representing:

Achieve the task. The task needs a team as one person alone cannot accomplish it.
Build and maintain the team. If the team needs are not met the task will suffer and the individuals will not be satisfied.
Develop the individual. If the individual needs are not met the team will suffer and performance of the task will be impaired.

Effective Leadership Development. Adair J. CIPD (2005) ISBN 1-84398-133-5
Adairs Leadership Development Activities Tool kit Adair J CIPD (2006) ISBN 1-84398-131-9
John Adair's 100 Greatest Ideas for Effective Leadership and Management (100 Greatest Ideas), Capstone Publishing Ltd (2002) ISBN 1-84112-140-1
How to Grow Leaders: The Seven Key Principles of Effective Leadership Development, Kogan Page Ltd; (Dec 2006) ISBN 0-74944-839-3
Leadership and Motivation: The Fifty-fifty Rule and the Eight Key Principles of Motivating Others, Kogan Page Ltd (2007) ISBN 0-74944-798-2
Effective Teambuilding: How to Make a Winning Team, Pan; 14 Rev Ed edition (1987) ISBN 0-33029-809-7
The John Adair Handbook of Management and Leadership Thorogood; New Ed edition (2004) ISBN 1-85418-204-8
Effective Leadership Pan; New Ed edition (1988) ISBN 0-33030-230-2
The Inspirational Leader: How to Motivate, Encourage and Achieve Success, Kogan Page Ltd; New Ed edition (2005) ISBN 0-74944-456-8
Effective Communication Pan (1997) ISBN 0-33034-786-1
Effective Strategic Leadership: An Essential Path to Success Guided by the World's Great Leaders, Pan; New Ed edition (2003) ISBN 0-33048-787-6
Effective Motivation Pan (1996) ISBN 0-33034-476-5