John Adair
John Adair is internationally acknowledged as having had a major influence on management and leadership development in both business and military spheres. He is was visiting professor in Leadership Studies at the University of Exeter and a consultant to a wide variety of organisations in business, government and the voluntary sector.
He studied history at Cambridge University and holds higher degrees from the Universities of Oxford and London.
He has served in the Arab Legion and worked as a deckhand on an Arctic trawler. After Cambridge, he became senior lecturer in Military History at Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst and later Assistant Director of the Industrial Society.
He became the world’s first Professor of Leadership Studies at the University of Surrey.John Adair is the author of many respected books on management and leadership, including Inspiring leadership, also published by Thorogood.
His books have sold many hundreds of thousands of copies world wide.
Warren bennis, the internationally-renowned American management guru, wrote of John Adair’s Inspiring leadership: “I discovered once again how rare it is to come upon a book about leaders with depth, conceptual bite and historical context. It was a relief and joy”.
Published by Thorogood:
The Best of John Adair on leadership and management
Great Leaders
The concise Adair on leadership
The concise Adair on communication and presentation skills
The concise Adair on teambuilding
The concise Adair on creativity and innovation
The concise time management
