John Adair

BRIAN BURRIDGE Senior Strategic Advisor to a multi-national aerospace companyPETER CASE Professor of Organization Studies, Bristol Business School, University of the West of England, UKDAVID FARADAY Former senior Lecturer at the University of Surrey, UK, where he was responsible for professional training and skills development in Chemical EngineeringMARTIN GASKELL Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and Holds an Honarary LID from the University of Leicester, UKJONATHAN GOSLING Director of the Centre for Leadership Studies, and Head of executive Education at the University of Exeter, UKTIM HARLE Has Spoken at both business schools and theological colleges; his recent articles include a critique of leadership competenciesALAN HOOPER is the Founder and first Director of the Centre for Leadership Studies, University of Exeter, UKTOM KENNIE Director of the Ranmore Consulting Group. ranmore specialise in leadership and management development in both the professional service and higher education servicesGREG MCMAHON WAI-MING MAK MA in management learning at Lancaster University, UK and DBA in organizational learning at the University of Hull, UKROBIN MIDDLEHURST Professor of Higher Education at the University of Surrey, UKJOHN POTTER Chartered Psychologist with a PhD in LeadershipMORGEN WITZEL Honarary Senior Fellow of the School of Business and Economics, University of Exeter, UKEWART WOOLDRIDGE Chief Executive of the Leadership Foundation for Higher Education

• List of Tables List of Figures Foreword by K. Grint Notes on the Contributors Introduction and Acknowledgements; J.Gosling & P.Case PART 1: PERSPECTIVES ON ADAIR'S WORK Strategos: An Exploration of John Adair's Influence on Strategic Leadership; A.Cooper Bridging the Gap: A Perspective on the Contribution of John Adair; J.Potter The Leaders and the Led: Dyadic Approaches to Leadership; M.Witzel Gimme Five! Multi-disciplinary Perspectives on Leadership; T.Harle PART II: Adair's Influence on Institutions Action-Centred Leadership in the Royal Air Force: Final Landing or New Horizon?; Sir B.Burridge Public Sector Leadership Centres - a Variant of Groundhog Day?; E.Wooldridge Leading the Way in Higher Education: A 20-year Journey from the University of Surrey to the Leadership Foundation; R.Middlehurst, T.Kennie & D.Faraday John Adair and Church Leadership; S.M. Gaskell PART III: Action-Centred Leadership (ACL) in International Contexts Functional Leadership in Australia - The Story; G.McMahon The Application of Action-Centred Leadership (ACL) in Hong Kong; W.Mak PART IV: Summing Up The Forward View; J.Adair Index

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