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  John Adair 

  http://www.johnadair.co.uk/

  is the world’s leading authority on leadership and leadership development. Over a million managers worldwide have taken part in the Action-Centred Leadership programmes he pioneered. John has had a colourful ... early career. He served as a platoon commander in the Scots Guards in Egypt, and then became the only national serviceman to serve in the Arab Legion, where he became adjutant of Bedouin regiment. He was virtually in command of the garrison of Jerusalem in the front line for six weeks. After national service he qualified as a deckhand in Hull and sailed an Artic steam trawler to Iceland. He then worked as a hospital orderly in the operating theatre of a hospital. After being senior lecturer in military history and adviser in leadership training at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, and Associate Director of The Industrial Society, in 1979 John became the world’s first Professor of Leadership Studies at the University of Surrey. Between 1981 and 1986 John worked with Sir John Har   [More...] [Less...]

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