Part 1. Not bosses but leaders. Qualities of leadership ; The circles interact ; Leaders or managers? ;High-performance teams ; The purpose of industry ; Moving from plans to action ; Sharing and caring ; Leadership and power ; Leadership from within -- Part 2. The inspirational leader. The three basic approaches ; The authority of knowing ; Levels of leadership ; Giving and receiving ; Beyond the call of duty ; The common task ; Pulling the threads together ; The why question ; The test of leadership ; Towards excellence -- Part 3. How to grow leaders. Exploring leadership : a personal odyssey ; The qualities approach ; The group or functional approach ; Leaders or managers? ; The situational pproach ; Levels of leadership ; How to grow leaders : the seven principles ; Principle one : training for leadership ; Principle two : selection ; Principle three : line managers as leadership mentors ; Principle four : the chance to lead ; Principle five : education for leadership ; Principle six : a strategy for leadership development ; Principle seven : the chief executive -- Part 4. Leadership and motivation. Functional leadership ; action-centred leadership ; The fifty-fifty rule ; Maslow's hierarchy of needs ; The application of Maslow's ideas in industry ; Herzberg's motivation : hygiene theory ; How to motivate others : the eight principles of motivation ; Parting reflections : towards a new theory of motivation -- Part 5. Leadership for innovation. What is innovation? ; The conditions for successful innovation ; Organizing for team creativity ; Case study : the DNA laboratory ; Case study : Soichiro Honda : leader for innovation ; Real commitment from the top ; How to motivate the creative individual ; Team creativity ; Harvesting ideas ; Overcoming resistance to change ; Conclusion : leadership for innovation -- Part 6. The art of creative thinking. On human creativity ; Use the stepping stones of analogy ; Make the strange familiar and the familiar strange ; Widen your span of relevance ; Practise seredipity ; Chance favours only the prepared mind ; Curiosity ; Keep your eyes open ; Listen for ideas ; Reading to generate ideas ; Keep a notebook ; Test your assumptions ; Make better use of your depth mind ; Do not wait for inspiration ; Sharpen your analytical skills ; Suspend judgement ; Learn to tolerate ambiguity ; Drift, wait and obey ; Sleep on the problem ; Working it out ; Think creatively about your life.