John Adair (author) at the University of Exeter from 1990 to 2000. He is currently an Emeritus Fellow of the Windsor Leadership Trust where he regularly speaks on Leadership development programmes. Since 2006, he has been Honorary Professor of Leadership at the China Executive Leadership Academy in Pudong. In 2009 he was appointed Chair of Leadership Studies United Nations System Staff College in Turin. He is President of Adair International. John Adair (author) Professor John Eric Adair (born 18 May 1934) is a British academic who is a leadership theorist and author of more than forty books (translated into eighteen languages) on business,
Kurt Schmidt Kurt Schmidt Kurt Schmidt (April 9, 1891—March 3, 1945) was a German Generalleutnant during the Second World War who also fought during the First World War. He was born in the German city of Frankfurt on April 9, 1891. In 1909 he joined the German army and on March 20, 1911, he was promoted to "Leutnant". He served in the 30th Infantry Regiment. Four years later, in 1915, he was promoted to "Oberleutnant". He was also awarded the Iron Cross 2nd Class and Iron Cross 1st Class of the Kingdom of Prussia. Schmidt was wounded during the First World War,