Manifesto for Humane Leadership

Six The­ses and 14 Prin­ci­ples for New Lead­er­ship in the Age of Digitalization

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The Man­i­festo for Humane Lead­er­ship is com­ing of age. The 6 the­ses and 14 prin­ci­ples for new lead­er­ship in the age of dig­i­tal­iza­tion are now avail­able in a com­plete­ly revised and sig­nif­i­cant­ly expand­ed edition.

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Mar­cus Rait­ner cre­ates an image of lead­er­ship cul­ture that not only con­sid­ers the life cir­cum­stances and the entire human­i­ty of employ­ees. It is also impor­tant to him that man­agers pos­sess or acquire emo­tion­al intel­li­gence so they do not lose sight of them­selves. Effec­tive lead­er­ship has just as much to do with self-care.

Cawa Younosi, For­mer Glob­al Head of Peo­ple Expe­ri­ence SAP & Ger­many’s HR Influ­encer #1

In an era where dig­i­tal­iza­tion and AI is reshap­ing the land­scape of lead­er­ship, the “Man­i­festo for Humane Lead­er­ship” emerges as a bea­con for lead­ers seek­ing to nav­i­gate the com­plex­i­ties of the mod­ern world.

The book delves into the essence of knowl­edge work, empha­siz­ing the impor­tance of lead­ing at eye lev­el and fos­ter­ing self-orga­niz­ing, agile teams. It encour­ages lead­ers to embrace intro­spec­tion, ask sin­cere ques­tions, and open up to diverse per­spec­tives, ulti­mate­ly lead­ing to more inno­v­a­tive and effec­tive solu­tions.

Mar­cus Rait­ner chal­lenges tra­di­tion­al par­a­digms and intro­duces a fresh per­spec­tive on what it means to lead effec­tive­ly today. Draw­ing from real-world exam­ples and cut­ting-edge research, he explores the del­i­cate bal­ance between opti­miz­ing exist­ing busi­ness mod­els and invent­ing new ones, a cru­cial task for lead­ers in a VUCA (Volatile, Uncer­tain, Com­plex, and Ambigu­ous) world.

This extend­ed and ful­ly revised edi­tion builds upon the con­cise 2020 ver­sion. It offers a com­pre­hen­sive explo­ration of lead­er­ship in the dig­i­tal age, and fea­tures four­teen new principles:

  • Peo­ple are at the Center
  • Start With Self-Care
  • Strength­en Strengths
  • Lead­er­ship Means Relationship
  • Con­text Not Control
  • Gar­den­er Not Chess Master
  • Prin­ci­ples Not Rules
  • Less is More
  • Ques­tions Not Answers
  • Trust Is the Foundation
  • Safe­ty Not Fear
  • He Who Says A Does Not Have to Say B
  • Integri­ty Over Charisma
  • Dis­turb­ing the Com­fort Zone

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The book is avail­able as hard­cov­er, soft­cov­er, and as e‑book on Ama­zon inter­na­tion­al­ly, e.g.,

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Addi­tion­al­ly, you can get the e‑book also on Lean­pub.

Strong the­ses for more humane lead­er­ship. Crisp, undog­mat­ic, to the point!

Peter Kreuz, Keynote Speak­er, Autor, Founder of ‘Rebels at Work’

What excites and inspires me about the ‘Man­i­festo for Humane Lead­er­ship’ is that Mar­cus also shows the way to move from ‘Insights to Impact’. Read­ers will expe­ri­ence a fire­work of action possibilities.

Ralf Schnei­der, Allianz Senior Fel­low and Head of Cyber­se­cu­ri­ty and NextGen­IT Think Tank, Ex-Allianz Group CIO