The textbook Self-Leadership and Leadership by Marco Furtner and Urs Baldegger has, over the course of its now ten-year existence, established itself as a standard textbook on leadership in the German-speaking world.

For the 3rd edition, the textbook has been completely revised and updated. Its innovative character is particularly evident in the way it addresses both “inner” leadership through self-leadership and “outer” leadership through leadership of others, and how it links the two. The book is based on the central assumption that leaders must first be able to lead themselves before they can effectively lead others.

Drawing on the latest findings from leadership research, it describes the developmental process of becoming a successful top leader in the 21st century. Such a leader “transforms” their employees by developing their self-leadership skills and granting them a high degree of autonomy and self-determination.

New in this edition is the integration of inner and outer leadership with dynamic leadership—a form of agile and flexible leadership—tailored to meet the demands of a modern leader in the digital age. A self-leading and, at the same time, dynamic leader has the decisive advantage of being able to act with agility in various contexts and adapt to changing environmental conditions.