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Find resources to support your self-leadership journey, including my latest Book: Self-Leadership – The Key to Being Productive and my practical Leadership Impulse Videos to help you boost productivity, set goals, and achieve balance.

Cheers to your journey toward purposeful leadership!

Dr. phil. Burkhard Bensmann

Dr. Burkhard Bensmann
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Book Self-Leadership – The Key to Being Productive

Lead Yourself in a Crazy World: Practical Self-Leadership for CEOs, Entrepreneurs, and Public Leaders (2025)

This compact book is written for people who carry real responsibility: CEOs, entrepreneurs, and public leaders such as mayors and senior civil servants. In a world of permanent crisis headlines, AI disruption, deepfakes, social media storms, and rising burnout, classic leadership advice is no longer enough. What you need first is a reliable way to lead yourself. Based on Dr. Burkhard Bensmann’s long-standing work on self-leadership, this book helps you: Protect your attention in times of information overload, misinformation, and deepfakes Develop a clear, realistic stance toward AI, automation, and cyber risks Navigate uncertainty and “polycrisis” with a robust inner compass Stay grounded amid polarization, outrage, and declining trust in institutions Sustain your body, soul, and mind under high responsibility and constant visibility You will find: Five focused chapters on today’s core challenges for leaders A practical self-leadership toolbox (mission, vision, AI radar, media diet, planning days, mental immune system) A concise overview of the Seven Fields of Self-Leadership as a framework for ongoing self-check and development Designed to be read quickly and applied immediately, this book is a practical companion to Dr. Bensmann’s main volume Self-Leadership: The Key to Being Productive and his podcast Self-Leadership with Dr. Bensmann.
  • Paperback & Kindle
    34 Pages (paperback)
  • Publication date
    December 14, 2025
  • Publisher
    Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing
  • ISBN
    979-8278732532
Book Self-Leadership – The Key to Being Productive

Self-Leadership – The Key to Being Productive
Second, Revised and Expanded Edition (2025)

In this second, revised and expanded edition, Dr. Burkhard Bensmann presents The Seven Fields of Self-Leadership, a proven framework for strengthening personal effectiveness in times of digital acceleration and artificial intelligence. Based on current research and long-standing coaching experience, he combines practical tools, reflection exercises, and strategies for everyday leadership. A key feature of this edition is the greatly expanded Section 3, which now offers a comprehensive toolbox of immediately applicable methods, tested in executive coaching and seminars, which address the realities of modern leadership. The new and updated tools include focused routines for planning, motivation, digital self-organization, and resilience, all designed for direct integration into daily practice. Unique to this edition is a strong focus on navigating the impacts of artificial intelligence. Readers will find guidance on digital transformation, AI-supported self-leadership, and reflective exercises that help executives and entrepreneurial minds manage complexity, harness digital opportunities, and maintain clarity in an AI-driven world. This book is written for entrepreneurial people and leaders who want to actively shape their path, overcome hidden barriers, and raise their self-leadership to the next level in a rapidly changing environment.

  • Hardcover & Kindle
    194 Pages (hardcover)
  • Publication date
    October 24, 2025
  • Publisher
    Books On Demand
  • ISBN
    978-3819229954

The Motivational Fire Brigade

Recognize And Avoid Self-Sabotage

Internal Communications Garbage Collection

Appropriate Personal Goals Six Criteria

Letter From My Future Self

Simplifying Life Deep Work 6 Ideas

The Most Important Thing In Your Life

Deep Work 4 Aproaches

Internal Communications Garbage Collection

Four Questions For Quick Orientation

Personal Planning Session Four Steps

Learning From Crises Four Motivations

Self Leadership More Important Than Ever

How To Avoid The September Fever