Copyright: Martin Gutmann
Martin Gutmann
„"Leadership is important enough and complex enough that we should use as many perspectives, disciplines, and toolkits as we can muster to try to understand it."“
Vortragssprachen:
Speaker, Leadership Expert, Professor, TED Talker, Best-Selling Author, 2026 Thinkers50 Radar, Forbes Contributo
Martin Gutmann is a globally in-demand keynote speaker who helps leaders navigate uncertainty with fresh, story-driven insights. Combining history, sociology, and organisational psychology, he challenges conventional thinking and equips audiences with practical tools to rethink leadership, decision-making, and strategy.
A professor at the Lucerne School of Business and senior lecturer at ETH Zurich, Martin's work has reached over 60 million people through pieces in the New York Times, the Chicago Tribune, Forbes, Fast Company, and more. His TED Talk, Are We Celebrating the Wrong Leaders?, has over 2 million views, and his best-selling book The Unseen Leader earned high praise from organisational psychologist Adam Grant.
With a career spanning six countries and a Ph.D. in history, Martin has led major leadership programmes, including his role as the founding Managing Director of the Swiss School of Public Governance. Martin's global perspective and academic depth make him a trusted guide for leaders in a rapidly changing world.
Themenauswahl:
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- Reveals five tensions to master: trust, productivity, meaning, clarity, and power
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- Offers insights for navigating today's complex challenges with confidence and clarity
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- Delivers actionable takeaways that reshape how audiences think about leadership
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- Leaves attendees with a clear framework for leading through uncertainty
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- Introduces three traits of great leaders: fluency, humility-confidence balance, pragmatism
Kundenstimmen:
Martin brings a unique historian's perspective that keeps us grounded in human-centred values, learnings and future endeavours. In times of AI and fast technological advancement, Martin invites us to think creatively and exercise critical reasoning.
Elisabete Ramalho
Google
Martin is a masterful and engaging speaker who blends captivating stories with clear, actionable takeaways. Our audience loved every minute of his talk!"
Leo Staub
Zurich Corporate Law
"Martin captivated our 500+ person audience of risk, resilience and response practitioners with his engaging and poignant talk on crisis leadership. He is humble and authoritative at the same time. His credentials speak as clearly as he does — Martin is a great candidate for a corporate talk, capturing the attention of the most senior audience. Bravo!"
Patricia Sanchez, Global Crisis Preparedness Director
Dow
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