Mastering the Tightrope: 7 Leadership Lessons Taught by Life

This book helps managers and young professionals master the tightrope of rapidly changing markets, scarce resources and seemingly conflicting targets.Having worked as an executive both in Germany and the US, Bruno Hartmann has experienced and led numerous organisations and transitional processes. Mastering the Tightrope provides the 7-lessons he s fine-tuned to universally drive leadership success and transformational change.Mastering the Tightrope includes personal insights from CEOs Martin Richenhagen, AGCO Corporation, Stefan Kober, AL-KO Kober SE, and Dr. Stefan Sommer, ZF Friedrichshafen AG.

BRUNO HARTMANN is a passionate engineer and an inspiring international keynote speaker. With over 25-years of industry experience, he has become an expert in transformational change and leadership. Bruno experienced the largest hostile takeover in Germany´s machine building history; and he helped transform a mid-size company into a modern industrial concern. Refreshingly, Bruno understands change from various employee perspectives. During his career, he has held application engineer, mid-level supervisory, executive leadership, worldwide sales and corporate SWAT team positions. His experience spans engineering, corporate strategy development, and mergers and acquisitions. Bruno, a Bavarian leadership expert, studied industrial engineering in Rosenheim, Germany; is an alumnus of the Carnegie Mellon Institute in Pittsburgh, PA; and received his Master of Business Administration (MBA) at the Clemson University in the USA. He is a member of the Association of German Engineers (VDI) and the German Speakers Association (GSA).