Marcel Schwantes: The Humane Leadership Framework (Marcel’s New Book Release!)

Pre-order Marcel’s new book: Humane Leadership: Lead with Radical Love, Be a Kick-ass Boss 

Episode recap:

Humane Leadership: 5 Key Principles

Marcel discussed his new book, Humane Leadership, which explores the connection between agape and effective leadership. He shared excerpts from the book, focusing on the 5 principles of humane leadership: patience, kindness, humility, advocacy, and trustworthiness. Marcel emphasized that these principles, rooted in science and best practices, can lead to a more productive and profitable workplace. He also highlighted the importance of understanding human needs and mastering people skills for effective leadership. The book is available for purchase.

Bio:

Marcel Schwantes is a speaker, author, and acclaimed executive coach with a global following. Marcel delivers presentations, workshops, courses, and coaching programs about the human side of business and how cultures of care, connection, and belonging power companies to thrive and outperform the competition. 

Key Quotes: 

• "Effective leadership is love practically demonstrated to achieve business success." 
• "Humans are biologically wired to connect relationally and to feel they matter." 
• "Leadership effectiveness comes from demonstrating love through action." 
   

Takeaways: 

• Implement patience, kindness, humility, advocacy, and trustworthiness in your leadership style.
• Embrace the human side of leadership to foster better engagement and productivity.
• Leadership must evolve to meet the emotional and relational needs of today’s workforce. 
   

Timestamps: 

[00:00] Introduction to Humane Leadership: Lead with Radical Love, Be a Kick-Ass Boss 
[01:15] Marcel’s journey in writing the book 
[02:30] The five principles of humane leadership 
[03:45] Applying these principles to modern leadership 
[04:50] Embracing emotional connection in remote work 
[06:00] Final thoughts on leading with love 

Conclusion: 

Humane leadership focuses on understanding and meeting human needs, which can drive better business outcomes. Marcel Schwantes’ insights help leaders create environments where employees feel valued, leading to higher engagement, loyalty, and success. 

Links/Resources: 

Substack: marcelschwantes.substack.com/   

LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/marcelschwantes/  

Twitter/X: x.com/MarcelSchwantes 

YouTube: youtube.com/@MarcelSchwantes1 

Instagram: instagram.com/marcel.schwantes/ 

Transcript

Marcel Schwantes  00:04

So for the next several episodes, I'm going to be sharing excerpts from my new book, which was just released on March 25 and that book is called humane leadership. Lead with radical love, be a kick ass boss. This is a book that many of you have been following my journey writing about it, it's been quite a journey, for sure, with a lot of hardship involved. I don't mean to sound dramatic, but there was COVID in the middle of writing this book, which paused it for a couple of years, including me almost dying from the Delta strand after I caught that strand of COVID, which, as you can imagine, kind of put a damper on the whole process. And along the way, I lost my literary agent to a sudden career change. And so I was faced with having to pitch my book proposal on my own, which is quite a challenge if you want to write a book that's traditionally published through a publisher. 

So I almost gave up, until business expert press BEP accepted my proposal, and I am grateful to them for having published my book and distributing it out to the world, and also grateful to the many people that made this work possible, this book possible. So today, what I'm going to do is I'm going to read parts of chapter one to give you the framework for how I arrived at discovering five principles of humane leadership that you can apply to your workplace, that you can apply to make you a more effective leader and help make your business more profitable, more engaging and more productive. So sit back, grab a cool drink and enjoy content from humane leadership in investigating how best to connect agape to what science has discovered as its best tenants for leadership, leadership effectiveness. 

I needed a framework for application, and I found one embedded in a letter written by Paul of Tarsus, the Apostle Paul to the Corinthian church in the first century. And you can find that obscure piece of writing in Scripture found in First Corinthians, 13 verse verses four to seven. Now remember, this is a business book. So Corinth, located roughly 50 miles west of Athens, Greece was at that time in the first century, a rich, unruly and immoral city whose citizens lived a wild and unrestrained lifestyle. His letter to the church at Corinth was a problem solving letter that addressed many organizational issues stemming from a lack of leadership that we see in the workplace today, conflict, rebellion, lawsuits, confusion, disrespect, selfishness, gossip, pride, jealousy, a lack of discipline, and the list goes on. It didn't matter what the needs of the people were. Everybody was out for himself at this point. Paul points out to the church that the only way they will operate effectively is through love. He then presents a list of guiding principles for the world to witness what real love looks like in practice. As I carefully inspected each stated love principle or action, I referenced it against the literature to solidify the case for business application. And to my amazement, each one checked out in reputable studies on emotional intelligence, leadership and positive organizational psychology. 

In essence, whether you're religious, a religious agnostic or atheist, you can say that science has finally caught up to what the world religions have known for 1000s of years. The five principles from Paul's letter have been reinterpreted as a business philosophy that won't compromise results, profits and excellence, and they are, patience, kindness, humility, advocacy and trustworthiness. So in examining the evidence, I have uncovered the best available data, case studies and best in class, leadership behaviors in. From personal interviews and conversations with the world's top leaders and leadership thinkers, many of whom have come on the show in chapters three to eight, I illustrate precisely how choosing the higher road of love and action, as presented in the five distinct actions, leads to clear advantage. As we explore the era of remote and hybrid work environment and dive deeper into the digital age, it's evident that the workplace has drastically changed, and that leadership thinking continues to evolve, but what will never change is that humans are wired biologically, to connect relationally and to feel an experience that they matter and what and that what they do matters to that end, the love and action framework we will uncover in the Book will ensure that companies and organizations have proper guard guard rails, directing them to meet their employees greatest human needs. So whether you accept what's coming or not, deep down, effective leadership is love practically demonstrated to achieve business business success and leave a legacy. 

The best understand that they must master their people skills. Indeed, it's a lifelong journey, a deeply rewarding one that requires immense courage and continuous learning and growth. Are you ready to explore? Join me in humane leadership, lead with radical love, be a kick ass boss. It's available everywhere books are sold