Rudolf Steiner is known around the world as an author, speaker and the creator of anthroposophy, yet few are aware of him as an inaugurator of new ways of working together. As a result, questions of management and leadership are especially challenging, even in institutions that work out of anthroposophy. Here the model for forms of collaboration created by Steiner in 1923/24 can serve as an inexhaustible source of inspiration. Using this social concept as an orientation, the authors show how the social framework of the anthroposophic medical movement has evolved and stood the test of time since 1988. A ‘leadership style with heart’ was needed that could unite the principles of individual responsibility, collegial leadership and democratic codetermination.

MICHAELA GLÖCKLER – Born in Stuttgart in 1946. Waldorf student, studied philosophy, history, German and theology in Freiburg and Heidelberg and medicine in Tübingen and Marburg, accompanied by continuous personal study in anthroposophy. Further training as a pediatrician at the community hospital in Herdecke and the university clinic in Bochum. Pediatric and Waldorf school doctor until 1988. Since 1989 head of the Medical Section at the Goetheanum. Lecturing and medical training (IPMT) at home and abroad. Co-initiator of the European alliance ELIANT. Numerous publications.

ROLF HEINE – Health and Healthcare. Active in the nursing management of the Filderklinik, head of the academy for nursing professions at the Filderklinik. Since 2000 coordinator of the International Forum for Anthroposophic Nursing in the Medical Section. Lecturing and seminars, publications in books and magazines.

11 Jan 2021; Trans. by C. von Arnim; VAG; 246pp; 20 x 13 cm; pb;