Center for Leadership of UCU is a common project of the Ukrainian Catholic University, UCU Business School, UCU Institute of leadership and management and UCU Management school, realized due to the partnership and collaboration with Ivey Business School.
Center for Leadership of UCU aims at breakthrough in the development of methodology and instruments of teaching leadership courses: development of case studies on leadership is foreseen within the activity of the Center, as well as research of leadership phenomenon in the business sphere, state management, military and non-revenue sectors.
In its activity while performing research and developing the training program the Center for Leadership of UCU rests upon the concept “Leadership based on character” developed by the researchers from Ivey Business School.
Mission of the Center for Leadership of UCU is to develop new generation of socially responsible leaders, oriented towards society development in the business sphere, public administration, politics, military, non-profit and religious sectors.
We are a world class teaching center, performing scientific researches and informing as to realization, evaluation and development of the leaders’ character.
We see Center for Leadership of UCU as an environment uniting scientists and researchers, performing researches on leadership and practicing, which are already leaders in different spheres: business, state management, military sector, non-revenue sector, politics and religion. UCU Center for Leadership of UCU also has an intention to actively work with youth and form around the Center the society of young people possessing potential to become leaders in the future.
In its activity while performing research and developing the training program the Center for Leadership of UCU rests upon the concept ‘Leadership based on character’ developed by the researchers from Ivey Business School, which includes three main components – 1. Competences 2. Character 3. Commitment.
Leadership macro-model developed by Ivey Business School used in Ceter for Leadership of UCU programms
Competencies reflect what a Leader can do, Commitment relates to the amount of effort a Leader is willing to put in, and Character influences the decisions a Leader makes. According to the concept, a Leadership Character includes 11 elements.
Professor in Leadership, HR&OD, CEO of UCU Center for Leadership.
Andrew Rozhdestvensky served as a profiler and analyst in Israel’s security service, where he specialized in counter-terrorism matters, including special communications and negotiations. Later he became HR Business Partner-Retail at Oschadbank with subsequent promotion to Head of Personnel and Training in the bank (35,000 employees). Rozhdestvensky adjusted classical sales techniques to the bank’s needs and then started tailoring training programs to suit the needs of other areas of business (telecommunications, IT industry, agriculture etc.). As a result, he started his own business – a consulting company with emphasis on developing and tailoring personnel training systems for specific businesses.
Andrew provides assistance to organizations specializing in childhood cancer and alcohol and drug rehabilitation. He is a member of the movement “Change Ukraine – Start with Yourself” and organizer of the Everest 2025 project. Mr. Rozhdestvensky received a higher education degree in Psychology from the National Pedagogical Dragomanov University, did his post graduate studies at the G.S. Kostiuk Institute of Psychology in Kyiv and successfully defended his Ph.D. thesis. He also successfully completed Anna Vlasova’s HRM School.
Master of History, graduate of the Historical Faculty of Ivan Franko Lviv National University and the National University “Lviv Polytechnic.” A researcher of U.S. foreign policy in the second half of the 20th – 21st centuries, a local historian, lecturer, and professional guide. Since 2013, engaged in implementing innovative approaches to studying the past, including in the extracurricular education system.
From 2016 to 2018, served as the head of the Information Department of the Educational, Psychological, and Integration Assistance Program for children affected by the armed conflict in Eastern Ukraine and the annexation of Crimea, “Integration through Dialogue”. Editor and compiler of the first collection of adolescent stories about the beginning of the Russian-Ukrainian war, “(Un)Childish View of War.”
From 2017 to 2022, participated in international projects in historical and integration directions with VA “Nova Doba” (Lviv), Körber Stiftung (Hamburg), DVV International (Berlin/Kyiv), Cultural Vistas (Berlin), Civil Society Forum e.V. (Berlin), and Kolegium Europy Wschodniej (Wroclaw). Graduate of the EUSTORY History Campus Program (2018-2019).
Passionate about information technology, psychology, visual arts, and graphic design.
