Well-being Leadership Conference 2024: Character and Well-being Amid Chaos
Mental health of a leader is a key factor affecting the performance indicators of their organization. Employee engagement, building team resilience, making decisions that allow for continued work despite high risks and threats not only in business but also in life — all these are directly related to how a leader monitors their own condition and whether they have the tools to help others.
This works in both the corporate sector and the military, which is why we are announcing an event that last year helped about a hundred leaders find answers and solutions for their work in times of crisis.
✅ Well-being Leadership Conference 2024
International conference on leadership and mental health: the role of business in creating normal conditions amid chaos, developing resilience in service companies, a culture of support in the workplace, and the role of a leader’s character in moderating the connection between the extreme context of an organization’s activities and the subjective well-being of leaders.
One of the keynote speakers of the event is Gerard Seijts: Professor of Organizational Development at Ivey Business School, PhD from the University of Toronto, awardee for research, innovation in teaching, and outreach; author and co-author of 5 books on leadership and numerous scientific publications.
Speakers
Gerard Seijts
PhD, Professor of Organizational Behavior at Ivey Business School (Canada)
Andrew Rozhdestvensky
PhD, Lecturer at the UCU Business School, CEO of the Center for Leadership of UCU, Business Consultant
Lucas Monzani
PhD, Assistant Professor of Organizational Behavior at Ivey Business School
Sofiia Opatska
PhD, founding dean and Chair of the Supervisory Board of the UCU Business School, and Vice-Rector for Strategic Development at UCU
Seemantini Pathak
PhD, Associate Professor, Ihnatowycz Family Foundation Chair of Leadership
Oleksandra Alkhimovych
Certified HR professional, and lecturer at the Center for Leadership of UCU and the UCU Business School
Svitlana Hnativ
HR Business Partner at Global Logic and a student in the MA in Human Resources and Organization Development program at the UCU Business School
Vira Druz
Head of People and Culture at the IT company AIThoni and a student in the MA in Human Resources and Organization Development program at the UCU Business School
Taras Vasylyshyn
managing partner at the Digital agency Panem and a student in the Key Executive MBA program at the UCU Business School
Oleksandra Lyashenko
PhD, professor at the Department of Management and Organizational Development at the UCU Business School
Andrii Zholob
Veteran, trauma surgeon, journalist, and head of the Center for Providing Services to Combatants in Lviv.
Oleksandr Avramchuk
PhD in Psychology, psychotherapist, and Head of the Department of Clinical Psychology at the Faculty of Health Sciences of UCU
Conference Schedule
| Time | Topic | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| 10:00-10:10 | Opening Ceremony of the Conference. | Andrew Rozhdestvensky Andrii Zholob |
| 10:10-10:40 | “How Avoiding Burnout Provokes Burnout?” The term “burnout” | Oleksandr Avramchuk |
| 10:40-11:10 | “Chaos vs. Normality During Wartime: The Role of Business Leaders in Creating Normality” | Sofiia Opatska |
| 11:10-11:40 | “People-Centric Approach to Reductions and Layoffs” | Svitlana Hnativ |
| 11:40-12:00 | Coffee Break | |
| 12:00-12:30 | “Empowering Leadership: Fostering a Supportive Workplace Culture” | Oleksandra Alkhimovych |
| 12:30-13:00 | “Shaping Success: The Impact of Leadership Behavior on Employee Job Satisfaction” | Vira Druz |
| 13:00-13:30 | “Security Thinking of Leaders During Wartime” | Oleksandra Lyashenko |
| 13:30-14:30 | Lunch Break | |
| 14:30-15:00 | “Developing Resilience in a Service Company Amid Global Challenges” | Taras Vasylyshyn |
| 15:00-15:30 | “Interactive Effects of Leaders’ Character Dimensions On Bribing Behaviors and Its Relation to Managerial Derailing. An Online Experiment”. | Lucas Monzani Andrew Rozhdestvensky |
| 15:30-16:00 | “Transient Executive Job Demands and Corporate Social Irresponsibility: An Investigation of Corporate Divestiture Setting” | Seemantini Pathak |
| 16:00-16:30 | Coffee Break | |
| 16:30-17:45 | “The Effect of Character on Stress Coping Responses Through Motivation to Lead” | Gerard Seijts |
| 17:45-18:00 | Official Closing Ceremony of the Conference | Andrew Rozhdestvensky |
Event Details
⦿ Organizer: UCU Center for Leadership
⦿ Date: May 24, from 10:00 to 18:00 with lunch and coffee breaks.
⦿ Address: Ivan Pavlo II Avenue 35a, Lviv
⦿ Online Participation Available
⦿ Cost: 2000 UAH
⦿ Language: English and Ukrainian
Partners: Ivey Business School, Інститут психічного здоровʼя УКУ, UCU Business School, Студія Друку.
