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Online Leadership: Why Does Trust Matter More Than Control?

What happens to Leadership when office walls disappear – along with spontaneous kitchen conversations, immediate feedback, and mutual understanding at first glance? How do you lead a team when you’re separated by screens, time zones, and the uncertainty of a prompt reply? And is remote work a temporary compromise, the new normal, or a chance […]

Leadership for a New Ukraine: Rooted in Character and Values

“Leadership is not about titles. It’s about stepping into the gap between what is and what could be”, Leonard Mazur. On May 16, 2025, students of the “MSc in Managing Impact-Driven Organizations” program at the UCU Business School took part in a special learning module dedicated to value-based and innovative Leadership in times of turbulence. […]

Moral Leadership in a Time of Wounded Souls

Lviv, May 23, 2025. The final segment of the 3rd International Scientific and Practical “Well-Being Leadership Conference” opened with a remarkable conversation – an interview between Professor Gerard Seijts of the Ian O. Ihnatowycz Institute for Leadership at Ivey Business School and Annalise Tower. A former member of the Canadian Armed Forces, a mentor in […]

Leadership in Times of Uncertainty

“What can I do, as a company CEO or an HR professional, when I’m faced with this entire wall of challenges [that we witness today]? My answer is: start by shaping organizational culture through Leadership…” – with these words, Andrew Rozhdestvensky, Executive Director of the Center for Leadership of UCU, opened his talk at the […]

University Resilience: How to Be a Source of Hope?

On June 3, 2025, Taras Dobko, Rector of the Ukrainian Catholic University, was elected in Leuven, Belgium, as a member of the Board of Directors of the General Assembly of the European Federation of Catholic Universities (FUCE). This fact is yet another testament to the role our University plays on the international stage. But what […]

How to Build Teams That Create with Meaning?

The Eighth Episode of the “Leadership Podcast” with Andrew Rozhdestvensky – a project born from the collaboration between the Center for Leadership of UCU and “Radio SKOVORODA” – opens up one of the key topics in modern people management: Engagement. This term marks the beginning of the “post-loyalty” era in organizational culture. That is, the […]

Moral Injury as the Root of PTSD: Ukrainian Context

Is there a pain deeper than fear? Is it possible to sustain psychological trauma without facing a direct threat to life? And can a person destroy themselves – not because of what was done to them, but because of what they did or failed to do, in violation of their own values? These are the […]

Leadership at the Frontline: Insights from Kharkiv

May 22, 2025 is a date that marked a powerful point in the Ukrainian visit of Professor Gerard Seijts, an expert in organizational behavior at the Ian O. Ihnatowycz Institute for Leadership, Ivey Business School (Canada), co-creator of the Leader Character Model, and a sincere friend of Ukraine. Together with Andrew Rozhdestvensky, Executive Director of […]

Gerard Seijts’ Ukrainian Odyssey

Last week turned out to be extremely intense for the team of the Center for Leadership of UCU: a two-day intensive training on Transformational Leadership and a panel discussion in Kyiv, emotionally heavy yet deeply inspiring meetings in Kharkiv, and the key event of the year – the “Well-Being Leadership Conference – 2025” – held […]

Organizational Culture That Shapes Leadership

Can you imagine an organization without a culture? Perhaps. But it is unlikely to survive. Culture is the invisible “foundation” that holds everything together: from employee behavior to strategic decision-making. And the Seventh Episode of the “Leadership Podcast” – a joint project of the Center for Leadership of UCU and “Radio SKOVORODA” – is dedicated […]