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How to Be a Leader in Times of Crisis: Recommendations from the Kyiv Meeting

Hard times create strong and good men. Strong and good men create good times. If one were to describe the meeting with Gerard Seijts in Kyiv on May 22 using the words of another speaker, Andy Hunder, this would accurately encapsulate the essence of the discussions during this panel. Discussing the “Leadership Crisis in Times […]

Conclusions from the Well-Being Leadership Conference

How should we perceive Leadership and Well-Being today? Are these concepts exclusively within the scientific domain, or can only practitioners share their experiences? The Well-Being Leadership Conference is an opportunity to involve international experts from both fields in the study and implementation of leadership culture. But did we manage to combine academic scholarship with business […]

Leadership in Military Education

Leadership doesn’t exist in a vacuum – it thrives within specific contexts. The research we conduct and the insights we gain from the global leadership community only hold meaning when put into practice, particularly in a Ukrainian context. Collaborating across various sectors, today we share our experiences working with the military. From March 12 to April […]

Case Study of Crisis Leadership by Gerard Seijts

We’ve all observed a flock of birds at least once, but have we ever stopped to wonder why they move the way they do? During a recent webinar, Gerard Seijts captivated participants by playing a video of birds in flight, projecting the screen for all to see, and then continued with an insightful analysis: “Birds […]

Safe Decentralization of Business for Leaders and Subordinates

Centralization has become one of the many issues that Ukrainian businesses have faced in recent years. Initially, it wasn’t harmful and had delivered results for centuries, as it’s simply the traditional hierarchical system of running a business, where final decisions are made by the leader. Why has it stopped working? It’s quite clear — to […]

To Whom, When, and How Can You Delegate?

Responsibility cannot be passed on or shifted onto someone else’s shoulders. When you delegate, you transfer authority, but responsibility is something that a subordinate or partner can voluntarily accept along with the authority. As you’ve guessed, today we’re talking about delegation, why it’s difficult, and how to do it properly. There are many reasons why […]

Command & Control Method

In one of our previous posts, we mentioned that 90% of companies are hierarchical and that most business tools have been borrowed from the military. Leadership styles are no exception, and today we will dive deeper into the one that made its way into the corporate sector first — the pointing finger style. In the […]

Resilience of a Leader: 7 Tips for Coping with Stress

Resilience has become one of the key traits of Ukrainian leaders in 2023, a topic first discussed during the Alumni Leadership Day in 2021. Larisa Galadza, Canada’s Ambassador to Ukraine, delivered a lecture titled “Leader’s Resilience.” Today, this topic remains highly relevant, and Andrew Rozhdestvensky, Executive Director of the CfL UCU, provides updated insights on […]

War of Attrition: Analytics and Forecasts

"Modern war is not only about how you fight, but also about what you fight with. And the last 150 years are not the business of the army alone, it is the business of the entire state," – Mykola Beleskov, international political scientist, chief consultant of the Department of Military and Military- Economic Policy of […]

Webinar series of the UCU Business School together with the UCU Leadership Center: about what is important today

The UCU Business School together with the UCU Leadership Center continues the series of webinars. We are talking about important and relevant topics for Ukrainians today, because each of us now has so many questions and so few answers. But together we will overcome everything! We started our Reality Without Illusion webinar series even before […]