To think the Leadership. Chair in LeadershipS and Democratic Governance

For quite a few years now a good number of Esade professors in a variety of fields have been researching the nature and characteristics of leadership. Their backgrounds and wealth of experience plus their wide range of teaching and theoretical approaches all add up to the considerable pool of knowledge now available to us.

Esade is a privileged place in which to work and study, where business, political, social and cultural leaders have helped us understand the dimensions of leadership from the viewpoint of the characteristic traits of the public, private and social sectors, in addition to providing an insight into new aspects of each of these realms.

The creation of the Chair of LeadershipS and Democratic Governance now also enables us to analyse and strengthen ways of structuring and organising different types of leadership in addition to studying innovative ways of implementing them in complex settings.


The programme To Think the Leadership is an excellent opportunity to systematise reflections on and visions of leadership as well as serving as a platform to exchange, share, and create knowledge and develop theories about this subject.

Opening session

Eugenia Bieto – Thursday March 3rd (session open to the public)
Inspiring tomorrow’s leaders: Esade’s commitment

Phase 1

1. Alfons Sauquet – Thursday March 10th
Organisation and leadership: what, when and how.

2. Richard Boyatzis - Thursday March 17th (session in english)
Inspiring Effective Leadership through Emotional Intelligence, Emotional Contagion and Positive and Negative Emotional Attractors

3. Carlos Losada – Thursday March 31rst
The daily environment where the leadership is exerted

4. Oriol Segarra – Thursday April 7th
Leadership as a business transformation tool. The case of Synthon Hispania.

Phase 2

5. Francisco Longo – Thursday May 5th
Public-sector management and leadership.

6. Marcel Planellas – Thursday May 12th
Go-ahead leadership.

7. Ignasi Carreras – Thursday May 19th
Social leadership (NGOs and other organisations in civil society).

8. Àngel Castiñeira – Thursday May 26th
Leadership value.

Closing session

Màrius Rubiralta –  Thursday June 2nd (session open to the public)
Leadership and government of universities  

The programme's academic format is based on lectures followed by colloquiums with the presence and participation by experts as well as the team of professors involved in the programme. Classes are an exciting adventure: dare to think in-depth about leadership in any of its multiple manifestations and do so rigorously, in other words, careful reflection.

Program Director Barcelona

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Barcelona