Leadership - Jesuit European Social Centre https://jesc.eu Vision and Values for Europe Tue, 01 Jul 2025 22:33:24 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Herman Van Rompuy at ELP https://jesc.eu/herman-van-rompuy-at-elp/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=herman-van-rompuy-at-elp Mon, 24 Jan 2022 10:12:04 +0000 https://jesc.eu/?p=9188 ELP follows and JESC staff members had the pleasure of the annual meeting with Herman Van Rompuy, former President of the European Council (2009-14) and Jesuit Alumnus. This two-hour event took place online 20 January at 6 pm. His lecture can be encapsulated in three concepts: authenticity of politicians, art of compromise, formation of consciousness. […]

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]]> In grateful memory of David Sassoli https://jesc.eu/in-grateful-memory-of-david-sassoli/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=in-grateful-memory-of-david-sassoli Tue, 11 Jan 2022 10:57:53 +0000 https://jesc.eu/?p=9131 David Sassoli, the president of the European Parliament, has died at the age of 65, on Tuesday (11 January) at a hospital in Italy. JESC expresses its sorrow for the passing of this sincere, courageous, amiable politician and journalist.   We would like to remember him with the words of gratitude written for us by […]

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]]> Leadership Style, Gender, and Compassion https://jesc.eu/leadership-style-gender-and-compassion/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=leadership-style-gender-and-compassion Fri, 25 Jun 2021 07:53:32 +0000 https://jesc.eu/?p=8724 There is a growing body of evidence which suggests that leadership styles differ when it comes to what gender that leader might be. The Pew Research Center has put forward evidence that while both men and women agree that some character traits are essential to holders of leadership roles, namely: honesty, intelligence, organisation, and decisiveness. […]

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]]> A valuable learning experience https://jesc.eu/a-valuable-learning-experience/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-valuable-learning-experience Thu, 24 Jun 2021 11:30:30 +0000 https://jesc.eu/?p=8711 An editorial to the June edition of Leadership Post   The Graduation Ceremony will wait for you online as well as offline. For those being in Brussels, please join us in person on 2nd July at 6PM and register here. Those being abroad can follow the formal part of the Ceremony online on the social […]

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]]> How to rebuild trust in society https://jesc.eu/how-to-rebuild-trust-in-society/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-to-rebuild-trust-in-society Fri, 26 Mar 2021 11:49:27 +0000 https://jesc.eu/?p=8030 A question asked of all the ELP fellows after their first online session with Louisa Slavkova, Founder and Executive director of Sofia Platform, enhancing the democratic political culture in Bulgaria.    The path to become a leader Louisa grew up in a small remote town in Bulgaria. As the daughter of a divorced mother, her […]

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]]> The Second Edition of ELP: the Fellows are in Brussels https://jesc.eu/launch-of-the-second-edition-of-the-elp-the-fellows-are-in-the-city/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=launch-of-the-second-edition-of-the-elp-the-fellows-are-in-the-city https://jesc.eu/launch-of-the-second-edition-of-the-elp-the-fellows-are-in-the-city/#respond Tue, 08 Oct 2019 14:14:32 +0000 https://jesc.eu/?p=4208 The Second Cohort of the European Leadership Programme started on the last weekend of September. The eight new, young leaders were recruited from different European countries such as Italy, Hungary, France and Belgium, following the same personal ambition: To develop in their leadership skills, to get to know Brussels from an insider’s perspective and to […]

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]]> https://jesc.eu/launch-of-the-second-edition-of-the-elp-the-fellows-are-in-the-city/feed/ 0 Van Rompuy talks at the ELP https://jesc.eu/van-rompuy-talks-at-the-elp/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=van-rompuy-talks-at-the-elp https://jesc.eu/van-rompuy-talks-at-the-elp/#comments Mon, 13 May 2019 10:09:35 +0000 https://jesc.eu/?p=3572 Former President of the European Council, Herman Van Rompuy, talked to the JESC team and European Leadership Programme fellows, on April 24. He spent a whole evening with us, in the chapel of the Foyer Catholique, in Brussels, answering questions raised by the ELP fellows, Director Peter Rožič SJ, and the JESC team. Below, you […]

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]]> https://jesc.eu/van-rompuy-talks-at-the-elp/feed/ 1 ELP – Give talent a chance https://jesc.eu/elp-give-talent-a-chance/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=elp-give-talent-a-chance Mon, 13 May 2019 08:39:33 +0000 https://jesc.eu/?p=3559 On 11 April, in the context of the event organized by COMECE and Don Bosco International, the JESC team represented by Eleonora Vitale and Jaka Krajnc had the opportunity to present the European leadership programme as one of the current actions implemented to respond to the appeal of Pope Francis. COMECE President Archbishop Jean-Claude Hollerich […]

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]]> Toxic media on women leadership https://jesc.eu/toxic-media-on-women-leadership/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=toxic-media-on-women-leadership Thu, 28 Feb 2019 13:55:41 +0000 https://jesc.eu/?p=3094 The media is the message and the messenger, and progressively an amazing one. Individuals learn more from media than any other single source of information. Therefore, if we want to understand what is happening in our society in the 21st century, we need to comprehend media. If we consider media and technology, they are conveying […]

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]]> Chaos and peace leadership https://jesc.eu/chaos-and-peace-leadership/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=chaos-and-peace-leadership Wed, 23 Jan 2019 14:25:45 +0000 https://jesc.eu/?p=2933 With the enthusiasm of the new year European and world leaders crafted both peace and justice as well as chaos and division. On January 1st, Pope Francis called for “good politics” (World Peace Day). The Pontiff emphasised that peace “is like a delicate flower struggling to blossom on the stony ground of violence.” While politics […]

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