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Values-Based Leadership in Health and Social Organizations

University Expert Diploma

Program Objectives

  1. Understand the foundations of values-based leadership and identify personal values and their influence on leadership.
  2. Develop the connection between organizational mission and individual purpose.
  3. Explore how personal values can guide exemplary leader behavior.
  4. Recognize the importance of exemplarity and caring for others in effective leadership.
  5. Develop skills to facilitate communication and connection among team members.
  6. Apply the knowledge acquired throughout the course in a practical project.
  7. Demonstrate the ability to lead a project from conception to implementation, integrating the values and skills learned.
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Contents

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Module 1. Introduction to Values-Based Leadership

  1. The 8 Essential Challenges of Organizations in the Current Framework of Complexity and Chang
  2. Conceptual Framework of the Chair of Values-Based Leadership
  3. The Leadership Qualities of Pep Guardiola and Manel Estiarte
  4. Corporate Values in Health and Social Organizations Today
  5. The Model of Values-Based Leadership in Health and Social Organizations
  6. An International Perspective on Values-Based Leadership in Health Organizations: Perspectives and Evolution
  7. The Differential Value and Importance of Values-Based Leadership in the Health and Social Sector

Module 2. When Mission Meets Purpose

  1. From the institutional framework to daily action: leadership in values and competency development
  2. Building the competency profile of professionals in health and social environments. Translating values into competencies and these into observable behaviors
  3. Qualitative methodologies to identify challenges and opportunities in current leadership
  4. Global transformations and macro trends: globalization, digitalization, automation, demographic changes, climate change, sustainability, etc.
  5. Global social and economic situations: immigration, inequalities, population aging, collaborative and circular economy, etc.
  6. Social evolution towards diversity, equality, inclusivity, social justice, human rights, sexuality, identity

Module 3. Exemplary Leadership from Personal Values

  1. Respect professional standards and ethical codes of conduct
  2. Maintain personal integrity
  3. Ethical considerations in decision-making under pressure
  4. Managing ethical dilemmas and conflicts in leadership
  5. Balancing personal values with organizational values and expectations
  6. Ethical and values-based leadership towards governance, clinical and healthcare management of teams and organizations, and towards positive societal impact
  7. Compassionate leadership as a style that prioritizes the emotional well-being of professionals

Module 4. The Value of Putting Others First

  1. Deepening self-awareness and self-management through leadership
  2. Strategies to adapt and connect with other people
  3. Psychological safety in high-performance teams
  4. Developing empathy, assertiveness, and active listening as essential communication elements
  5. Enhancing relational skills for effective interaction with others
  6. Integrating others’ perspectives and preferences into decision-making processes
  7. Critical thinking. Basic skills

Module 5. Collaborative and Team Culture

  1. What is collaborative culture: values, beliefs, and practices that foster joint work
  2. Responsibilities in collaborative teams: how clarity in roles avoids duplication and improves results
  3. Decision-making models: promoting diversity of opinions
  4. Efficient team management: high-performance teams and talent development
  5. Building and maintaining a culture of integrity, trust, and well-being
  6. Conflict prevention and management in work teams: conflict as an opportunity and strategies for constructive resolution

Module 6. Organizational Transformation and Positive Impact on Society

  1. New skills, roles, and mindsets within the team: curiosity, adaptability, learnability
  2. Change management strategies to implement innovations, technology, and process improvements while maintaining ethical standards
  3. Creativity, design thinking, innovation in health and social sectors, process redesign
  4. Artificial intelligence and digital transformation
  5. High-value clinical best practices, personalized health
  6. Planetary health. Promoting health while respecting the limits of the planet’s natural systems
  7. Indigenous leadership: collective decision-making and community participation

Module 7. Facilitating skills, connectors, and activators of learning and values in leadership

  1. Exploring the meanings of learning in organizational contexts from a personal, collective, and cultural change perspective
  2. Learning-based leadership: creating safe environments, coherence between values and behaviors, and leading by example as a driver of transformation
  3. Development of facilitation skills to promote reflective conversations, manage complexity, and support development processes
  4. Connecting people, purposes, and knowledge through building networks of trust, collaborative learning, and meaningful relationships
  5. Making learning visible in organizational culture through symbols, systems, and rituals that reinforce shared identity

Module 8. Final Work and/or Application Project

  1. Promote Values-Based Leadership Throughout the Organization: Highlight the importance of values within the organization, promote internal role models, incorporate values into daily activities, and train members of the institution, etc.
  2. Promote leadership initiatives that impact society. Incorporate values-based leadership into change and transformation projects to positively impact society.
  3. Other initiatives and projects proposed by participants that incorporate the dimension of values as a differentiating and unique element.