The connection between leadership and emotions was the central theme of the dialogue between Valentí Martínez, Academic Director of the Chair in Values-Based Leadership, and Eva Bach, psychologist, writer, and expert in emotional education, during the closing ceremony of the 2024–2025 academic year of the USènior program. In their conversation, they shared reflections on the current leadership crisis, the generosity that every good leader must have to bring well-being to their environment, the importance of compassion and empathy to inspire and support others, and how to face hopelessness through emotions and leadership.

The event took place on July 8 in the auditorium of the FUB1 building at UManresa, with more than a hundred attendees, including students and faculty from the USènior program. The USènior program has a 13-year history on the Manresa campus of the University of Vic – Central University of Catalonia and currently has a community of over 450 students.

Around seventy first-year high school students from the Guillem Catà Institute in Manresa participated in an adapted version of “The Match,” the gamified show by the Chair of Leadership in Values, on April 10, 2025. For an hour, they were able to understand, through various dynamics and games, what leadership is and the differences that come with using it with certain values or others.

This activity will be carried out in other secondary education centers in the capital of Bages, as part of the “Manresa, City of Sports Values” program, an initiative of the Manresa City Council, in collaboration with UManresa, through the Chair of Leadership in Values.

Representatives from various sports clubs in Manresa met today, March 11th, at UManresa to discuss the values of sports and to agree on which ones should guide their activities to fully leverage their educational, socializing, and belonging-generating potential. This was done within the framework of a two-and-a-half-hour workshop organized by the Chair of Values-Based Leadership and supported by the Manresa City Council. Anjo Valentí, the City’s Sports Councilor, welcomed the participants. The experience will be repeated on March 20th. The work carried out in these workshops will serve as the basis for drafting a document that will outline various commitments regarding values and their implementation in Manresa’s sports network.

UManresa launches a university expert degree in Value-Based Leadership in health and social organizations. Twenty-five people with team management responsibilities in various fields form the pioneering group of this first edition of the course designed by the Chair of Value-Based Leadership. It is delivered in a blended format, with both classroom and synchronous online sessions. The initial session, held on January 15, 2025, was led by Valentí Martínez and Òscar Dalmau, the academic director and lecturer of the Chair, respectively.

The course follows the Chair’s own theoretical model, based on the experiences of Pep Guardiola and Manel Estiarte, which organizes values in an imaginary playing field, facilitating their understanding and application. The program emphasizes values such as exemplarity, honesty, discipline, commitment, generosity, boldness, innovation, excellence, and gratitude, which are essential for the development of ethical and effective leadership. Using a 4-3-3 model, inspired by a football lineup, the Chair’s model allows for reflection on leadership from four dimensions (person, team, organization, and environment).

The Chairs of Value-Based Leadership and Simulation and Patient Safety (located at UManresa) and the Chair of Mental Health (located at Althaia) are jointly organizing a conference on the care and well-being of mental health care professionals, throughout the morning of January 17, 2025. About seventy people, mostly health professionals, will participate, highlighting the importance of co-responsible and shared leadership to create comfortable work environments that allow the patient to be at the center. This is the first joint activity of the three UVic – UCC chairs based in Manresa.