Fadil Citaku (Switzerland)

Prof. Dr. Fadil Çitaku is a professor of Leadership and Emotional Intelligence at the Academy of Leadership Sciences Switzerland (ALSS). He is the founder and CEO of the ALSS, founder and director of the graduate program Doctorate in Medical Education (DME) and professor of PHD program in Medical Education.

Prof. Çitaku has been teaching in graduate and postgraduate programs for more than 23 years and has experience in developing curricula and projects in Switzerland and abroad. He is a supervisor for trainee teachers at the prestigious university ETH (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich), Switzerland and co-founder of the Center of Excellence for Leadership Innovation and Quality at RAK University, RAKCODS, UAE and ALSS, Switzerland. He has been contributing to many international prestigious conferences as a keynote speaker and has been teaching and supervising many key leaders and institutes of healthcare, higher education, business, politics, and sports. His research and teaching focus on Leadership and Management, Leadership and Quality Management, Leadership and Organizational Theory, Leadership Competencies and Emotional Intelligence.

He has developed two models of leadership: 1. Leadership Competency Model Çitaku, published in the prestigious British Medical Journal (BMJ). This populated based study explores, investigating population from three English- and three German-speaking countries, providing for the very first time worldwide an empirical model of Leadership Competencies for Medical Education and Health Professions. 2. Leadership Competency Model-Drenica: demonstrating the generalizability of leadership competencies.

Prof. Çitaku is the author of the book LEADERSHIP COMPETENCIES IN MEDICINE AND HEALTHCARE: Scientific based development of 63 leadership competencies, which can be learned and applied.