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Abstract

Requirements to hold executive positions in companies and organizations have undergone a radical change in the last decades -particularly in the past few years. They increasingly and significantly tend to include factors involving the individuals' personal qualities, such as integrity, leadership capabilities, social skills and ability to exert influence, in addition to productivity and energy, self-control and perseverance, as well as a balanced and consistent personality. This does not mean that the importance of knowledge has diminished, since it is the basis of learning. This raises a challenge for universities, that calls for more than a simple change in curricula and
requires, instead, a change in teaching methods. Workshops and repetitive exercises are irreplaceable when the desired outcome is a change in habits.