Laguna-Sanchez, PilarSegovia-Pérez, Monicade la Fuente-Cabrero, ConcepciónVargas-Perez, Ana M.2024-01-302024-01-302021-05-20Laguna-Sánchez, P.; Segovia-Pérez, M.; Fuente-Cabrero, C.d.l.; Vargas-Pérez, A.M. A Collaborative Model for Leadership Education in High-Potential University Women Students. J. Open Innov. Technol. Mark. Complex. 2021, 7, 138.2199-8531https://hdl.handle.net/10115/29243Case study. A collaborative model of leadership education for high-potential female undergraduate students carried out at the university level between 2017 and 2020. External stakeholders. Open Leadership program with multidisciplinary students. Measuring the learning and emotions. 360-degree evaluation.Society recognizes the need to progress towards equal opportunities for leadership at all levels of political and economic decision-making for women and requires that companies work to reach that goal. Nevertheless, leadership education should begin in the educational stages. This research presents a collaborative model of leadership education for high-potential female undergraduate students carried out at the university level between 2017 and 2020, with 75 students. To be successful at improving student leadership skills, self-esteem, self-confidence, and personal inner transformation, this women’s leadership development program was based on four lines of innovation: (a) attracting external stakeholders to develop training jointly; (b) making an open program with multidisciplinary students in social sciences and STEM subjects tailored to the professional environment; (c) measuring the learning with all the participants: trainers, directors, managers, program staff and students, using a 360-degree evaluation; and (d) designing an ongoing research process to incorporate improvements from multiple stakeholder perspectives. A multi-source program assessment was used. The results not only show a positive impact on the students’ acquisition of leadership skills but also, on the increase in self-confidence and ambition. The study provides a pioneering model for women’s leadership education that could be used in other similar programs.engAtribución 4.0 Internacionalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/open innovationleadership skills trainingself-confidencefemale learningfemale barriersinfo:eu-repo/semantics/article10.3390/joitmc7020138info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess