EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE AND TEAM COACHING: THE COMPETENCE CENTER IS BORN UCBM ACADEMY AND WAO ACADEMY

 The official launch will be on June 4th with a free webinar featuring Martin Castro.giovanni 

Rome, May 27, 2025 – A new training center for building high-performance teams through emotional intelligence, team coaching, and shared leadership. The Team Coaching and Emotional Intelligence Competence Center, fruit of the collaboration between UCBM Academy e WAO Academy. 

The official debut is set for Tuesday 4 June, with the free webinar "Team Center: Building Performance with Emotional Intelligence", live streaming from 05:30 pm pm to 07:00 pm pm. Special guest Martin Castrogiovanni, former champion of the Italian national rugby team, co-founder of WAO Academy and today ambassador of a new vision of performance, based on team culture as a strategic lever for growth. 

During the event, the link between emotional intelligence and team performance will be explored in depth, through the testimonies of experts such as Rossella Ferreri (responsible UCBM Academy), Vito Marzulli e Letizia Carbonetti (respectively Scientific Director and Director of Education WAO Academy) and Lorenzo Fariselli (Director of Six Seconds Italy & Europe). 

The Centre, active since Autumn 2025, will offer dedicated itineraries to team coaching, team development, soft skills for healthcare, emotional leadership and ethical AI. A project born to respond to the new needs of organizations, putting people and relationships at the center. 

“We are proud to bring this initiative to life within UCBM Academy” – has ofchiarato Andrea Rossi, CEO and DG of theUniversità Campus Bio-Medico di Roma – “In an increasingly complex world of work, the ability to work in a team and communicate with emotional intelligence is a strategic lever for the well-being and efficiency of organizations.” 

"This new Center was created to accompany students, professionals and organizations towards a new work culture, where the human dimension is recognized as a driver of innovation and well-being,” states Rossella Ferreri, responsible UCBM Academy  “In a context where technical skills alone are no longer sufficient, it becomes essential to invest in the quality of relationships, the ability to listen, and the conscious management of emotions. Putting the team at the center also means building a partnership between knowledge, relationships, and emotional awareness, to create work environments where people can grow, express their potential, and contribute authentically to the shared mission. With this Center, we want to offer not just training, but a vision: that of a more humane, more cohesive future of work, capable of generating sustainable value.. " 

“The rugby field” he says Martin Castrogiovanni, former pillar of the Italian national rugby team and co-founder of WAO Academy “It taught me that true strength isn't just physical, but also connecting people. When I stopped playing, I felt the need to continue building teams, and team coaching gave me the tools to do so, even off the field. After years spent training and growing in the locker room, I understood that team culture isn't just a sporting strategy; it's a way of living, of working, of building authentic relationships. When I stepped onto the field, I didn't do it just for myself, but for the team. Today, with WAO, we bring that same spirit into organizations.”