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Mastering the achievement of a common message understanding, verbal or nonverbal, and the ability to persuade are very important learning outcomes in education of future media professionals but also future managers and leaders of all profiles. However, recent research on the quality of communication skills in public space regarding the mediation of information in crises has shown that non- verbal communication skills of media workers need to be improved. This paper aims to explore whether nonverbal and verbal communication skills can be improved, in the context of adopting the Krav Maga value system, skills and tactics that we identify as self- concept, situational awareness, ability to adapt to stressful situations, quick decision making under pressure, controlled aggression, visualization and verbal self-defense. In order to achieve the goal, a survey was conducted during March 2021. The deliberate sample consists of active athletes practicing Krav Maga self-defense system from a total of 22 countries (N = 98, F = 36). The research uses a quantitative methodological approach. A questionnaire was created which, in addition to general information on the respondents also collected information on Krav Maga values, skills and tactics, leadership qualities and communication skills. Data were processed by descriptive statistics procedures and appropriate nonparametric methods (one sample K-S test, Man-Whitney test, chi-square test - χ2 and Spearman’s Rho). The IBM SPSS Statistics version 27 statistical package was used. For the purposes of this paper, the results related to the self assessment of respondents’ communication skills improvement will be presented. Reliability analysis was performed on 7 measurement scales containing 32 and 30 particles, respectively, and calculated Cronbach’s’ α coefficients range between 0.90 and 0.94, which is an excellent value. The results of the chi-square test showed that the distribution of responses on the communication skills variable (V18) improvement due to Krav Maga training deviated statistically significantly from the distribution of responses that would be obtained at random distribution (p

In today’s age of globalization, rapid advances in technology, and rapid change at all levels, employees, managers, and leaders must achieve corporate goals and contribute as much as possible to the success and reputation of the organization. Critical thinking, the importance of a wise approach, quick reactions, out-of-the-box thinking, and the need to make sometimes difficult decisions to effectively overcome the situation they face together with ability to communicate effectively and motivate and inspire employees to achieve more than the estimated personal maximum are the key competencies of today's leaders. Lessons on principles, skills, tactics and values of martial arts and combat systems can be a useful tool in upgrading models of effective corporate governance and personal empowerment, and thus contribute to leadership skills development. This paper investigates the connection between the adopted values, skills and tactics of the Krav Maga self-defense system and the characteristics of the leadership competencies of the respondents in relation to the aggregate variables self- regulation, self-perception and environmental awareness. The data were collected during March 2021 using web-based anonymous questionnaire from a deliberate sample of active athletes practicing Krav Maga system from a total of 22 countries (N = 98, F = 36). The quantitative methodological approach was used. To linearly reduce the dimensionality of variables, the principal components method (PCA) was used. For testing the data appropriateness, the Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin measure of sampling adequacy (KMO) and Bartlett’s test of sphericity (BTS) were conducted (KMO = 0, 848). Three components were extracted which accounted for 95, 064 % of the total variance. Component 1 may be renamed as “Engagement” ; component 2 may be renamed as “Moral values and working energy” and component 3 may be renamed as “Supportive behavior”. In this sample of respondents, the findings demonstrated that it is possible to extract the values, skills and qualities (competencies) that describe the leader, but also the engaged employee, inherent in highly effective organizations. These derived competencies can be described as immanent traits / traits that can be adopted, i.e. further developed through the training of the Krav Maga system. Seeing the global scarcity of quantitative research in the context of relationship between the values and tactics of Krav Maga system and the transformational leadership competencies development, it can be said that the results expand insights into this problem and can be used as a basis for future, more complex research.