Dr. Julian Barling | Organizational Behaviour,
Queen's School of Business
Julian Barling is the former Associate Dean of Research and former Director of the PhD and MSc programs at Queen’s School of Business. An authority on transformational leadership, he has received numerous awards for teaching and research. He was elected as a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, and named a Queen's Research Chair in 2002. In 2008, he was elected a fellow of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, and received Queen's University's Award for Excellence in Graduate Supervision. He is the author of over 175 articles and numerous books, the most recent of which are the Handbook of Work Stress, the Handbook of Workplace Violence, and the Handbook of Organizational Behavior.
Mr. Barry Cross | Project Management and Lean Innovation, Queen's School of Business
Barry Cross is an expert on innovation, execution and project management. He joined Queen's School of Business after 17 years in the automotive and manufacturing sectors with Magna International, DuPont and Autosystems Manufacturing, where he worked with a number of clients including GM, Chrysler and Ford's Premier Automotive Group. He led many key strategic initiatives, including nearly 30 product launches, and managed offshore relationships in Asia, Latin America and Europe. His speaking and consulting clients include Shoppers Drug Mart, LG, Canada Post, Enbridge and Export Development Canada.
Dr. Tina Dacin | Strategy and Organizational Behaviour, Queen's School of Business
Tina Dacin is Director of the Centre for Responsible Leadership and a Distinguished Faculty Fellow at Queen’s School of Business. She specializes in the areas of business ethics, social innovation, strategic alliances and business networks, specifically focusing of the topics of partner selection and collaboration. Prior to joining Queen’s, she spent nine years at Texas A&M University, where she was recognized for both research and teaching excellence. She has consulted with companies in many industries and has served on the editorial boards of several leading academic journals.
Dr. David Detomasi | International Business and Strategy, Queen's School of Business
David Detomasi is an authority on globalization, corporate and non-profit governance, and corporate strategy. He is an active business case writer and researcher, and is regularly featured in the media. In the private sector, he has consulted with Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu and The World Economic Forum, examining the strategic and governance practices of the world's most influential companies.
Dr. David Foot | Economics and Demographics,
University of Toronto
David Foot is the best-selling author of Boom, Bust & Echo: Profiting from the Demographic Shift in the 21st Century, and is one of Canada’s most widely quoted demographers. Well known as a speaker to corporations, associations, and governments on the economic and policy ramifications of coming demographic changes, he has made many original contributions to the understanding of changing market trends. His other books include Canada’s Population Outlook and The Over Forty Society. He is Professor of Economics at the University of Toronto and a recipient of the 3M Award for Teaching Excellence.
Dr. Louis Gagnon | Finance, Queen's School of Business
Louis Gagnon is an expert on capital markets and risk-management. His research has been published in several leading academic journals including the Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis and the Journal of Empirical Finance. He is a seasoned practitioner who, during his stint in senior management at the Royal Bank of Canada, oversaw the bank’s global interest rate derivatives exposures and developed risk management methodologies and policies. He consults for a number of organizations, is actively involved in executive education in Canada and abroad, and has been quoted extensively in national media.
Mr. Rick Jackson | Negotiations and Conflict Management, Queen's School of Business
Rick Jackson is an outstanding educator and one of Canada’s leading experts on dispute resolution. He is in high demand as a consultant and third-party neutral. He has served as an arbitrator under the Ontario Labour Relations Act and Canada Labour Code, and as an arbitrator and mediator in business disputes. He is a frequent guest speaker on labour relations, arbitration issues, and dispute resolution.
Dr. Peter Jensen | Founder and CEO,
Performance Coaching Inc
Peter Jensen is an internationally recognized authority on high performance. Since achieving his PhD in Sports Psychology, he has attended six Olympic Games as a member of the Canadian Olympic team and has worked with over 40 medal-winning athletes and coaches. He is currently the mental training consultant for Canada's Olympic women's hockey team. He is the author of The Inside Edge, a book that describes how to improve both your personal and organizational performance under pressure, and Igniting the Third Factor, a book on how to inspire greatness in others. Dr. Jensen is the founding partner of Performance Coaching Inc., a corporate training firm. He has been featured on ABC, CBS, CBC and CTV. Past corporate clients include BP, Nexen, TD, Syncrude, Labatt, Hydro One, RCMP, GE Capital, and Royal Bank.
Mr. John Moore | Financial Accounting,
Queen's School of Business
John Moore is an experienced and award-winning executive educator who is highly regarded in the accounting profession. He has conducted executive development seminars on financial tools for senior managers at Alcan, BMW, DuPont, Canon, Mitel, Shoppers Drug Mart, New Brunswick Power Corporation, Mountain Equipment Co-op, and Canada Post. He also works with members of senior management teams to integrate financial accounting concepts into strategic planning. He is a six-time winner of the MBA Teaching Excellence Award from Queen’s School of Business; a recipient of the Silver Medal from CMA Canada; Fellow of the Society of Management Accountants of Canada; and the author of five accounting textbooks, including a study guide for students preparing for the CA designation.
Dr. Salman Mufti | Management Information Systems, Queen's School of Business
Salman Mufti is an Associate Professor of Management Information Systems at Queen’s School of Business. He is an award-winning teacher and has extensive domestic and international teaching experience in both degree and non-degree executive education. He is a former Director of Queen's Executive MBA and of Queen's Full-time MBA. He regularly advises senior managers in corporations and the public sector, and is frequently featured in the press on matters relating to information technology strategy and management. He has consulted with numerous organizations including Bell Canada, Sunlife Insurance, Canadian National Railway, Accenture, and Business Development Bank of Canada.
Dr. Elspeth Murray | Strategy, New Ventures and MIS, Queen's School of Business
Elspeth Murray is the Associate Dean of MBA Programs at Queen’s School of Business and CIBC Faculty Fellow in Entrepreneurship. As well, she leads the School’s Centre for Business Venturing. In this role she has spearheaded the development of the Dare to Dream Internship Program, designed to kick-start graduates’ entrepreneurial ventures, and the Tri-Colour Fund, a student-led early stage investment fund. The New Venture Management course that she developed has been recognized by BusinessWeek as one of the world’s top 10 Executive MBA courses. Additionally, she serves as a Director of Parteq, the commercialization organization for Queen’s University. She is also the co-author of “Fast Forward – Organizational Change in 100 Days” with Peter Richardson.
Dr. Shawna O'Grady | Human Resources and Team-Building, Queen's School of Business
Shawna O'Grady is an authority on strategic human resources management, team-building, and the cross-cultural aspects of international business. She is an experienced team facilitator who is in high demand for her original approach to team-building. She is also the author of Border Crossings – Doing Business in the U.S., an award-winning book on international business. She has consulted with many organizations including Microsoft, MDS, Mattel, Shoppers Drug Mart, Enbridge Consumers Gas, Industry Canada, BMW, Novo Nordisk, Oracle, Xerox, Bell Canada, GlaxoSmithKline, Ministry of Finance, Canada Post Corporation, and TD Canada Trust.
Mr. John Phelan | Organizational Behaviour,
Performance Coaching Inc
John Phelan is an authority on ethics and authentic leadership. He is an award-winning teacher and has been involved in Queen's Executive Development programs since 1989. He is well-known for his view on the importance lifestyle balance, and is in high demand for his approaches to leadership, coaching and team effectiveness. John has been involved as a Mental Skills Coach (Sports Psychology and Team Effectiveness) for the past 12 years with several NHL teams including, Ottawa Senators, Florida Panthers, New York Rangers and currently the Vancouver Canucks. John has worked with many other organizations including, the 2006 Canadian Men’s Olympic Hockey Team, and many Canadian Olympic athletes.
Dr. Peter Richardson | Strategic Management,
Queen's School of Business
Peter Richardson is a leading expert in corporate turnarounds and an authority on strategic management and the management of innovation. His strategic approach to cost management and margin improvement has been widely adopted by industry. During his years at Queen’s, Peter has authored over 75 papers and case studies on strategic management. With Elspeth Murray, he co-authored Fast Forward: Organizational Change in 100 Days. A previous book, Cost Containment: The Ultimate Strategic Advantage, remains one of the few books to be written on cost improvement. He consults widely for many organizations including BHP Billiton, Alcoa, CIBC Mellon, the Supreme Court of Canada, the Auditor General of Canada, and Natural Resources Canada, working closely with senior executives on strategy development and deployment.
Mr. Ken Wong | Marketing, Sales and Business Strategy, Queen's School of Business
Ken Wong is one of Canada’s most respected marketing professors. He has worked with the Strategic Planning Institute at Harvard University and the Conference Board of Canada, writes a regular column for Canadian Grocer and Meetings & Incentive Travel magazines and contributes to Marketing magazine, Strategy and numerous trade publications. He is a 2006 inductee into the Canadian Marketing Hall of Legends and past winner of the National Post’s Leader’s In Management Education award. He regularly judges the “Canada’s Best Managed Companies” and other competitions, addresses corporations and conventions around the world, and sits on a number of other advisory/directorship boards. He sits on the Board of Directors of the Canadian Marketing Association, and is Vice President, Knowledge Development, with Level 5 Brand Consulting Inc.