Queen's Strategy Program

The Program is built around a four-step process:

Increase your value to your organization

The concepts and tools taught in the Program will greatly enhance your strategic planning knowledge and skills

• Develop a strategic mindset and change the way you think about your business
• Learn the latest strategic tools and techniques, and strengthen your ability to lead the strategic planning process in your organization
• Improve your ability to manage change and build commitment to new strategic directions
• Understand the leadership requirements to successfully implement your strategic plan
• Learn to challenge conventional wisdom with confidence
• Network with a group of experienced managers and executives from a variety of industries across Canada
• Learn how to lead a healthy and balanced life through the Program's optional Lifestyle Component

Leading-edge strategic planning will have a major impact on your organization's future direction.

• Introduce proven strategy development tools into the management practices of your organization
• Benchmark against best practices of leading companies
• Integrate short- and long-term operating objectives
• Anticipate and prepare for changes in the competitive landscape
• Link tactical action plans to the organization's strategic plan
• Improve organizational performance

Outstanding Session Leaders

Session leaders include senior professors from Queen’s School of Business and knowledgeable experts from industry. These outstanding teachers are constantly in touch with today’s business world through real-world business experience, Board memberships and their own consulting practices.

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.

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.

Session Leaders are subject to change.