Queen's Executive Program

Julian Barling is the Borden Chair of Leadership in the 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 in 2002, and named a Queen's Research Chair in the same year. He has been elected as a Fellow in the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, the Association for Psychological Sciences, the European Academy of Occupational Health Psychology, and the Canadian Psychological Association. He received the National Post “Leaders in Business Education Award in 2002, and Queen's University's Award for Excellence in Graduate Supervision in 2008. He is the author of over 175 articles and numerous books, and is currently completing a book on organizational leadership that will be published by Oxford University Press in the coming months.

Barry Cross joined Queen’s University in 2006 after spending 20 years in various leadership positions with Magna International, Autosystems Manufacturing and DuPont. While in Industry, Mr. Cross led many key strategic initiatives, including significant development projects in Asia, Brazil, Mexico, and Europe.

Mr. Cross is now an instructor with Queen’s School of Business in Operations Management, Service Management and Project Management. At the Executive level, he speaks regularly on Innovation, Execution and Project Management. His speaking and consulting clients include Samsung, Deloitte, Conference Board of Canada, Encana, LCBO, and others. He has an MBA from Queen’s University, and is the bestselling author of Lean Innovation: Understanding What’s Next in Today’s Economy (CRC Press).

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.

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.

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.

Louis Gagnon is an expert on capital markets and risk management. His research is published in leading academic journals including the Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis and the Journal of Empirical Finance. He is a seasoned practitioner who, while as senior manager at the Royal Bank Financial Group, oversaw global interest rate derivatives exposures and developed risk-management methodologies and policies. He consults for a number of organizations in the finance and non-finance sectors and is actively involved in executive development both in Canada and abroad. He has been quoted extensively in The Globe and Mail, National Post and Toronto Star and featured on national television and radio programs. His recent National Post editorial, “Fees and Leverage”, explains the origins of the credit crisis and provides a five-point plan to reform the financial system.

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.

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.

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; a 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.

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, Sun Life Insurance, Canadian National Railway, Accenture, and Business Development Bank of Canada.

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 Bloomberg 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.

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.

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.

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.