- Professor of Organizational Behaviour, holds the Ian O. Ihnatowycz Chair in Leadership.
- Executive Director of the Ian O. Ihnatowycz Institute for Leadership at the Ivey Business School.
- Lecturer in several master leadership programs
- Teacher of EMBA, MBA, and undergraduate courses in leadership, leading change, organizational behavior, performance management, and staffing
- Recipient of awards for research, innovation in teaching, and outreach activities
- Author of books, cases, and articles
Gerard Seijts
Visiting Professor
Academic Experience
- Gerard received the PhD from the University of Toronto in 1998.
- He was on the faculty at the I.H. Asper School of Business at the University of Manitoba.
- He also worked with local governments in Canada and Hong Kong on issues such as leadership and change.
- Recently, he authored and co-authored four books: Leadership on Trial: A Manifesto for Leadership Development; Good Leaders Learn: Lessons from Lifetimes of Leadership; Developing Leadership Character; and Leadership in Practice: Theory and Cases in Leadership Character.
- His research activities, spanning journal articles, book chapters, and conference papers, cover a wide range of topics.
- In the past, Gerard worked with organizations including Aecon, Intact Financial Corporation, OMERS, Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan, Maple Leaf Foods, J.D. Irving Limited, EY Canada, Hutchison Ports, Deloitte, Hilti, A.S. Watson, and many others.
- Gerard has written many cases on topics including but not limited to leadership, leader character, leading change, organizational turnarounds, crisis management, organizational culture and alignment, teams, and managing conflict in teams.
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