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John Ruffolo
Founder & Managing Partner at Maverix Private Equity. Founder, OMERS Ventures and Co-Founder, Council of Canadian Innovators
This executive program empowers senior managers to drive organizational transformation and accelerate business growth by developing their change leadership capabilities. Participants will learn tools to foster team creativity, strategically mitigate risk and leverage challenges as catalysts for innovation.
Participants will receive information that supports their ability to implement change initiatives that drive tangible results such as:
Who should take this course?
Sessions occur every week for 4 consecutive weeks. Each session is 3.5 hours long. Sessions are subject to change.
This session explores the challenges and strategies associated with gaining support for emerging and innovative ideas within organizational contexts. Participants will be exposed to techniques for effectively communicating novel concepts, methods for building coalitions of supporters, and approaches to navigating organizational politics and resistance to change. Additionally, it will address strategies for overcoming common obstacles such as risk aversion, resource constraints, and organizational inertia.
Instructor: Dr. Erin Reid, Professor of Human Resources and Management, McMaster University’s DeGroote School of Business
Journalist and Moderator: Jason Kirby, Reporter, The Globe and Mail
Industry Expert: John Ruffolo, Founder & Managing Partner at Maverix Private Equity. Founder, OMERS Ventures and Co-Founder, Council of Canadian Innovators
This session provides participants the tools to identify and implement strategies to cultivate a culture of creativity and innovation within their organization, including techniques for encouraging risk-taking and learning from failure. Leadership’s role in cultivating creativity will be a key focus, discussing how leaders can set expectations, reward open communication, and model innovative behaviour.
Instructor: Dr. Goran Calic, Chair in Entrepreneurial Leadership and Associate Professor of Strategy, McMaster University’s DeGroote School of Business
Participants will be guided to reflect on their leadership approach, ensuring that they too are fostering innovation in others and supporting the generation and implementation of new ideas. The session includes a discussion about managing change through uncertainty and in an organization that is exercising new ideas.
Instructor: Dr. Yair Berson, Director, DeGroote Leadership Centre
This session examines how successful companies can become vulnerable to disruptive innovations despite making seemingly rational decisions. Participants will come to understand the characteristics of disruptive technologies, the challenges they pose to established firms, and strategies for responding effectively.
Instructor: Dr. Amir Taherizadeh, Assistant Professor of Strategic Management, McMaster University’s DeGroote School of Business
Journalist and Moderator: To be confirmed
Industry Expert: To be confirmed
Founder & Managing Partner at Maverix Private Equity. Founder, OMERS Ventures and Co-Founder, Council of Canadian Innovators
The Globe Leadership Institute offers a small-class learning experience with a high-quality peer-group, practical insights from top Canadian business executives, and expertise in communication from The Globe and Mail’s award-winning journalists.
Have questions? Please contact execed@mcmaster.ca
We are committed to supporting individuals from traditionally underrepresented groups within Canadian organizations and leadership teams, including but not limited to indigenous peoples, racialized groups, people with disabilities, and people from the 2SLGBTQI+ community.
For every course participant that enrolls from your organization or network, we will provide full sponsorship to another individual from an underrepresented group, either from your organization or another one of your choosing.