e041 Leading Change with Dr. Marvin Washington

Leading Organizational Change can be challenging. This week we are joined by Author and Management Professor, Dr. Marvin Washington to learn how to lead change more effectively.

Marvin Washington has Ph.D.  in Organization Behaviour and Sociology, a B.S. in Industrial Engineering. Currently he is a professor in the Alberta School of Business, and Chair of the Strategic Management and Organization Department. His research, consulting, and teaching focus is on the processes of organizational and institutional change.

Dr. Washington is the author of two books on leadership and organizational change: Pack Leadership: Lessons from the Wild Dogs of Africa, and Successful Organizational Transformation: The Five Critical Elements. He has published many academic and practitioner articles and presented his research at conferences all over the world. He has taught undergraduates, graduates, and executives during his 12 years as a University Professor. Dr. Washington has worked with a variety of organizations including government and industry leaders in the Botswana and Mexico, Texas, Illinois, Michigan, and Oregon, and companies like Bayer, Core Mark, Stantec, Enbridge, AIMCo, Blue Cross, YMCA, Delnor, Mark’s Work Wearhouse, Parkland Fuels, Syncrude, and SportChek and more.

Dr. Washington, has won two MBA awards for teaching excellence, and was awarded the 2013 McCalla Professorship for Teaching Effectiveness at the University of Alberta. He was also the 2017 recipient of the University of Alberta’s Last Lecture Series which is given to the professor that University students and alumni think was the most impactful during their time at the University. He currently is the Academic Director in the Executive Program and the Alberta Health Services Executive Leadership program with the Executive Education Faculty at the Alberta School of Business.

Links:
Dr. Marvin Washington on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/marvin-washington-a000275
Dr. Marvin Washington on Twitter: @Marvin_bus-doc https://twitter.com/Marvin_Bus_Doc
Dr. Marvin Washington’s Website: https://sites.ualberta.ca/~washingt/
Book: Leading Peak Performance: Lessons from the Wold Dogs of Africa”: https://www.amazon.ca/Leading-Peak-Performance-Leadership-Transformative/dp/0873897080
Dr. Marvin Washington’s Email: [email protected]
Terry Lipovski: UbiquityLeadership.com

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Leading with the Law with Major Kashmeel McKoena