Management in a Black Swan VUCA World
Alan Middleton, Executive Director of SEEC, speaks at the alumni breakfast event...
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OTA-SEEC Joint Certificate Program Kicks Off
Following the tremendous buzz surrounding the launch of the Next Generation Certificate program, the Ontario Trucking Association was excited to hold the second part of the highly successful course in July – the OTA-SEEC Joint Certificate Program. The two-part program, in partnership with the Schulich Executive Education Centre (SEEC), was kicked off with the “Business […]
Posted onAlumni network hears why Mentorship Matters
Adrian Jess, SEEC Alumni Council Chair, listens to keynote talk by Alan Middleton at the Executive Learning Centre June 24. “Mentorship is coming into focus as an important aspect of leadership and management development. I think of it as the third leg on the three-legged stool of management development along with experience and formal management […]
Posted onWhat are Canada’s most trusted brands?
Jim Danahy, director of SEEC’s Centre of Excellence for Retail Leadership (on screen) takes part in a discussion about Canada’s most trusted brands, on BNN TV, June 23. What makes Canadians trust one brand over another? BNN spoke to two brand specialists about how Canadian companies like Tim Hortons and Shoppers Drug Mart build their […]
Posted onDeath of Canadian malls: Future of suburban shopping centres in jeopardy
Malls across North America have been dying a slow, undignified death, wrote Yahoo News Canada, April 8. Most malls were built decades ago to cater to Canadians who had migrated to the suburbs. For years, shopping castles surrounded by parking-lot moats ruled the retail kingdom, until they were hit by a triple-whammy in the ‘90s: […]
Posted onThe Mini-MBA: Can it pack a big career punch?
Adrian Jess has gone from selling vinyl records under the nickname the Human Jukebox to packing boxes at the medical goods company where he now works, and then becoming its director of technical services and logistics – but he’s still looking to gain that career edge, wrote The Globe and Mail’s Report on Business, Nov. […]
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