Profile
Rob Elkington
Adjunct Professor
University of Ontario Institute of Technology
Canada
Brief Bio, Rob Elkington, Ph.D.
Occupation:
Rob Elkington is the CEO, and President, of Global Lead
…ership Initiatives www.globalleader.ca, an organization that develops excellence in leadership globally.
Qualification:
Rob holds:
• A Ph.D. from North West University,
• Is also currently enrolled in a Ph.D. in Leadership and Governance Studies with the Faculty of Law and Governance at the University of Tulbach, in the Netherlands.
• An Advanced Certificate in Intercultural Management from Notre Dame University.
Affiliation:
Rob is:
Adjunct Professor at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology serving the Business and IT faculty, the Social Sciences faculty, and the Education faculty.
Rob teaches undergraduate courses such as:
o Critical Thinking and Ethics,
o Collaborative Leadership,
o Leadership Negotiation and Teamwork,
o Business Ethics,
o Leadership and Administration, and
o Entrepreneurial Leadership.
Rob also facilitates fully online graduate courses in:
o Foundations of Leadership,
o Leadership and Technology, and
o Ethics and Leadership.
Senior Lecturer with the Stellenbosch University School of Public Leadership and Good Governance http://www.sun.ac.za/english/faculty/economy/spl/centres-institutes/sggf
Facilitator with the UOIT Management Development Centre http://mdc.uoit.ca
Community Liaison and Mentor with the Durham Community Innovation Lab, http://communityilab.ca
Member of the International Leadership Association - http://www.ila-net.org
Research and Publications:
• Served as lead Editor and co-author for the book: “Visionary Leadership in a Turbulent World: Thriving in the New VUCA Context.” (Emerald, 2017).
• Served as lead Editor and co-author for the soon to be released: “Exceptional Leadership by Design: Designing Organizational Contexts for Great Leadership.” (Emerald 2018).
• Published numerous peer reviewed articles on the topic of leadership in various Leadership journals.
• Currently working on:
o Emerging Issues in Higher Educational Leadership: A Delphi Survey.
o Women’s Entrepreneurial Leadership in Disadvantaged Contexts.
o Sensemaking in Police Leadership in a VUCA World.
o Seeking Best Methods for Leadership Development.
• Presented on a number of leadership topics at the 2013, 2014, 2015, and 2016 International Leadership Association www.ILA.org annual conferences.
• Co-authored a chapter in the prestigious 2017 Building Leadership Bridges Series: “Global and Culturally Diverse Leaders and Leadership: New Dimensions, Opportunities, and Challenges for Business, Industry, Education and Society.” Rob’s chapter is titled: “How the Communal Philosophies of Ubuntu in Africa and Confucius Thought in China Might Enrich Western Notions of Leadership.”