Faculty, Organizational Behaviour
Ivey Business School
Tel: 1-519-661-3968
E-mail: gseijts@ivey.uwo.ca
I received my PhD from the University of Toronto in 1998. Prior to joining Ivey Business School in 2000, I was on the faculty at the I.H. Asper School of Business at the University of Manitoba.
My research activities, spanning journal articles, book chapters, and conference papers, cover a wide range of topics including leadership, organizational change, goal setting, training and development, teams, organizational justice and fair employment practices, and performance management. I also enjoy writing practitioner-oriented articles for leaders in the public, private and not for profit sectors.
I have developed teaching materials on topics including but not limited to leadership, leading change, organizational turnarounds, crisis management, organizational culture and alignment, teams and managing conflict in teams. I have worked with executives from organizations such as CivicAction, AltaGas, WestJet, Aecon, ING Direct, Deloitte, Stratford Festival, YMCA, Idle No More, Landsbankinn, and Ontario-based hospitals in developing teaching materials. Recently, I wrote three books: Leadership on Trial: A Manifesto for Leadership Development; Good Leaders Learn: Lessons from Lifetimes of Leadership; and Developing Leadership Character.
I have taught EMBA, MBA and undergraduate courses in leadership, leading change, organizational behavior, performance management and staffing.
I am teaching on several executive education leadership programs. For example, I have worked with organizations including Aecon, Intact Financial Corporation, OMERS, Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan, Maple Leaf Foods, J.D. Irving Limited, WestJet Airlines, New World Development, A.S. Watson, Bank of China Hong Kong and others. I have also worked with local government in Canada and Hong Kong on issues such as leadership and change.
I hold the Ian O. Ihnatowycz Chair in Leadership. I am also the Executive Director of the Ian O. Ihnatowycz Institute for Leadership.
I am the recipient of rewards for research, innovation in teaching and outreach activities.
I am the husband of Jana Seijts and the proud father of Aiden and Arianna.
