SNC-Lavalin CEO on strategy, communication and excellence
SNC-Lavalin CEO Neil Bruce sat down with Desautels Associate Professor Karl Moore to discuss what it takes to keep a major engineering firm with 40,000 workers humming 鈥� and crucially, to get his vision out across the whole organization. One of the biggest factors is straight-up communication.
McGill Hot Cities Tour gives students a taste of Asia
For the ninth McGill Hot Cities tour, Desautels Associate Professor Karl Moore brought 40 students to Hong Kong, then Palawan and Manila in the Philippines to observe some of Asia鈥檚 strongest growing economies.
Leadership lessons for today and tomorrow
A recent post on Changeboard examines what leadership will mean for coming generations, seen through the lens of Brexit and Trump in the world today. The piece throws the question to leading business departments from around the world.
Bombardier shaken by corruption allegations in Sweden
As Bombardier鈥檚 Swedish office is rocked by allegations of collusion, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says that Canadian companies operating abroad must operate in good faith, but that the case shouldn鈥檛 affect Ottawa鈥檚 recent $372.5-million loan to the company to fund the CSeries and Global 7000 projects.
Porter Airlines鈥� CEO talks growth
Porter Airlines CEO Robert Deluce knows a thing or two about airlines. His father was a pilot in the Royal Canadian Air Force, his parents started an airline in Ontario after World War II, and the whole family worked there at some point. Deluce himself got his pilot鈥檚 license while attending high school in Toronto.
Another successful Hot Cities of the World Tour
March 5th, 2017 marked the conclusion of the ninth edition of Professor Karl Moore鈥檚 Hot Cities of the World Tour, which afforded thirty McGill students from across the University the opportunity to travel to Manila, Palawan and Hong Kong over reading week.
Getting Canadian Entrepreneurs to the next level: the BDC and success
Canada, according to Business Development Bank of Canada chief Michael Denham, is way behind the curve when it comes to scaling small businesses up to the all-important medium-sized company category, which is where most of the innovating and exporting happens. And Denham knows his business. Before becoming President and CEO of the BDC, he held executive and management positions at AquaTerra Corp, Accenture, CGI and Bombardier.
Bombardier loan is just good business
In a recent Huffington Post blog post, Unifor National President Jerry Dias calls out those who criticize Ottawa鈥檚 $372.5 million loan to Bombardier, saying that calling for the company to be allowed to crash and burn ignores the fact that it鈥檚 one of Canada鈥檚 biggest employers; a major player in research and innovation; and a big-ticket contributor to Canada鈥檚 GDP, hitting $12.4 billion in 2015 鈥� not to mention the $1.6 billion that Bombardier contributed to Canada through taxes in 2015.
Trudeau鈥檚 meeting with Trump eyed from both sides of the border
Seemingly everyone watched Justin Trudeau鈥檚 first meeting with US President Donald Trump 鈥� and for good reason: more than $2 billion crosses the border every day in trade. Trump wants to renegotiate NAFTA, which is causing ripples in some areas, though he intends major changes to be aimed at Mexico.
Introverts, extroverts and praise for a job well done
According to Desautels Faculty of Management Associate Professor Karl Moore and Desautels MBA graduate Adrienne Jung, Gary Chapman and Paul White鈥檚 book, The Five Languages of Appreciation in the Workplace, examines five methods for showing appreciation to your colleagues, and how to tailor those methods for introverts and extroverts.
The Bombardier loan is good business
Though Ottawa鈥檚 $372.5 million loan to Bombardier is causing a commotion in some quarters, Desautels Associate Professor Karl Moore says that a plane like the CSeries is a rare thing in Canadian business in that it鈥檚 a truly global, export-oriented product.
How business can adapt to the new political realities in 2017
An uncertain business environment and the appeal of leaders such as Donald Trump provide a challenge to the consensus that has existed around leadership styles in recent years. Those at the top need to be able to adapt, as Nick Martindale reports
Ottawa gives Bombardier a $372.5-million helping hand
Bombardier has been asking Ottawa for a billion dollars since 2015, and the Feds have finally stepped up to plate 鈥� with $372.5 million in interest-free loans. The money will go towards the company鈥檚 CSeries and Global 7000 business jets.
Recruiting and retaining millennials: a new HR approach
HR specialist Scotia Lockwood writes that, to maintain growth, a business must adjust its management style to suit millennials; they form a fast-growing demographic with a whole new set of expectations. Ms.
Ericsson SVP talks tech disruption, family and prepping for change
Rima Qureshi聽is Ericsson鈥檚 senior VP for North America and an expert on the cloud, the Internet of Things and 5G networks, but she readily admits that change is the order of the day. As the industry undergoes huge changes, Ms. Qureshi works to stay ahead of the curve 鈥� and as a board member for both MasterCard and Great-West Life, she recognizes the same changes starting to impact those industries.
