
You're ready to reconnect with your career after an extended time away from work. Founded by CIBC, ReConnect is an executive development program designed for women like you - highly skilled professionals preparing to meet the challenge of returning to a leadership role. ReConnect provides a unique and empowering learning experience that builds on your past accomplishments and personal strengths to help you successfully re-launch your professional career.
| Date | Location | Fee |
| Oct 4 - Oct 8 | Module 1: London, On | $3,500 CDN |
| Nov 1 - Nov 2 | Module 2: Toronto, On | |
*CIBC and Ivey are underwriting the cost of the program to lower tuition for participants. The cost for participants is $3,500. CIBC and Ivey are funding the additional $9,000 per participant for the program. In addition, CIBC is providing financial assistance for those who qualify.
Program fee includes: accommodations, meals and materials in London, meals and materials only in Toronto.
CIBC is a leading North American financial institution with nearly 11 million personal banking and business clients. CIBC offers a full range of products and services through its comprehensive electronic banking network, branches and offices across Canada, in the United States and around the world. You can find information about CIBC at www.cibc.com.
The Richard Ivey School of Business at The University of Western Ontario (www.ivey.ca) offers undergraduate (HBA) and graduate (MBA, Executive MBA and PhD) degree programs in addition to non-degree Executive Development programs. Ivey has campuses in London (Ontario), Toronto, and Hong Kong. Ivey recently redesigned its curriculum to focus on Cross-Enterprise Leadership - a holistic issues-based approach to management education that meets the demands of today's complex global business world.
Program ReConnects women with workforce
Western News (October 22, 2009)
Return from maternity leave a great opportunity to reconnect
London Free Press (October 5, 2009)
Six essential steps on the road back to work
Financial Post (July 22, 2009)
Mom Gets Back into the Race
Toronto Star (August 21, 2008)
Women who are experienced managers or professionals and have been out of the workforce or in alternate employment for an extended period and who have now made the decision to re-enter the professional world.
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Mary Heisz: Faculty Director - Tuning up your Financial Management SkillsMary Heisz, an authority on managerial accounting and control, has been cited in the popular press including: National Post, Maclean's, Chatelaine, Toronto Star, Dow Jones News Service, City Woman and The London Free Press. As an outstanding teacher, she has received awards from the Bank of Nova Scotia and the UWO Alumni Association, as well as, the University Students' Council Award of Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching in 2001. In addition, Mary received the David G. Burgoyne Award for Outstanding Commitment to Student Development in 2003, 2007 and 2008 and the Carol Stephenson Excellence in EMBA Teaching Award 2008. She was selected as one of the "Top 30" educators in TVO's "Big Ideas - Best Lecturers" competition in 2006 and was awarded the Ivey Teaching Innovation Award in 2007 for her work in designing and delivering accounting courses. Clients: City of London, J.D. Irving, Syngenta and General Dynamics Land Systems - Canada. |
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Tima Bansal - Acting Strategically in a Rapidly Changing WorldIn addition to being Professor of General Management at the Richard Ivey School of Business, Tima Bansal is the Director of the Cross-Enterprise Leadership Centre on Building Sustainable Value and the Executive Director of the Network for Business Sustainability. She has published over 25 peer-reviewed articles, co-edited four books and her work has been cited by the popular press including: The Wall Street Journal, National Post, The Globe and Mail and The Independent. In 2008, the Aspen Institute's Faculty Pioneer Award in Academic Leadership and the title of The University of Western Ontario's Faculty Scholar were added to her considerable list of awards. Clients: Eli Lilly and City of London. |
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June Cotte - Innovative Marketing: Customer Management SkillsJune Cotte, Professor of Marketing and the George and Mary Turnbull Fellow, teaches Marketing Management, Global Marketing Strategy, Research Methods and Personal Selling and Sales Force Management in Ivey's executive and degree programs. June has conducted extensive research in the area of social and ethical issues in consumption, temporal perception and behaviour and family influences on behaviour that has been published in the Wall Street Journal, leading marketing journals and books. Her work experience includes marketing and industrial sales analysis positions at Union Gas, Ltd. |
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Tony Frost - Today's Front Page Economic NewsTony Frost, Professor of International Business and the former MBA Program Director, teaches courses on Global Environment of Business and Strategic Management in undergraduate, MBA, Ph.D. and Executive Development programs. His research on strategy and competition in a global context has been presented at various academic conferences and published in leading academic journals including the Harvard Business Review. He is currently Program Director of the Erasmus program in partnership with Rotterdam School of Management and teaches specialized executive programs for emerging market companies in various locations around the world. |
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Nicole Haggerty - Using Web 2.0 in the Business: Improving Knowledge Sharing and CollaborationNicole Haggerty, Professor of Management Information Systems, teaches courses on Leveraging Information Technology, Management Information Systems and Knowledge Creating Consulting in the HBA, MBA, Ph.D. and Executive Development programs. She has 20 years of teaching experience in a wide range of programs for the Ivey Business School, the IMPADE business school in Mexico City, the Department of Computer Science at UWO, the INALDE business school in Bogota, Columbia and the development and delivery of business courses through the Canadian Institute of Management and the Institute of Canadian Bankers. Nicole has won numerous awards for her teaching and dedication to her students including the Dave Burgoyne Award for Outstanding Commitment to Student Development and the Marilyn Robinson Award for Excellence in Teaching. |
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Sharon Irwin-Foulon - Rediscovering Your Personal and Career GoalsSharon Irwin-Foulon is the Director, Career Management at Ivey where she manages a team of 12 professionals that are currently redefining and implementing a strategic stakeholder relations delivery model to engage Ivey's primary stakeholder groups in meaningful ways to leverage and create change. Sharon's team is recognized by some of the top business schools as one of the most innovative and effective in their field. In 2005, she was the first to receive an "outstanding staff contribution award" from the demanding MBA student population. |
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Fernando Olivera - Negotiating the Job OfferFernando Olivera, Professor of Organizational Behaviour and the Ivey Alumni Association/Toronto Faculty Fellow in Business Leadership, teaches courses on Leadership and Interpersonal Negotiations in Ivey's MBA and Ph.D. programs, as well as, in executive development programs. His research in the area of learning processes in organizations has appeared in leading management journals, books and conference proceedings. He is also a member of the Editorial Review Board for the Journal of Organizational Behavior. |
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Lyn Purdy - Rediscovering Your Personal and Career GoalsLyn Purdy, Professor of Organizational Behaviour, teaches courses on Organizational Change, Career Management and Management of People for Exceptional Performance. She teaches Ivey's degree programs (HBA, MBA and Executive MBA) and in Ivey's public and custom executive development programs. She has extensive experience facilitating skills development workshops and coaching feedback sessions. Lyn has written a number of publications in the area of the organizational and behavioural impacts of implementing new technologies and techniques in manufacturing and non-manufacturing firms. She has worked in a variety of industries as an employee and a researcher. Clients: ATCO, City of London, Syngenta, Smart Systems for Health Agency, Volvo, Siemens, The Globe and Mail, Maple Leaf Foods, Sagicor, Orlick Industries, Newalta, Rogers Communications and Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry. |
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Michael Sider - The Effective CommunicatorMichael Sider, Professor of Management Communication, has extensive teaching experience in both degree and executive education and is an expert on intercultural communications. While developing and delivering communications workshops for many leading international organizations, he has developed many specialized communications and writing workshops for groups such as lawyers, engineers, economists and political scientists. His teaching workshops have helped professors to become more accomplished teachers. In 2004, Michael was recognized for his contribution to teaching by being selected as one of the top business teachers in Canada by Canadian Business. Clients: Ford, GM, 3M, Purina, TELUS, McCormick, Maple Leaf Foods, J.D. Irving, Agnico-Eagle, Canadian Investor Relations Institute, City of London, City of Stratford, Syngenta, CIBC, The Weather Network, London Board of Education, Human Resources Development Canada and Canadian Association of Independent Schools. |
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Ann Frost - Leading High PerformanceAnn Frost is a Professor in Organizational Behaviour at the Richard Ivey School of Business. Prior to joining the school in 1995, Ann was a doctoral fellow at the Center for Industrial Competitiveness at the University of Massachusetts, Lowell, and a research associate at MIT's Industrial Performance Center. Since joining Ivey, Ann has taught MBA, executive MBA, undergraduate courses and executive development programs in organizational behaviour and human resource management. Clients: City of London |
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Jana Seijts - Work Life BalanceJana Seijts is a lecturer in Management Communications for undergraduates and executives at the Richard Ivey School of Business. Prior to arriving at Ivey, Jana was the coordinator and English Language Specialist at the Writing Support Centre from 2002 to 2009 at the University of Western Ontario (UWO) and a lecturer in Engineering Communications at the Faculty of Engineering, UWO. Jana is also a freelance writer and member of the Professional Writers Association of Canada. Clients: Toronto Hydro, Ready Mixed Concrete Association of Ontario, Ontario Society of Professional Engineers |
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