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Lecture to address how to create a
blueprint for success
LONDON, ON, March
20, 2009 –
While part of the Edmonton Oilers
dynasty in the late 1980s, Craig Simpson
learned from some of the best leaders in
the hockey business.
He saw how star players Wayne Gretzky
and Mark Messier, along with Glen
Slather, the Oilers' coach and general
manager, inspired team members to strive
for success, culminating in five Stanley
Cups in seven years.
Now a CBC Television hockey broadcaster,
Simpson will discuss his leadership
lessons from sports in "Leadership
Lessons from Winning Organizations" at
the Richard Ivey School of Business on
March 26 at 5:15 p.m. in Room 1R40.
Hosted by the Pierre L. Morrissette
Institute for Entrepreneurship and the
Business Families Centre at Ivey
Business School, proceeds from the event
will go to London athletes competing in
the national women's volleyball
championships this spring.
Simpson will discuss how to teach
success and how to create a blueprint
for a winning organization in his
keynote address. A Q&A-session will
follow.
"The Oilers walked the walk and talked
the talk of success and that was an
important part of their winning
strategy," said Simpson.
David Simpson, Executive Director of the
Business Families Centre, Ivey Business
School, said much can be learned from
sports leaders, since sports teams must
be managed effectively, similar to any
organization, to achieve victory. A
former major-junior hockey player, he
witnessed some of those lessons
firsthand and knows how they apply in
the business world.
"Ivey is focused on building the next
generation of business leaders and this
unique talk from the perspective of
sports leadership will have numerous
parallels for the business world," he
said.
In addition to playing 10 seasons in the
NHL for the Pittsburgh Penguins,
Edmonton Oilers and Buffalo Sabres, and
winning Stanley Cups in 1988 and 1990,
Craig Simpson was also assistant coach
of the Edmonton Oilers from 2005 to
2007. During that time, he helped lead
the team to the Stanley Cup finals in
the 2005-06 season.
He later became a hockey analyst and has
worked with Fox Television, CTV
Sportsnet and CBC Television.
Event: "Leadership Lessons from
Winning Organizations"
Date: Thursday, March 26, 2009
Time: 5:15-6:30 p.m.
Location: Ivey Business School,
Room 1R40 (Parking available in Kent Lot
beside Ivey building)
Cost: $20, pre-registration is
required
To buy tickets and register online,
please visit
http://www.gifttool.com/registrar/ShowEventDetails?ID=1202&EID=4356
For more information, please contact
David Simpson
dsimpson@ivey.uwo.ca or Sarah
Buck
sbuck@ivey.uwo.ca
Media interested in attending should
RSVP. Please contact Mary Weil at
416-203-0064 or
mweil@ivey.ca
About the Richard Ivey School of
Business, The University of Western
Ontario
The Richard Ivey School of Business at
The University of Western Ontario (www.ivey.ca)
offers undergraduate (HBA)
and graduate degree programs (MBA,
Executive MBA and
PhD) 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.
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For more
information, please contact:
Dawn Milne, Communications Specialist,
Richard Ivey School of Business,
519-850-2536,
dmilne@ivey.ca
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