2024 Award Recipient
Ian O. Ihnatowycz Institute for Leadership
Ivey Business School – Western University, Canada
Since the inception of the Ian O. Ihnatowycz Institute for Leadership in September 2010, it has been at the center of leadership thought, inquiry, and education into what makes a better leader. Beginning with its multi-disciplinary examination of the leadership failures and successes relating to the global financial crisis of 2008-2009, they have made research, teaching and outreach on leader character their distinct differentiator in the vast leadership space.
The Institute is an integral part of Ivey, and as such, is able to amplify Ivey’s mission “We develop leaders who think globally, act strategically, and address critical issues facing organizations and society, through impactful research and transformative learning experiences.” Through its focus on three pillars— research, teaching and outreach — the institute contributes to the cultivation of business leaders for the 21st century through the development of leader character.
Leader character is ingrained into the Institute’s mission and vision:
Mission
The Ian O. Ihnatowycz Institute for Leadership is at the forefront of knowledge creation in the leader character area. Our research is integrated into Ivey’s degree and Executive Education programs so students are able to assess and increase their own leadership capacities and exercise character-based leadership. Through a wide range of outreach activities, the Institute exposes leaders in the public, private, and not-for-profit sectors to our work, so they may enhance their effectiveness and weave leader character development into their organizations.
Vision
We aspire to have a deep impact on individuals, organizations and societies through the creation and application of new knowledge on leader character.
We aim to:
- Develop global citizens who have strength of character, strive to make a difference, and contribute to the flourishing of teams, organizations, communities, and societies.
- Be recognized by researchers and practitioners as a globally leading Institute for research, teaching and outreach regarding the awareness, assessment and development of leader character.
- Elevate the importance of character alongside competence in the practice of leadership.
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Call for Nominations for Award
The Management Education and Development Division of AOM is pleased to sponsor the Evidence-Based Leadership Development Program (EBLDP) Award in partnership with the Network of Leadership Scholars.
Rationale: Leadership development is an integral part of many schools’ curricula and typically an important part of their vision and mission. Sponsored by the MED division, the goal of this award is to recognize high quality, evidence- based leadership development programs to promote the adoption of high EBLD standards as a field.
We invite nominations for the EBLDP award from academics in different roles (leadership faculty, lecturers, directors of centers, directors of programs, deans, provosts etc.) at academic institutions around the world. The core focus is a program of leadership development – your vision of effective leadership and the way you implement its development. This program can be implemented in a singular course, a degree, and/or across the school or university as a whole
The submission process includes 3 stages:
- An abstract (optional) – a 1 page abstract could be submitted, including the program and submitter details as well as a short description of the program’s vision on effective leadership and its development. The abstract should be submitted via email (to: contact@evidence-based-leadership.org) by 30 of January 2024.
- Workshop (optional) – abstract submitters will be invited to participate in an online workshop that will assist with the development of their submission. The workshop will be held online on 13 of February 2024.
- Full submission – please submit your full award portfolio (see details in the attached call), by 20 of March 2024.
More Details
You can find more details in the attached full call. For questions about the award and submissions, please contact Hannes Leroy (leroy@rsm.nl) or Moran Anisman-Razin (moran.anismanrazin@ul.ie).
Moran Anisman-Razin
Kemmy Business School
University of Limerick, Ireland