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Curriculum Vitae Rob Elkington, Ph.D. Rob.elkington@uoit.ca Linkedin Profile: Co-Founder and CEO of Global Leadership Initiatives GLI Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Education – Ontario Tech University. Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities – Ontario Tech University. Senior Lecturer, School of Public Leadership – Stellenbosch University Faculty, Master of Management – Trent University Sessional Lecturer, Faculty of Business - Trent University Sessional Lecturer, Faculty of Social Science - Wilfred Laurier University Facilitator, Ontario Tech U Continuous Learning

Rob has extensive experience working internationally on food security projects, HIV Aids reduction, poverty intervention, and education for disadvantaged and marginalized communities. Rob also works with organizations such as the Durham Community Innovation Lab, the Durham Youth in Policing Initiative, Durham Youth Services, Durham Victim Services, disadvantaged schools in the Durham Region, and Timea’s Cause. Rob’s research focuses on the intersection of leadership and society by exploring topics such as Women’s Entrepreneurial Leadership in Disadvantaged Contexts, Seeking Best Methods for Police Leadership Development, Emerging Issues in Higher Educational Leadership, Paramedic Leadership, Leadership Decision Making Leveraging Big Data in VUCA Contexts, and African Leadership expressed in themes such as Ubuntu, and Ukhama. Rob has published extensively as the lead editor of two books, several book chapters, numerous peer-reviewed journal articles, and most recently selected as lead editor for the Journal of Leadership Studies Symposium series: “African Leadership: Powerful Paradigms for the 21st Century.” Rob is also the lead editor for a book by the same title to be published in 2022 (Emerald Publications.) Rob currently serves as Adjunct Professor at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology with the Faculty of Social Science and Humanities and the Faculty of Education. Rob is also a Senior Lecturer with the Stellenbosch University School of Public Leadership and a faculty member of the Trent University Master of Management program.

Skills: Experienced online course development and delivery: Canvas, Blackboard, Google Classroom http://bit.ly/GoogleasLMS; One Note as LMS; Moodle; Adobe Connect; Zoom Seeking new ways to deliver rich content through virtual platforms: Adobe Articulate Simulations; Augmented Reality Simulations; AI Gamification Simulations; Gnowbe Micro-Learning platform www.gnowbe.com; Strong cultural intelligence; Speak three languages; Researching Ubuntu as a worldview informing leadership. Proficiencies: MS Office, Google Apps, Mac Apps; Works well with youth and adult learners; Consistently rated in the top 2% by students and workshop participants.

Leadership Development Experience

Developed and deployed the highly rated University Certificate in Police Leadership (six cohorts of Police leaders to date.)

Facilitate the Durham Youth in Policing Leadership Course each Summer and Fall semester.

Developed and deployed the highly rated University Certificate in Paramedic Leadership (pilot launch completed and highly rated.)

Asked to develop the Certificate in Firefighter Leadership (in progress.)

Coached several high-level leaders across various sectors.

Teach the Foundations of Leadership course at undergraduate and graduate levels.

Teach the Organizational Effectiveness graduate course.

Facilitated numerous leadership development workshops for leaders across all sectors in organizations of various sizes. A sample of workshops hosted between 2018 – 2021 include but are not limited to: Public Leadership (Regional Municipalities.)

Supervision, Conflict, and Negotiation (Nuclear Power Provider).

Critical Thinking and Creative Problem Solving (Multi-Sectoral).

Effective Change Leadership using AI (Global Nature Conservancy Organization.) Leading in VUCA Contexts (National HR Convention.)

Business Excellence Through Effective Leadership ((Nuclear Power Provider).

Understanding our Value Proposition using AI (Nuclear Power Provider).

Why Entrepreneurs need to balance Leadership and Management (Regional Tech Incubator.)

Effective Entrepreneurial Leadership (Regional Social Innovation Incubator.)

Levelling Up in Liminal Contexts (Large USA Not for Profit.)

Certificate in Visionary Leadership (Online six-week program with sixty-five leaders from around the world.)

Effective Coaching for Performance and Mentorship (Multi-sectoral.) Coaching (Certified ICF FLOW Business Coach)

Police leaders.

Firefighters leaders.

Higher Education leaders.

Entrepreneurial leaders.

Strategic Planning for a Regional Chamber of Commerce using the AI method.

Strategic Planning for a Regional Not for Profit using the AI method.

Publications, Presentations, and Fora:

Books

Elkington, R., Njunguri, W., Burgess, G., Majola, X., Volmink, J. (2022). African Leadership: Powerful Paradigms for the 21st Century. Emerald Publications, Bingley: United Kingdom.

Elkington. R., van der Steege. M., Glick-Smith, J., Moss-Breen, J., (2018). Exceptional Leadership by Design: Designing Organizational Contexts for Great Leadership. Emerald Publications, Bingley: United Kingdom.

Elkington. R., Van Der Steege. M., Glick-Smith, J., Moss-Breen, J., (2017). Visionary Leadership in a Turbulent World: Thriving in the New VUCA Context. Emerald Publications, Bingley: United Kingdom.

Elkington, R.L., (2021). Emerging Issues in Higher Education Leadership: Results from Round 1 of a Global Delphi Survey published in the Alternation African Scholarship Book Series, Volume #08: Global Trends in Management, IT and Governance in an e-World (E-MIG 2019 International)

Elkington, R.L., (2021). Leadership as Enabling Function for Technology Enriched Learning. Chapter for Emerald publication's Leadership in Higher Education: The Encounter with Chaos in an ICT-conscious Institution: What Faculty, Staff and Administrators Can Do to Thrive Amidst the Chaos. Editors: Drs Jennifer Moss Breen, Anna Visvizi, Miltiadis D. Lytras.

Elkington, R. L., (2020). CHERPP Project 1 Phase 3 Tech Tools for Teaching in the 21st Century: Using Google Classroom as a learning management system. Part of the Tech Tools for Teaching in Higher Education, The Practical Handbook Series. University of Dublin, Ontario Tech University, Durham College.

Elkington. R., Tuleja. E., (2017). How the Communal Philosophies of Ubuntu in Africa and Confucius Thought in China Might Enrich Western Notions of Leadership (Book Chapter for ILA Emerald Publications: Global and Culturally Diverse Leaders and Leadership. Jean Lau Chin, Joseph E. Trimble, and Joseph Garcia, Editors.).

Refereed Journal Articles Elkington, R.L., & Ruttenberg-Rozen, R. (2022). Emerging Issues in Higher Educational Leadership, A Grounded Theory Approach: A SAGE Research Methods Case Study. (Currently in peer review.)

Elkington, R.L. (2022). African Leadership: Powerful Paradigms for the 21st Century. Selected as Symposium Editor for Volume 16, Issue 2, Summer 2022. Journal of Leadership Studies, Wiley Publications.

Elkington, R. L., (2020). Ubuntu as Ancient Wisdom for Modern Ethics: A Systems Thinking Ecosophy for the 21st Century Denudation of Integrated World Capitalism. Journal of Leadership Studies Symposium on Ancient Wisdom for Modern Leadership Ethics.

Elkington. R., (2019). Leadership Decision Making Leveraging Big Data in VUCA Contexts. Journal of Leadership Studies, Wiley.

Elkington. R., Moss-Breen. J., (2018). Global Leaders' Perceptions of Elements Required for Effective Leadership Development in the 21st Century: The Results of Round 1 of a Delphi Survey. Research Methods Case Study. SAGE Research Methods.

Elkington. R., Pearse, N., Van Der Steege. M., Martin. S., Moss. J., (2017). Global Leaders' Perceptions of Elements Required for Effective Leadership Development in the 21st Century: The Results of Round 1 of a Delphi Survey. Journal of Leadership and Organizational Development, Emerald.

Elkington. R., Upwards. A., (2016). Leadership as Enabling Function for Flourishing by Design. Journal of Global Responsibility, Emerald.

Elkington. R., Moss-Breen. J., (2015). Resilient Leadership in the Face of Adversity: A Qualitative Study. Journal of Leadership and Ethics. (Selected in 2017 by The University of Queensland l Brisbane QLD 4072 l AUSTRALIA – for use in their Online Course Offering.)

Elkington. R., Booysen. L., (2015). Innovative Leadership Serves as Enabling Function Within an Organization as a Complex Adaptive System. Journal of Leadership Studies.

Elkington. R., (2015). Creative Leadership Requires Creative Leadership Development in a "Vú Jade" World! Journal of Leadership Studies.