Convocation Speaker Dusya Vera Friday, October 25, 2024, 10:00 a.m.
She has studied leadership styles that promote individual and group learning, and organizational learning that is captured in routines, products, systems, and strategies. Recently, her work has focused on character leadership as a source of competitive advantage that enables sustained excellence and flourishing for individuals and organizations alike. She has published in top academic journals, including A cademy of Management Review, Academy of Management Annals, Organization Science, Journal of Management, Journal of Management Studies, The Leadership Quarterly, Organization Studies, Journal of Organizational Behavior, and Management Learning , among others. She also enjoys writing practitioner- oriented articles, which have appeared in journals such as O rganizational Dynamics and Business Horizons . Currently, Professor Vera is an Associate Editor of Academy of Management Discoveries and has previously served as a Senior Associate Editor of The Leadership Quarterly . She is also an editorial board member for the Journal of Business Research and Management Learning . She is an active member of the Academy of Management and the Strategic Management Society . Professor Vera is leading the implementation of the Western Leadership Certificate, powered by Ivey. An award-winning teacher throughout her career, she has taught undergraduate, master’s, doctoral, and executive-level courses in strategic management, strategic leadership, leader character, and ethical leadership. She has extensive experience in executive development and has received multiple awards for her contributions to research, teaching, and service. Before returning to Ivey in 2022, Professor Vera spent 20 years on the faculty of the C.T. Bauer College of Business at the University of Houston. Professor Vera lives in London with her husband, Antonio Rodriguez, and their triplets, Liam, Tony, and Dusya. As an autism parent and advocate, she promotes inclusion and independence for neurodivergent children and adults. Her message to those new to the autism community is, “presume competence … always.”
Dusya Vera is a Professor of Strategy at Ivey Business School, the Ian O. Ihnatowycz Chair in Leadership, and the Executive Director of the Ian O. Ihnatowycz Institute for Leadership, which is dedicated to generating new knowledge and research on character leadership. Through its teaching and outreach efforts, the institute aims 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. Professor Vera was born in Guayaquil, Ecuador. She holds an undergraduate degree in computer engineering from the Polytechnic University in Guayaquil (Ecuador), an MBA from the University of Pittsburgh (USA), and a PhD in Business Administration from Ivey Business School at Western. Professor Vera’s areas of expertise include organizational improvisation, organizational learning, strategic leadership, and character leadership. Her research calls for leaders to develop an improvisation capability to meet real-time challenges effectively.
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