2008 Trudeau Scholar

daina.mazutis@trudeaufoundation.net

Assistant Professor of Strategy, Leadership and Ethics at IMD in Lausanne, Switzerland

"Being a Trudeau Scholar has been a great honour and privilege. Not only have I had the opportunity to meet a diverse group of gifted individuals within the Trudeau community, to exchange ideas and debate important questions, but it has also provided me with the means to make the most of my time as a doctoral student. I have been able to meet a broad group of like-minded individuals in my own and other disciplines through the extended networks developed at both Trudeau events and other conferences that the financial support has afforded. This, in turn, has allowed me to work on projects that otherwise would have been outside my reach, propelling me into an international academic career. I am, and continue to feel, truly humbled and blessed by the honour of having received the Trudeau Scholarship".

Daina Mazutis is a Professor of Strategy, Leadership at Ethics at IMD in Lausanne, Switzerland. Her research interests include strategic leadership, decision making and corporate social responsibility (CSR). Specifically, Daina's research looks at the role of executive orientation in shaping business strategy, particularly as it pertains to dynamic and complex questions such as ethical decision making and social or environmental issues.
 
Daina has published in Management Learning, Business Horizons, AOM and ASAC Best Paper Proceedings as well as presented extensively at international conferences. Her paper, titled "Why Zero is Not One: Towards a Measure a Corporate Social Strategy", won the prestigious best paper award for the Social Issues in Management Division of the Academy of Management (AOM) and her dissertation proposal received the honourable COLE Doctorate Dissertation Proposal Award from the Duke University  Fuqua/Coach K Center on Leadership and Ethics.  She also co-authored one of Ivey's best selling business cases on managing change at Canada's Research in Motion (makers of the BlackBerry) and is actively engaged in a global research initiative examining the role of leadership in the current financial crisis.

Daina has taught strategy and change management as a visiting professor in the International MBA program at Sun Yat-Sen University in Guangzhou, China as well as in the EMBA program at the Stockholm School of Economics in Riga, Latvia. Prior to her doctoral studies, Daina spent over ten years in advertising, marketing, consulting and sales where she specialized in the strategic planning, research, development and implementation of national marketing campaigns.

Daina obtained her PhD at the Richard Ivey School of Business, University of Western Ontario where her dissertation, "The CEO effect: A longitudinal, multi-level analysis of the relationship between executive orientation and corporate social strategy", has been nominated for the Governor General's Medal.