Dr. Jim Weese is an authority on leadership, a gifted speaker, and a community leader.

He teaches and conducts research at one of Canada’s top universities, where he also excelled in senior leadership roles. He has also consulted with some of the most admired companies in the world.

Weese is a professor of leadership and the former Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences (2004–2015) at The University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario, Canada. He has also served as the Special Advisor to the Provost and later as the Acting Associate Vice-President (International) at Western (on two occasions). He was the Dean of the Faculty of Human Kinetics (1999–2004) at the University of Windsor prior to moving to Western in 2004. He currently serves as the Founding Executive Director of the Western Leader Academy, a program designed to develop current and future academic leaders at his university. He has garnered impressive results in a variety of senior leadership positions throughout his distinguished career. He has engaged and informed audiences across many sectors on the merits of a team approach to leadership. His 5C Concept of Leadership serves as the foundation to his approach to leadership.

He is heralded as a transformational academic leader whose research papers appear in the top journals in his field. He is a dynamic speaker who has delivered a number of scholarly and keynote addresses to national and international audiences, as well as to practitioners who find his content and delivery style to be highly relevant and scalable. He has served as a leadership consultant with both nonprofit organizations and multinational companies, and he specializes in delivering workshops to academic leaders.

Those who have been influenced by his writing or presentations or experienced his leadership firsthand understand the importance and utility of his 5C concept, credibility, compelling vision, charismatic communication, contagious enthusiasm, and culture building, to facilitating leadership success and survival. Weese places specific emphasis on the importance of team leadership and leading from an emotional intelligence perspective. Through his words and actions, he teaches others how to effectively engage colleagues so they feel valued, engaged, and respected. It is not lost on him that others are writing and speaking about the merits of a team approach to leadership. It has made sense to him throughout his thorough training and his distinguished career.

He has served in a number of senior leadership positions during his career, including serving as the president of the North American Society for Sport Management and president of the National Deans Councils for both Kinesiology (CCUPEKA) and Health Sciences Deans (CAHSD). He has led and served on a number of volunteer boards in the community, including the YMCA of Western Ontario, InMotion, See the Line, Play On, the London Health Sciences Centre, and the Sunningdale Golf and Country Club.

He has earned a number of academic and leadership awards throughout his distinguished career, including the top research and leadership awards from his profession, the Queen’s Jubilee Medal by the government of Canada in 2002 for his academic leadership and, ten years later, the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal in recognition for his leadership and advocacy for exercise and physical activity. The North American Society for Sport Management awarded him a Research Fellowship (in the inaugural group), as well as the prestigious Dr. Earle F. Zeigler Award in 2001, the Dr. Garth Paton Distinguished Service Award in 2015, and the Distinguished Sport Management Educator Award in 2022.

In 2010, Weese worked with the Men’s and Women’s Olympic Hockey Teams at the Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver, Canada. In 2014, his alma mater, the University of Windsor, inducted him into its Sports Hall of Fame.

Dr. Weese lives in London, Ontario, Canada with his wife, Sherri. His many passions include golf, hockey, guitar, and gardening.

“A pragmatic and thought-provoking resource for anyone in, or aspiring to be in, a leadership role. Timely, progressive, and practical. Jim weaves in rich examples from his vast experience to provide readers with essential knowledge and tools for leadership success. I especially like his creative and effective 5C “house metaphor”. I love this book and recommend it - highly.”

David Scott, PhD

Author of Sport Leadership and Dean of the College of Education and Human Development, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi

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