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- Rideau Centre (50 Rideau Street): accessible from Daly Avenue and Nicholas Street
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Dress code
Business casual
Cost
Free
Food and drinks
Coffee, beverages and a light breakfast will be served at the in-person event.
This event is made possible through the generous support of Intact Financial Corporation, in support of research on workplace well-being.
Leadership roles today come with more responsibility, visibility and mental load than ever before. Organizations are placing increasing emphasis on work performance and individual resilience. But far less attention has been paid to what leadership roles ask of people emotionally and mentally. This talk draws on decades spent researching and working with leaders and organizations. It examines how organizational design shapes leaders’ well-being, decision-making and ability to lead well.
Professor Barling describes leader (and employee) distress not as a personal weakness but as an occupational reality created by modern work. The talk offers a holistic perspective on how evidence-based leadership and psychologically informed supports can help organizations become places where people can thrive and performance can soar.
Schedule :
9:30 a.m. to 10 a.m.: Registration and networking, online audience sign-on
10 a.m. to 10:10 a.m.: Opening remarks
10:10 a.m. to 11 a.m.: Presentation by Professor Barling
11 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.: Moderated Q&A with the audience, online and in person
11:30 a.m.: End of event
Live event transcriptions: Please note that the presentation will take place in English. However, French and English live captions will be available for the online event.
Please note that a recording of this session will not be available publicly after the event.
About the speaker
Julian Barling is a distinguished university professor and the Borden Chair of Leadership at the Smith School of Business, Queen’s University. He has written several books, including The Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Workbook for Leaders: How Improving Your Mental Health Is Essential to Avoiding Burnout and Leading More Effectively (2026).
He has received many research awards, including lifetime achievement awards from the European Association of Occupational Health Psychology (2011), the Canadian Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (2016), the American Psychological Association and the Society for Occupational Health Psychology (2017). He was in the top 2% of the world’s most cited scientists in 2020, 2022 and 2024.
Named one of the most popular professors at Queen’s by Maclean’s in 1996, he has received a number of teaching awards. Among them are the National Post Leaders in Business Education Award (2001) and the Smith School of Business Golden Apple Award for Teaching Excellence and Innovation (2025).
Julian was elected a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 2002. He’s also a fellow of several other international research societies.
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