Margaret Strawbridge

Name Margaret Strawbridge
School School of Business
Program
  • Bachelor of Business Administration (Honours) - International Business Management
  • Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) - Financial Services
Academic and professional designations
  • Doctorate of Education (EdD) specialization in Organizational Leadership (in progress)
  • Master of Business Administration (MBA) - Innovation and Leadership
  • Bachelor of Arts (BA) - English and Family and Child Studies
Title
Professor
Courses taught
  • BUS74000 - Professional Sales and Negotiations
  • MKT2080 - Sales
  • MKT3070 - Art of Negotiations
  • MKT3095 - Professional Selling
Areas of expertise & interest
Current areas of interest centre on the research-backed impacts of mindfulness and emotional intelligence in teaching and learning, including fostering students' focus, social-emotional learning, self-regulation, compassion, critical thinking, reflection and stress reduction.
Industry experience, professional currency activitiesBefore teaching at Conestoga College, Margaret was the Managing Director of an educational management start-up based out of Australia and a Senior Regional Sales Manager at Nelson Education Ltd, where she led a large sales team and focused on customer-focused sales training.
Major research projects​
​Dissertation research project centered on mindfulness and emotional intelligence
Additional information
 Ontario Colleges Marketing Competition (OCMC) Coach - Sales and Prospect Pitch
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