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Like all of you, over the course of the last several weeks, we have witnessed the horrific events in the United States and their ensuing aftermath.
On behalf of Mandrake, I wish to convey our deepest sympathies to anyone who may have been affected by these incidents.
Stéfan Danis,
President & CEO
Where does your marketing career go next??? Find out at
Career Crossroads, a breakfast forum hosted by Frank Huggins of Mandrake and
the Toronto Chapter of the American Marketing Association. Click on the AMA
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Welcome to InterViews Online!
InterViews Online is a service provided by Mandrake to assist you
in augmenting and developing your own strategies for success in
today's modern workplace.
A Point of View will alternate between delivering an
opinion on effective career management, and featuring a selection
of articles we have chosen with relevant information.
We hope you enjoy this month's selection.
Sincerely,
BE YOUR OWN BOSS
Taking charge of your own career destiny is one of the most important elements in achieving success. This article from
Careermag.com offers a range of methods to help you learn how to take this initiative in your professional life.
These techniques include:
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Seeing the big picture
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Learning from your mistakes
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Taking responsibility for your actions
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Making suggestions
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Choosing when to take initiative and when to back down
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Being a good leader
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Getting others to help you
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Learning to say "no"
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Deciding what's important
- Improving your marketability.
To become your own boss and read the full article, click on the link below.
Be
your own boss
MOVING UP THE LADDER: 10 STRATEGIES FOR GETTING YOURSELF PROMOTED
Another important element in successfully creating and managing your career is learning how to develop an effective promotion plan for yourself.
This article from Quintessential Careers presents 10 major strategies that should be incorporated into a promotion plan. They include:
- Developing mentoring relationships
- Quantifying results
- Practicing self-promotion
- Establishing a bond with your boss
- Acquiring new knowledge and skills
- Building your network
- Asking for more responsibilities
- Acting professionally at all times
- Being a team player
- Creating your own opportunities
To read the full article and learn more about developing your own promotion plan click on the link below.
http://www.quintcareers.com/getting_promoted_strategies.html
COMMON OFFICE MISTAKES
When many of us think of on-the-job errors, we tend to refer to the larger more obvious ones. But, as this article from
Careerbuilder.com explains, even the smaller ones can be damaging.
The article profiles some of these more subtle office mistakes and how you can avoid and rectify them. They include:
- Not adapting to the company culture
- Assuming hard work is enough
- Relying too much on consensus or permission
- Not projecting a positive attitude
- Putting yourself above menial tasks.
To find out more about office mistakes that might be wreaking havoc on your career, click on the link below to read the full article.
http://www.careerbuilder.com/wl_work_9906_mistakes.html
We welcome your feedback on these articles. Please e-mail
us at pointofview@mandrake.ca
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A wrap-up of stock activity
and major appointments, organized by industry.
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| COMMUNICATIONS |
Courtesy of Mandrake
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- Howard Breen is promoted
within Young & Rubicam to Chair & CEO of North American regions.
- Beverley Hammond to
Veritas Communications' new business communications division as President.
- Janet Schoel and Laura
Forester to Mosaic Group's Direct and Interactive division as Account Director
of the Kraft account, and Lottery Director, respectively.
- Jim Herrler to Palmer Jarvis DDB as
President of the Toronto office.
- Tom Wright to Envoy Communications
Group Inc. as President and Chief Operating Officer.
- Pierre Vidal to Sponsorium
International as Vice President, Business Development.
- Joan Faubert to Ellis Teichman
Communications as Director of Client Services.
- Dana Kerr promoted within
Grey Direct to Vice-President and Client Services Director.
- Nick Foglia to Interactive
Marketing Concepts as Account Director.
- Molly Scotchmer to Saatchi
& Saatchi as Account Director for Maple Leaf Foods, McNeil and So Good
Food.
- Magda Zachara to Taylor George as
Media Director.
- Lowe RMP has made several promotions.
Martin Strazovec moves to Vice-President and Managing Director. Heather McDonald
and Jeanette Lee Fritzler are promoted to Vice Presidents.
- John Peloza to Bryant Fulton &
Shee's Calgary office as Managing Director.
- Heather Hutchinson to ICOM as
Director of Consumer Marketing.
- Adrian Taylor to Carlson
Marketing UK as Managing Director.
- Shane Hilkowitz to Pattison
Outdoor as Director of Finance.
- Marc Byron, the current CEO Paradigm
Direct, takes on the additional role of COO of the Performance Solutions
division.
- Ben Kaak to Mosaic Group as Chief
Financial Officer.
- Jeff Lennard to Idea Machine as
Vice President, Creative.
- Pete O'Neill to Loopmedia as
Creative Director.
- Paul Ruta to Bensimon*Byrne
D'Arcy as Vice-President, Group Creative Director.
- Steven Bochenek promoted within
Lowe RMP to Creative Director.
- Markatel replaces its one
Creative Director with five Creative Co-directors responsible for specific
accounts. The newly appointed Creative Co-directors are: Alain Bourgeois, Gilles
DuSablon, Jennifer Goddard, Marie-Christine Lévesque, and Andrew
Morgan.
- Grace Marquez is promoted within
GreyInteractive to Associate Creative Director.
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Stock activity
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| CONSUMER GOODS |
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Appointments |
- Brent Walker is appointed Director of Finance,
Distribution for Molson Canada, Ontario and West Region. Sharon
Fligel is appointed Director of Accounting Shared Services at
Molson Canada.
- Anthony Bristow to André's
Wines Ltd. as Chief Operating Officer.
- John Cahill, the current
President and COO of Pepsi Bottling Group Inc., is named Chief Executive. Eric
Foss is appointed President of the company's North American business.
- Anthony Ruys to Heineken NV
as Chairman effective April 2002.
- Mark Peterson and Carolyn
Tastad are promoted within Procter & Gamble Inc. to Director, Customer
Business Development, SuperValu, and Manager, Customer Business Development,
North Region, respectively.
- Ed
Marra to Nestlé S.A. as President and Chief Executive Officer of Nestlé Canada
Inc.
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| FINANCIAL SERVICES |
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Appointments |
- Robert Fetherstonhaugh to Claridge Inc.
as Executive Vice President.
- Joseph Heffernan, currently
Director at Clairvest Group Inc., is named Chairman.
- Perry Truster is elected Chair of the
Canadian Tax Foundation.
- Richard Nesbitt to the
Toronto Stock Exchange as President, TSE Market Services Inc.
- Brian A. Hunt to the Institute of
Chartered Accountants of Ontario as President and CEO.
- Gilles L. Chaput to BDO
Dunwoody as Chief Executive Officer.
- The Canadian Institute of Chartered
Business Valuators have made several appointments. Michael D. Bowie is
President. Craig N. McDougall is appointed Vice President. And Christopher E.
Lee is appointed Secretary/Treasurer.
- Jill Denhan promoted within
the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce to Senior Executive Vice-President of
Retail and Small Banking.
- Dan MacDonald to the Bank of
Canada as Chief Administrative Officer.
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| INTERNET SERVICES |
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Appointments |
- Gerry Rivers to CGI as Senior Vice President, Banking
& Investment Services.
- Ross Marsden to CGI as Senior Vice President and General
Manager, Greater Toronto Area.
- Michael E. Roach to CGI as President, Canada and
Europe.
- David Willis to Microsoft Canada Co. as Director of Small
Business and Channels.
- James D. Foy to Davox Corporation as President, Chief Executive
Officer and member of the Board of Directors.
- Dennis Durco to Interlink Networks as Chief Financial
Officer.
- Tom Castanzo to GraphOn(R) Corporation as Managing Director of
GraphOn's European Operations.
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| TECHNOLOGY |
Courtesy of Mandrake
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Appointments |
- Ed Candolini to Hitachi Data Systems
as President of the Canadian operation.
- Mike B. Levine to META Group Inc. as
President.
- Donald Sinnar to Spectrian Corp. as
Vice President of Sales and Service.
- Robert Grossman to Telecom Computer as
Executive Vice President.
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| TELECOMMUNICATIONS |
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- Robert Bruce to Rogers
AT&T Wireless as Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer. He
will also hold the title of President of Wireless Data Services.
- Serge Laporte to Boomerang
Tracking Inc. as Vice President, Sales and Marketing.
- Larry Morgan to Infonet
Services Corporation as President of Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA).
- Ashley G. Fernandes to PanAmSat
Corporation as Vice President of Sales of PanAmSat's Pacific Ocean
Region.
- Ken Martin to New Millennium
Development Group, Inc. as Chief Executive Officer and a member of the
Board.
- Roger J. Tinley to Telesat
Canada as Vice President, Space Systems.
- William (Bill) Kelly to Novo
Broadband, Inc. as Chief Operating Officer.
- John R. "Bo" Boedecker to Interelate, Inc. as Chief Operating Officer.
- Stephen Burke to vVault as President
and Chief Executive Officer.
- David Moss to Canal+ Technologies as
Chief Executive Officer.
- Domenico Vadala to Airslide Systems,
Inc. as Vice President of Sales for its European operations.
- John J. Joyce to Ambient Corp. as Chief
Executive Officer.
- Steve Bellamy to Wi-LAN Inc.
as Chief Financial Officer.
- Gaston Germain to Cogeco Cable Inc. as
Vice-President, International Development of the newly-formed joint venture
Cogeco/SNC-Lavalin Broadband International.
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James Taiclet to American Tower Corporation (ATC) as President and Chief
Operating Officer.
- Roger Woolley to e-talk Corporation as
Vice President of Marketing.
- Christopher J. Davis to Safeguard
Scientifics, Inc. as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.
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Christopher L. Davis to Captaris, Inc. as Senior Vice President of Global
Marketing.
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