InterViews Online Bi-weekly

Oct. 2000
Issue 2

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Welcome to InterViews Online bi-weekly! 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 the reading material. Comments can be e-mailed to pointofview@mandrake.ca . Sincerely, Stéfan Danis President & CEO Mandrake KEEPING ALL THE BALLS IN THE AIR Whether it is switching departments, changing careers or looking for a new job, any sort of career transition or crisis brings with it a certain amount of anxiety and chaos. This Fast Company article offers four vital practices to assist you in keeping some semblance of order during this period of your life. It's integral to take several moments throughout the day to regroup and stay focused on essential tasks, as well as attending to the ones that demand immediate attention. As well, do not let your "anchors", such as exercise, correspondence, and relaxation fall by the wayside. Ensure you also stick to your pre-existing planning tool at first to remain at the same level of productivity and to keep perspective. Another way to gain control and be able to easily reprioritize when needed is to do a "mind dump", whereby you divide all your tasks by broad category and then into more specific projects. To learn more about these organizational tools, please click on the link below. http://www.fastcompany.com/feature/00/act_morganstern1.html TAKE YOUR CAREER OFF TEMPORARY HOLD Most professionals can easily identify the skills and behaviours that make them effective and productive in their career. But many are unaware of those that may be working against them and keeping them from advancing. This article from careerjournal.com points out ways to deal with the detrimental traits that can hold one back from performing optimally in their role. These solutions include obtaining feedback from performance reviews and colleagues, as well as using formal personality tests and a career coach. Moreover, it's important to continually obtain this feedback as one advances into more senior positions. There's a tendency for executives to avoid tampering with behaviours that have led to success and for less senior co-workers to give them unrealistic feedback. To read the full article in careerjournal.com please click on the link below. http://www.careerjournal.com/careers/resources/documents/19991122-woolfe.htm MONITORING YOUR OWN CAREER PROGRESS Many individuals assume that if they work quietly and efficiently they will just naturally move ahead in their careers. However, to really know if you're advancing in your career requires monitoring your progress. There are various ways this can be accomplished. One indicator of career momentum is how others respond to you. In this careerbuilder.com article, three indicators are discussed to measure this perception - "requested", "visible" and "included". It's positive when coworkers and clients "request" or volunteer to work with you. Being given high profile or "visible" assignments with more exposure to senior management is also a good indication that your career in headed in the right direction. Another positive sign is being "included" in the formal as well as the informal communication networks throughout your department or organization. To learn more about how you can gauge if your career is on the upswing, click on the link below. http://www.careerbuilder.com/wl_ga_9910_monitoring.html We welcome your feedback on these articles. Please e-mail us at pointofview@mandrake.ca . top

A bi-weekly wrap-up of stock activity and major appointments, organized by industry.
COMMUNICATIONS	Courtesy of Mandrake
Appointments
- Marla Martin to Bryant Fulton & Shee as Account Director. - Geoff Starr to Leo Burnett as Account Director. - Shelley Brown to Vice President, Strategic Planning at Roche Macaulay & Partners. - Jeffery Beck to Vice President, Managing Director of Grey Direct (Canada). - Joy Birch is promoted to Vice President, Organic Development for Young & Rubicam. - Pierre Desrochers to President of the executive committee for the Conseil Regional de Developpement de L'ile de Montreal (CRDIM) - Ruth Corbin is appointed President and Managing Director, Canada at Kroll & Associates. - Michelle Pauchuk to The Media Company as Vice President, Media. - Glen Swann to Young & Rubicam as an Account Director. - Tom Vidinu to Generatorideaworks as Vice President. - Ed Freibauer to FutureBrand Canada as Managing Director. - Helen Stone to Veritas Communications as Senior Director. - Bruce Young to Hill & Knowlton as Vice President of Public Affairs. - Peter Burke to TN Media as Managing Director. - Michael Knox to Go Direct Marketing as Art Director. - Caroline Jarvis to Grapheme/Koo as Design Director. - Gary Westgate to Harrod & Mirlin/FCB as Associate Creative Director. - Rich Cooper to Roche Macaulay & Partners as Senior Writer. - Harrod & Mirlin/FCB have made several appointments. Craig Brownrigg as Art Director; and Ed Lea and Mary Secord as Associate Creative Directors. - David Rosenberg to Bensimon Byrne D'Arcy as Senior Vice President, Creative Director. - Nicola Ducksbury to Saatchi and Saatchi as Director of Print Production. - Jack Carswell to Grey Worldwide as Production Director.
Stock activity	Courtesy of Mandrake

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CONSUMER GOODS	Courtesy of Mandrake
Appointments
- Franco Salituro to Rothmans Inc. as Vice President of Marketing. - Randy Powell to Maple Leaf Foods Inc. as President, Pork Division. - Wesley Twiss to Pan-Canadian Petroleum as Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer. - Eric R. La Flèche to METRO INC.'s Super C division as Senior Vice-President and General Manager.
Stock activity	Courtesy of Mandrake

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FINANCIAL SERVICES	Courtesy of Mandrake
Appointments
- Catherine Novick and Gerald Petkau to Canada Life Assurance Company as Corporate Controller, Financial Vice President, Corporate Financial Management, and Vice President, Acquisitions, respectively. - Deloitte and Touche LLP appoints David Laidley to Chairman, and re-elects Colin Taylor as Managing Partner and Chief Executive. - Cheryl Barker to National Leasing Group as a Director of the Company. - Karen Maidment to Bank of Montreal as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. - Marc Cevey to HSBC Asset Management Canada Ltd as Vice President, Private Client Services. - Andre Petitclerc as General Manager of Fonds d'investissements Desjardins of Montreal. - Scotiabank announces the team for its e-commerce subsidiary, e-Scotia. Albert Wahbe as Chairman and CEO; Mark Greenspan as Chief Operating Officer; Gail Smith as Chief Information Officer; Drew Brown as Senior VP of Business to Business Products and Services; Bob Grant as Senior VP of Business to Consumer Products and Services; and Greg Milavsky as Managing Director and Group Head of e-Scotia Acquisition. - Patrick K. Walsh to SEI Investments Company as President.
Stock activity	Courtesy of Mandrake

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INTERNET SERVICES	Courtesy of Mandrake
Appointments
- John Popolizio to GovWorks as Chief Technology & Product Officer. - Bijan Chowdhury to Gotham Broadband as Chief Operating Officer. - YadaYada has made several appointments. Robert K. Stewart to Chief Financial Officer; William Short to Chief Marketing Officer; and Amit Joshi as Chief Technology Officer. - Justine Heller to iClips as Vice President, Technology. - Michael Ahearn to GiftCertificates.com as CEO. - Martin Schwimmer to NameEngine as Director of Brand Services. - Gerano Diaz to Mercantil.com as Chief Operating Officer. - Barry Doucette to BitFlash Inc. as Vice President, Sales and Business Development. - Richard Whitehall to BayStreetDirect.com to expand their Western Canada business. - Carol Burch to SAP Canada Inc. as President. - Joe Fleisher and Elizabeth Brooks to iCAST Music as CEO, and Senior Vice President of Artist Development and Marketing, respectively. - Solly Patrontasch to Rebel.com Inc. as President and Chief Operating Officer - Joseph A. Ripp appointed to the additional position of Chief Financial Officer of America Online, Inc. Mr. Ripp continues as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Time Warner Inc. - Richard McCarthy to NeuVis as Vice President of Strategic Alliances. - Raymond Fanning to Hip Interactive Corporation as President. - James Wentzell to Delano Technology Corporation as Vice-President of Worldwide Marketing. - Ron Reed promoted within J.D. Edwards Canada Ltd. to National Director, Sales and Marketing. - Susan Brooke, Vladimir Orovic and Chris Cook to Modem Media as Head of Consulting, Vice President, Engineering, and Head of Production, respectively.
Stock activity	Courtesy of Mandrake

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TECHNOLOGY	Courtesy of Mandrake
Appointments
- Cameron Burns to CTC Computer-Tech Consultants Inc. as Vice President, Western Region. - Michael Jean David to SACO SMARTVISION INC. as President and COO.
Stock activity

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TELECOMMUNICATIONS	Courtesy of Mandrake
Appointments
- Eugene Roman to Bell Canada, Montreal as Chief Information Officer . - Helena Cain to NBTel as Vice President Sales. - Norigen Communications Group has made several appointments. John Papadakis to Senior VP, Technology and Networks; Brian Gibson to Vice President, Sales in Alberta; Harry Zarek to Senior VP, National Sales; and Larry Baldachin to President, Liberty Technology Services Ltd. - Clay Sorensen to ChannelMax as Vice President of Sales. - William J. Doherty to Astral Point Communications, Inc. as Vice President of Operations. - Dave McMahon to TELUS Corporation as Vice President, Operations/Carrier Relations/Engineering and Customer Care, TELUS Integrated Communications. - Alan Dawson appointed to the additional position of President and Chief Executive Officer of Voicenet, Inc. Mr. Dawson continues as Managing Director and CEO of Voicenet (Aust) Ltd. - Robert (Bob) B. Scott to CUseeMe(R) Networks as Chief Operating Officer. - Frank Schimberg to NXTV Inc. as Senior Vice President of Operations and Chief Technology Officer. - Gary W. Garland promoted within QUALCOMM Incorporated to Vice President and General Manager of QUALCOMM Digital Media.
Stock activity	Courtesy of Mandrake

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