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Welcome to InterViews Online! InterViews Online is a service provided by Mandrake to assist you and your organization in recognizing and developing strategies to attract and retain the most highly qualified talent. On May 24th, it was announced that BCE had appointed a Chief Talent Officer, a trend first seen in the USA in 2000. Last June, I attended the first ever Conference for Talent Officers, held in Austin TX, which explored the need for and the challenges of a Talent strategy. One year later, the belief among most organizations is that Talent is now becoming available, when in fact there continues to be a substantial difference between that perception and reality. A Point of View will alternate between delivering an opinion on effective human resource management and featuring a range of articles we have selected which address these ongoing challenges. We hope you enjoy this month's selection. Sincerely, Stéfan Danis President & CEO danis@mandrake.ca WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW AS THE NEW ECONOMY TANKS The current economic slowdown presents challenges with which many leaders have never had to deal. This article from the Harvard Business School Working Knowledge explores why this downturn is different than most others and how managements can best help their respective companies through it. Three main factors are cited as reasons behind the unique aspects of this slowdown compared with similar occurrences over the past century. They include: Low employment with little or no inflation Increasingly impatient investors A reverse wealth effect, as investors who once felt flush with investment gains, even if they were only paper gains, scale back their spending as they consider how stock-market declines are contributing to the downturn and how much they will impede recovery. However, the experts are divided on whether technology has fundamentally altered the economy. Managements' opinions on this issue will influence how they implement the article's suggestions to steer their respective organizations through the downturn. These suggestions include: Trim inventories to their lowest possible levels and avoid taking on debt Deal with current conditions as they present themselves Beware of - or exploit - disruptive technologies Tend to your core business as never before Think of the new economy as being the old economy with a new technology. To read the full article, click on the link below. http://hbswk.hbs.edu/pubitem.jhtml?id=2415&sid=0&t=leadership WHAT IS THE STATE OF THE NEW ECONOMY? Although there is a "battle under way to define the past, present and future of the new economy", as this article from Fast Company.com asserts, it is most definitely alive and well. The article declares that, despite the current economic slump, the "real new economy" is back. Its foundation is comprised of "the expansion of individual opportunity, the disruptive energy of ceaseless innovation, and the transformative power of information technology and communications." To illustrate these assertions, the article offers four further opinions that answer "essential" questions felt to encompass the new economy today: Who has the next big idea? What is the new economics? Where is the next frontier of innovation? How do fast companies work now? To read the full article, click on the link below. http://www.fastcompany.com/online/50/newstate.html AFTER THE SLOWDOWN? TRY DEVELOPING A TALENT STRATEGY Requests from hiring managers. Useless resumes from now unavailable candidates. A soiled reputation from previous layoffs. Increased turnover. As this article from the Electronic Recruiting Exchange explains, these are all part of the possible scenario an organization may face if they do not take the time now to develop a "talent strategy" for their human resources. A talent strategy is complex and can only be executed correctly with the cooperation of the human resources, compensation, career development, training, succession planning, and finance groups of an organization. From here, a talent strategy has four main components: Creating a forecast of demand Developing a deep knowledge of the supply of key talent Developing guidelines for deciding when to hire or develop talent Deciding on tactics and executing a coordinated process. To learn more about how to develop your talent strategy click on the link below to read the full article. Talent Strategy We welcome your feedback on these articles. Please e-mail us at enewsletter@mandrake.ca . top

A wrap-up of stock activity and major appointments, organized by industry.
COMMUNICATIONS	Courtesy of Mandrake
Appointments
- Rachel Fox to Cossette as Account Director. - Angela Harvey to BC3 as Strategic Planner. - Melissa Maister to Draft Advertising as Account Director. - Cam Landell to Big House Communications as Vice President, Director of Client Services. - Geoff Starr to Palmer Jarvis DDB as Account Director. - Lisa Ann McGillivray and Lisa Marcelli to BOS as Account Directors. - Lisa Lavecchia to Enterprise Creative Selling as Account Director. - Bob Armstrong, Vice-President and Media Director of Cormark MacPhee Communications Solutions, is elected President of the Leading Independent Agency Network (LIAN). - Jennifer Morozowich to Echo Advertising and Marketing as Account Director for the Toronto Blue Jays. - Don Sagarese to Belladonna Communications as Director, Development, Brand and Marketing Counsel. - Brian Cobbe to Coastal Media Group as President. - Diane Wysocki to Publicis Dialog as Vice-President and General Manger. - Alex Nichols to Clickhouse Media as Vice-President of Major Accounts. - Helen Stone to GCI Group as Senior Account Director. - Sarah Gratta promoted within DCC Communications to Account Director. - Chris Williams to VBDI as Director of Interactive Marketing. - Nolan Berg to Adculture Group as Client Director. - Louis Régimbal is named a Partner and Head of Montreal operations of Diesel Marketing's new Think Tank office. - Lisa Hudson promoted within MaxxMedia to Associate Media Director. Irene Corke is appointed Vice President and Group Media Director. - Derek Lackey to Motivus Inc.'s new full service ad agency Madrigal Masaccio Communications Inc. as President and CEO. - Steve Kennedy to Grey Worldwide Northwest as Vice-President, Director of Client Services. - Jason Lee to Wasserman and Partners Advertising as Art Director. - Jerry Kuleba and Joe Shyllit have taken positions as Creative Partners with Padulo Integrated in addition to their existing positions as Partners and Creative Directors of their agency Kuleba & Shyllit. - Shawn King to MT&L Advertising and Public Affairs as Art Director. - Paule Bélanger to PALM Publicité Marketing in Montreal as Group Head, Creative. - Don Embree to Brandworks Marketing Communications as Creative Director. - Greg Trinier to DCC Communications as Senior Art Director. - Gary Oakley to Nexient Solutions as Chief Creative Officer. - Nick Law to R/GA as Creative Director. - FCB Direct has made several appointments. Vikki Kuzmich and Kevin Weagle join as Director of Production, and Senior Art Director, respectively. And Dina Lompa is promoted to Associate Creative Director.
Stock activity	Courtesy of Mandrake

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CONSUMER GOODS	Courtesy of Mandrake
Appointments
- David Perkins is promoted to President of Molson USA. Michael Downey assumes Perkins former role of President of Molson Ontario/West, in addition to his current global marketing responsibilities. - Michael Rodgers to Interbrew as Vice-President, Human Resources, Interbrew North America.
Stock activity	Courtesy of Mandrake

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FINANCIAL SERVICES	Courtesy of Mandrake
Appointments
- Jerome Hass to Montrusco Bolton Inc. as Senior Analyst, International Equities. - Robert J. Millar to CKF Inc. as President & Chief Operating Officer. - Stephen Powell to Royal Bank of Canada to head an investment banking team focusing on retailing, food service and restaurants. - Frank Belvedere to Montrusco Bolton Inc. as Vice-President, Alternative Investments. - Michel Vidricaire to Acuity Funds Ltd. as Executive Vice-President, Institutional & Private Wealth. - Jeffery T. Stubbs to Securitas Canada as Chief Financial Officer. - Ian Hawkins to Walker Credit Canada Limited as Vice-President, Credit and Funding. - Burgundy Asset Management Ltd. has announced several appointments. Allan MacDonald and Stephen Mitchell are promoted to Senior Vice Presidents. David Vanderwood is appointed Vice President. And Franca DeBartolo is promoted to Vice President. - Janet Wrightman is promoted within Farm Credit Canada (FCC) to Executive Vice-President and Chief Operating Officer. Rick Hoffman is appointed Vice-President and Controller. - Jim Meek and Claude Norfolk are both appointed to the role of Senior Vice President, International Banking at Scotiabank. - David C. Foster to iPerformance Fund Corp. as Senior Vice President, Regional Sales Manager.
Stock activity	Courtesy of Mandrake

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INTERNET SERVICES	Courtesy of Mandrake
Appointments
- Bo Manning to Pivotal Corp. as Chief Executive. - Faye S. Baggiano to BCE Emergis as President of the North American eHealth Solutions Group. - Willem Galle to Descartes Systems Group Inc. as Chief Operating Officer. - Tom Manley to Cognos Inc. as Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President of Finance and Administration. - Dean Hopkins is appointed President of Cyberplex. - Jeff Krieble and Gayle Stephens to Travelbyus as Senior Vice-President of Sales and Marketing, and Vice-President of Marketing, respectively. - Peter Evans to PlateSpin as Vice-President of Marketing & Strategy. - Doug Burke to Simile Software as President and CEO. - Alexsis de Raadt-St. James to Commerce One, Inc. as Senior Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer. - Bill Dewes and Kathy Graves to Nuance as Vice President and Controller, and Vice President of Worldwide Partners and Alliances, respectively. - Steven Schofield to Microforum Inc. as Chief Executive Officer and Director. - Subroto Bagchi to MindTree as Vice Chairman and President of North American operations.
Stock activity	Courtesy of Mandrake

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TECHNOLOGY	Courtesy of Mandrake
Appointments
- Dr. Yuri Erokhin to Ibis Technology Corporation as Vice President of Wafer Technology. - Allan Bulckaert to Trojan Technologies Inc. as President and Chief Executive Officer, effective Oct. 1, 2001. Current President and CEO H.J. (Hank) Vander Laan is appointed Chairman. - Dan Pepper to AppStream, Inc. as Vice President of Sales. - Salil Donde to Ascent Computing Group Inc. as President and a member of the Board of Directors. - Gregory M. Teesdale to AuthenTec, Inc. as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. - Richard Guha to AppStream, Inc. as Executive Vice President of Marketing. - John Brewer to Nitronex Corporation as Vice President of Product Marketing, Wireless Applications.
Stock activity

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TELECOMMUNICATIONS	Courtesy of Mandrake
Appointments
- Kimberly Servas to Universal Access as Senior Vice President of Product Development and Marketing. - Trudi Blair to ARBROS Communications, Inc. as Senior Vice President of Marketing. - Kenneth W. Noack to Comdial Corporation as Senior Vice President of Operations. - Damian Chmelar to Exario Networks as National Vice President of Sales. - Stanley T. (Stan) Scheufler to Dyocera Wireless Corp. as Corporate Vice President of Product Management and Marketing. - Duncan McEwan and Greg McCamus to Sprint Canada Inc. as President and Chief Operating Officer, Sprint Canada, and President, Enterprise Communications Solutions, Sprint Canada, respectively. - Steve Brenner to Cambridge VoiceTech as Senior Vice President for Sales. - Stephen M. Wagner to ATSI Communications Inc. as President and Chief Operating Officer. - Per-Arne Sandstrom Ericsson as Chief Operating Officer. - Ralph R. Papitto to Lynch Corporation as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. - Glenn Ehley to AirNet Communications Corporation as President and CEO. - Ken Cranston to Terion as President. - Marc Eaglesham to Epass Canada Inc. as Executive Vice President, Worldwide Operations. - Robert (Bob) Kimball to Televoke, Inc. as Chief Executive Officer. - Brett Azuma to IP Unity, Inc. as Vice President of Marketing. - Nestor Fesas to Bandspeed Inc. as Vice-President of Systems Engineering. - Michael Aquino to ONI Systems Corp. as Vice President of Sales, Americas East. - Tom Norlander and Steve Osborn to BroadCloud Communications Inc. as Vice President of Business Development, and Vice President of Sales, respectively. - James C. Allen to Malibu Networks as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer. - Burton Calloway to ARC Wireless Solutions, Inc. as Executive Vice President of the company's Antennas America Division. - Mario Mannella to TELUS Business Solutions as Vice-President, Marketing. - Michael J. Reedy to Cambrian Communications as Vice President of Marketing. - Michael Corcoran to fSONA Communications Corp. as Vice President of Marketing and Sales. - Ken Murray to Mockingbird Networks as President and Chief Executive Officer. - Hank Perret to Legerity as Vice President of Finance and Administration, and Chief Financial Officer. - Kenneth L. Battie to Unified Signal as Vice President of Finance and Operations. - Michael Gordon to Symmetricom, Inc. as Chief Information Officer and Vice President of Quality. - Art Rosales and Dr. John Konrad to Boeing Satellite Systems (BSS) as Vice President of Commercial Programs, and Vice President of Commercial Marketing and Sales, respectively. - Joseph D. Livingston to Reliable Power Systems as President and Chief Executive Officer. - John Hager to Solid Systems Inc. as Chief Executive Officer. - John F. Rogers to Fitel Technologies, Inc. as Chief Executive Officer. - Michael R. Johnson to Farmstead Telephone Group, Inc. - Jim Fanella to Cyberplex Inc. as President.
Stock activity	Courtesy of Mandrake

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