How to be a great sponsor
As a senior leader, you have been asked to be a sponsor for a high-potential employee your company is seeking to develop and retain as part of its diversity-and-inclusion efforts. You agree, because you believe retaining underrepresented talent is important. And you are always willing to help young talent succeed, anyway; it’s the fun part of your job. You probably already sponsor a few people, but being assigned someone to sponsor is different. You may know the employee’s reputation, but you don’t know anything regarding his or her real strengths and limitations or ambitions.
STRATEGY + BUSINESS
News Media Canada Calls on New Heritage Minister to Move Swiftly to Level the Playing Field Between Digital Platforms and News Publishers
News Media Canada, representing hundreds of trusted print and digital titles in every province and territory, welcomed the appointment of the Honourable Pablo Rodriguez as Minister of Canadian Heritage.
FINANCIAL POST
Island economic summit speakers to discuss disruption, digital innovation, doughnut economy
This year’s summit happens Tuesday to Thursday, Oct. 26-28, but instead of a gathering of presenters and attendees and between-session exhibits at the Vancouver Island Conference Centre, COVID-19 pandemic safeguards have disrupted those plans and pushed the event online and virtual for the second year running.
NANAIMO NEWS
NO FLIPPING: CANADIANS NOW CLICKING
More than half of consumers say they’re going to watch as much TV as they did during the pandemic, even as restrictions loosen.
A recent survey explored TV viewing behaviours and preferences and how the pandemic accelerated the ongoing shift to TV streaming.
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