Launched at IMEX America, the Events Industry Council’s Pathways initiative connects career discovery, skills development, professional credentials and mentorship, offering associations and employers a framework for building a sustainable workforce. IMEX America, Las Vegas, USA — The Events Industry Council (EIC) has launched Pathways, a workforce initiative designed to help people enter, develop and sustain careers in the global business events industry. Announced at IMEX America in Las Vegas on 13 October, the initiative brings programmes, resources and partnerships into a connected strategy spanning four career stages: Discover, Develop, Advance and Lead. Its significance extends beyond recruitment. Pathways positions workforce […]

A senior mentor can open doors, but simply making the connection does not guarantee development. ULI Singapore’s Young Leaders Group offers a different model: define the mentee’s development need first, then build the mentoring relationship around it. SINGAPORE — Most association mentorship programmes follow a familiar structure: match a younger member with a senior one and assume that proximity to experience will produce development. Urban Land Institute (ULI) Singapore’s Young Leaders Group takes a different approach, and the distinction is worth examining. The ULI Singapore YLG Mentorship Programme, running from April to October 2026, asks applicants to choose one of […]

Publishing a remuneration figure may satisfy a disclosure requirement, but it does not necessarily tell stakeholders whether leadership pay is justified. Singapore’s latest Directorship Report highlights why meaningful transparency requires more than a number — it requires clarity on how pay is structured, linked to performance and ultimately determined. Singapore — More than two years after SGX made individual director remuneration disclosure mandatory for listed companies, the Singapore Institute of Directors has found that while compliance has more than doubled, a meaningful gap remains between disclosing a number and providing the information stakeholders need to assess whether leadership is being […]