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 Leadership

Marketwired promotes Delaney to chief executive

May 07, 2013

TORONTO: Marketwired has promoted COO Jim Delaney to CEO weeks after it rebranded from Marketwire.
 

Solid growth under diverse leadership

May 01, 2013

One regular observation about PRWeek's Agency Business Report is that the big agency profiles feature a gallery of principally white middle-aged men. This year I'm pleased to say things are changing and the top levels of PR firms better represent the gender makeup of the industry.
 

Omnicom Group reorganizes DAS leadership team

April 02, 2013

NEW YORK: Omnicom Group has reshuffled the leadership team of its Diversified Agency Services division, naming president and CEO Dale Adams chairman and CEO, while CFO John Doolittle has assumed the additional role of president.
 

Why is the advancement of women so important for PR?

Gail Becker, Edelman March 27, 2013

I once had the pleasure of hearing former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright share a memorable story about her granddaughter to a captive audience at TED Women.
 

Allison+Partners promotes West Coast executives

February 27, 2013

SAN FRANCISCO: Allison+Partners has restructured its West Coast team, promoting a number of its staffers.
 

Davos Roundtable: Global emergence

February 25, 2013

Senior leaders convened at this MSLGroup-hosted gathering to discuss PR's growing role in shaping the key issues highlighted at this year's World Economic Forum.
 

Students shouldn't wait to develop leadership skills

Bruce Berger, University of Alabama February 22, 2013

A lot of supervisors are practicing leadership without benefit of training or development. However, there's no need to wait to be "given" leadership training.
 

Bite appoints GMs in New York, San Francisco

February 11, 2013

NEW YORK: Bite has promoted SVPs Alisa MacDonnell and Will Willis to GMs of its San Francisco and New York offices, respectively.
 

Huntsworth taps Edelman's Pedersen to lead Grayling

Alec Mattinson, PRWeek UK February 05, 2013

Huntsworth has hired Edelman's Pete Pedersen as global CEO of Grayling.
 

Telling one story

February 01, 2013

Comms and marketing units are being integrated to create cohesive strategies, but do the opportunities outweigh the challenges?
 

H+K ups Morales to US consumer, marcomms lead

January 24, 2013

NEW YORK: Hill+Knowlton Strategies has promoted Sergio Morales, SVP and head of its New York consumer and sports marketing practice, to US consumer and marketing communications practice leader, effective immediately.
 

Mutuality and trust are key to lasting, sustainable relationships

Maril MacDonald, Gagen MacDonald January 01, 2013

In developing Gagen MacDonald's online leadership community, I've interviewed some of the most admired and inspiring executives and business and academic thinkers.
 

The PR firm of tomorrow is here today

Michael Lasky, Davis & Gilbert December 07, 2012

The PR firm of tomorrow will be organized around the delivery and implementation of big ideas to their clients and stakeholders. This will change what PR agencies do and how they describe their services.
 

Lowdown: Leadership qualities

December 01, 2012

The digital revolution has served as a change agent for both the PR industry and its leaders.
 

Video: Todd Defren, Shift Communications

November 30, 2012

Shift Communications CEO Todd Defren talks with PRWeek news editor Frank Washkuch about the firm's restructured leadership and employee stock ownership plan.
 

Tough task for Diamond in the advertising rough

November 16, 2012

At 2pm on Tuesday afternoon I wrote this as part of the Editors' Choice feature that is running in PRWeek's December print issue: "Industry watchers wonder what Weber Shandwick CEO Harris Diamond's next move will be in the Interpublic empire, especially with so many changes afoot on the advertising side of that network."
 

Thought leadership is more than having a point of view

Beth Monaghan, InkHouse November 05, 2012

The PR community throws around the term "thought leadership" to mean everything from whitepapers to tradeshow exhibits to speaking engagements and more.
 

Kraft, Mondelez set up comms units after split

November 02, 2012

NORTHFIELD, IL: Kraft Foods has restructured its communications leadership after splitting into two businesses on October 1.
 

Women, leadership, and the PR world

Charlotte Sherry, Women in Leadership October 24, 2012

PR is an attractive career option for women: 70% of PR professionals in America, 69% in Canada, and 64% in the UK are women. This is a huge increase from the 1970s, when women in the US comprised only 27% of the PR workforce.
 

Virgin America merges PR, marketing departments

October 12, 2012

SAN FRANCISCO: Virgin America has merged its PR and marketing teams to create a combined marcomms department.
 

A blueprint for engaging and communicating with employees

Sheila Kindig, FTI Consulting October 01, 2012

While the case has been made that employee engagement is inextricably linked to company performance, the real challenge is designing a program that delivers desired performances.
 

Shake-up at Kreab Gavin Anderson following CEO exit

September 27, 2012

STOCKHOLM: Kreab Gavin Anderson has restructured its global leadership team following the departure of CEO Richard Constant in June.
 

Burson creates leadership team, names Przybyski COO

September 20, 2012

NEW YORK: Newly minted Burson-Marsteller CEO Donald Baer has named his global leadership team, appointing Patrick Przybyski to a dual role as COO of the agency in addition to CFO.
 

Fleurot tweet clarifies MSL's management change

August 31, 2012

If anyone was in any doubt about the real reasons behind the management changes at MSLGroup this week then a tweet from CEO Olivier Fleurot on Wednesday quickly cleared up the confusion.
 

Investors slow to embrace Best Buy's CEO choice

August 20, 2012

Best Buy shares fell Monday following its appointment of Hubert Joly as CEO, showing the company still has ground to cover in reassuring stakeholders of its leadership.
 

Ketchum promotes Lorfink to president, Rafferty named North America CEO

August 14, 2012

NEW YORK: Ketchum has promoted Barri Rafferty to CEO of North America, a new role at the company, and named Rob Lorfink president, effective September 1.
 

Penn moved research to the forefront while at Burson

July 20, 2012

Outgoing Burson-Marsteller global CEO Mark Penn's legacy will be making research an important part of PR work, agency leaders told PRWeek.
 

H+K returns Thorne to COO role as part of realignment

July 19, 2012

NEW YORK: Hill+Knowlton Strategies has appointed vice chairman Mark Thorne global COO, succeeding Ken Luce, who will take on a senior adviser position. The move is part of a realignment of senior roles at the WPP Group firm.
 

Burson's Penn joins Microsoft; Baer named CEO

, July 19, 2012

NEW YORK: Burson-Marsteller global CEO Mark Penn has stepped down from his role at the WPP Group agency. The firm named former Clinton White House communications director Donald Baer to replace him.
 

Tips to get to the CCO's office

Perry Yeatman, Kraft Foods Foundation July 13, 2012

Recently, I had the honor of speaking with an impressive group of aspiring CCOs. The program was sponsored by the Arthur W. Page Society, and it's a great opportunity for our next generation of leaders.
 
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