CHICAGO: About a dozen staffers have left GolinHarris' Chicago office a year after the agency restructured around four specialty groups.

GolinHarris CEO Fred Cook said the departing employees did not fit well into the new roles created at the firm.

Last year, the Interpublic Group agency set in motion a redesign based on four areas of expertise rather than traditional PR silos. The new agency structure, called the “g4 model,” brought an end to the standard hierarchy of job titles ...