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Fortune Media CEO Alan Murray, the author of “Tomorrow’s Capitalist: My Search for the Soul of Business,” is the guest on the latest edition of The PR Week podcast. The longtime business journalist discusses how and why businesses are embracing sustainability and social issues — but not in a woke way — as well as the relationship between business and government.  Also on the agenda, the top marketing and communications news of the week, including: -The combative State of the Union address-Corporate and nonprofit response to the horrific earthquake in Turkey and Syria-Holding company results-Marina Maher steps back from the CEO role at her agency-The Super Bowl-The race to own AI-Clean Creatives hijacking the Ad Net Zero U.S. launch Follow us on Twitter: @PRWeekUSReceive the latest industry news, insights, and special reports. Start Your Free 1-Month Trial Subscription To PRWeek PRWeek.comTheme music provided by TRIPLE SCOOP MUSICJaymes - First One Follow us: @PRWeekUSReceive the latest industry news, insights, and special reports. Start Your Free 1-Month Trial Subscription To PRWeek Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

This week’s guest on The PR Week podcast is Ulrike Decoene, group chief communications, brand and sustainability officer at AXA. She talks about the differences in sustainability on both sides of the Atlantic, as well as distinctions in business and geopolitical environments, as well as lending her perspective on the biggest marketing and communications stories of the week, including:- The release of the video of the beating of Tyre Nichols- How Pfizer dealt with a Project Veritas video- Black History Month- A Super Bowl preview… and plenty of agency moves. Follow us on Twitter: @PRWeekUSReceive the latest industry news, insights, and special reports. Start Your Free 1-Month Trial Subscription To PRWeek PRWeek.comTheme music provided by TRIPLE SCOOP MUSICJaymes - First One Follow us: @PRWeekUSReceive the latest industry news, insights, and special reports. Start Your Free 1-Month Trial Subscription To PRWeek Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Featuring:- Phil Nardone, president and CEO, PAN CommunicationsThe pandemic changed – and, frankly, continues to change – so much in all our worlds. Among those shifts: the C-suite’s appreciation of its employees and the need to take care of them holistically.As made crystal clear by PAN Communications’ president and CEO Phil Nardone in his conversation with PRWeek’s Gideon Fidelzeid, this is one of the most crucial undertakings any comms leader can take on – both for the present and the future.The need to embrace technology is clearly nothing new to comms pros. During this podcast, Nardone shares specific thoughts on key tech investments that will help your talent thrive.Culture is another word central to this dialogue. Everyone knows the benefits of a strong culture and the consequences of a weak one. For Nardone, it’s all about creating a “culture of innovation.” He shares what that means and how any entity can go about building it.One of the interesting takeaways from PRWeek’s 2022 Best Places to Work program revolves around annual performance reviews. Entities that scored well overall tended to do well in this area. Those that did not score quite as well overall, lagged behind in this regard. Nardone has some very specific thoughts on this key aspect of employee development.Dedicated career coaching and a true respect for employee feedback were also highlighted during this podcast, one full of counsel and inspiration that will indeed be worth an investment of your time. PRWeek.comTheme music provided by TRIPLE SCOOP MUSICJaymes - First One Follow us: @PRWeekUSReceive the latest industry news, insights, and special reports. Start Your Free 1-Month Trial Subscription To PRWeek Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Penta president Matt McDonald has served as a senior counselor to leaders in the public and private sectors for more than two decades, including former presidents and governors and the late Sen. John McCain (R-AZ). Now he’s at the helm of Penta, which bills itself as “the world’s first comprehensive stakeholder solutions firm.” McDonald joins the latest episode of The PR Week to discuss the biggest marketing and communications news of the week, including: - The possible implications of the Federal Trade Commission doing away with non-compete clauses; - This year’s Dashboard 25 list; - ChatGPT and its implications for business; - The future of work; - More mass job losses across technology and media; - And the main takeaways from the World Economic Forum in Davos.  Follow us on Twitter: @PRWeekUSReceive the latest industry news, insights, and special reports. Start Your Free 1-Month Trial Subscription To PRWeek PRWeek.comTheme music provided by TRIPLE SCOOP MUSICJaymes - First One Follow us: @PRWeekUSReceive the latest industry news, insights, and special reports. Start Your Free 1-Month Trial Subscription To PRWeek Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

The latest guest on The PR Week is none other than the 2023 chair of PRSA and chief communications officer at Alyeska, Michelle Egan. She talks about living and working in Alaska, and the direction she has planned for the industry body for 2023. Plus, she discusses the biggest marketing and communications news of the week, including: -The World Economic Forum in Davos and the Edelman Trust Barometer 2023; -Donna Imperato’s retirement from BCW; -Jim O’Leary’s transition from Edelman to Weber Shandwick; -Dave Samson replacing O’Leary at Edelman; -Ketchum’s new COO and CFO; -New York University’s study on whether PR’s workforce is too liberal Follow us on Twitter: @PRWeekUSReceive the latest industry news, insights, and special reports. Start Your Free 1-Month Trial Subscription To PRWeek. PRWeek.comTheme music provided by TRIPLE SCOOP MUSICJaymes - First One Follow us: @PRWeekUSReceive the latest industry news, insights, and special reports. Start Your Free 1-Month Trial Subscription To PRWeek Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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It’s the first podcast of the new year and with a guest worthy of the occasion: Sean Garrett: founder and convener at Mixing Board. The tech-sector veteran talks about everything from Mixing Board’s unique structure to founding Pramana Collective with other tech comms heavyweights to what the future will hold for Twitter. Plus the biggest news of the week, including: - Southwest Airlines’ holiday disaster; - The NFL’s response to Damar Hamlin’s collapse; - Away’s interesting social media campaign. Follow us on Twitter: @PRWeekUSReceive the latest industry news, insights, and special reports. Start Your Free 1-Month Trial Subscription To PRWeek www.prweek.com PRWeek.comTheme music provided by TRIPLE SCOOP MUSICJaymes - First One Follow us: @PRWeekUSReceive the latest industry news, insights, and special reports. Start Your Free 1-Month Trial Subscription To PRWeek Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

The PR Week takes a look back at its best interviews of the year with this compilation podcast that includes chats with Tim Dyson, Chris Foster, Margot Edelman and more. Follow us on Twitter: @PRWeekUSReceive the latest industry news, insights, and special reports. Start Your Free 1-Month Trial Subscription To PRWeek www.prweek.com PRWeek.comTheme music provided by TRIPLE SCOOP MUSICJaymes - First One Follow us: @PRWeekUSReceive the latest industry news, insights, and special reports. Start Your Free 1-Month Trial Subscription To PRWeek Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Featuring:-Jacob Moon, cofounder and GM, Salt Lake City, Method Communications“It starts at the top. David has been very transparent about sharing personal things [and his lead has set a great tone for us].” Those words are shared by Method Communications cofounder Jacob Moon about his agency’s CEO and other cofounder David Parkinson.The Salt Lake City, Utah-headquartered firm’s selection as a Best Place to Work in PR is notably based on not only the level of transparency from leadership exemplified by Parkinson, but an impressive and easily recognizable commitment to the holistic well-being of all team members.As Moon continues his chat with Gideon Fidelzeid, PRWeek editorial director of custom, it becomes clear that Method is an agency that prioritizes its employees above all else.Based on staff responses to the PRWeek survey upon which the honorees were determined, programs such as Method Matters More and Method Anywhere really make a difference. The latter, in particular, helps explain why the firm scored so well for “being flexible to the point of allowing each employee to have an individualized work arrangement that works best for them (as opposed to mandating one policy for all)”.Another area in which Method scored very well was its mentoring programs. Moon explains how his firm focuses on this – and he does so with great pride. That is a sentiment his team clearly shares about the agency that employs them. PRWeek.comTheme music provided by TRIPLE SCOOP MUSICJaymes - First One Follow us: @PRWeekUSReceive the latest industry news, insights, and special reports. Start Your Free 1-Month Trial Subscription To PRWeek Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Featuring:-Jamie Cooper, VP, global brand PR and influence, Bacardi-Jessica Merz, VP, global corporate comms, Bacardi Perhaps unsurprising, but still gratifying is the fact that the word “team” was used so consistently and often by both Jamie Cooper and Jessica Merz, Bacardi’s VP of global brand PR and influence and VP of global corporate comms, respectively, during this podcast.So many of the things that stand out about Bacardi and its selection as a Best Place to Work in PR come back to that concept of teamwork.As Merz explains to Gideon Fidelzeid, PRWeek editorial director of custom, the desire to contribute to the greater good of the team, as opposed to being a solo star, is one of the key things Bacardi looks for upon hiring anyone. And that collaborative spirit is just as evident, notes Cooper, not only among the two teams, but among Cooper and Merz themselves.The brand got very high marks from its comms team for “recognizing employees for doing a good job.” Cooper notes how leadership really prioritizes this not only as an emotional boost to staffers, but as a key to their constant evolution as professionals.Even with that emphasis on team, the staff also rate Bacardi strongly for its “entrepreneurial” culture. Merz is particularly pleased by this because it is indicative of the creative atmosphere she is helping to build, one in which every single employee feels as if they can contribute meaningfully.Putting the team first, but still allowing individuals to shine. That certainly sounds like a best place to work. PRWeek.comTheme music provided by TRIPLE SCOOP MUSICJaymes - First One Follow us: @PRWeekUSReceive the latest industry news, insights, and special reports. Start Your Free 1-Month Trial Subscription To PRWeek Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.