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Thank You, Mr. Burson

PRSay

Consider that when he teamed with ad executive Bill Marsteller in 1953, the largest PR firm was Hill & Knowlton with about 100 employees. Mr. Burson attributed his success in leadership to “hiring better people and letting them do their thing.” He also took responsibility for employees who didn’t make it at Burson-Marsteller.

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How to build better relations with employees

PR Conversations

Next, it is interesting that Earnshaw’s chapter title focuses on relationships with employees, where the 2014 text has a more functionalist title. The first notable difference in these two works is that Earnshaw is an outsider; the modern authors are practitioners in the field.

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Sending Deskless Workers Relevant Communications That Make Work Better

PRSay

Limeade was a proud sponsor of Connect 19 — the PRSA Employee Communications Section’s annual conference. Despite the traditional image of an employee at a desk in an office, a significant proportion of today’s workforce is deskless. A recent report estimated that deskless employees make up 80 percent of the global workforce.

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Joyful Workplaces: The Surprising Edge Happiness Gives to Your Business

Stern + Associates

Organizational leaders are increasingly recognizing that employee happiness is an important goal,” says Elizabeth Dunn, Ph.D., If you have happy employees, you’re going to have less turnover and you’re going to have more productive, committed workers.” Why is it so important for business leaders to recognize what makes people happy

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Top 10 Reasons To Work At A PR Firm

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

As part of the group, young employees learn how to cooperate, delegate and support each other. A team project fosters give and take, building on an idea to improve it or learning to take constructive criticism if warranted. Teamwork in a PR firm encourages staff to become more familiar with one another and learn how to work together.

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The Ugly Truth

PR in High Definition

However, many people find the brutal truth intensely painful and can’t find anything constructive in the criticism or conversation. What do your employees think? Some of us thrive in these situations, as it gives us a reason and a way to improve and better ourselves. The criticism spurs some on to a greater future.

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The Power of Local Knowledge: Why Product Development Should Start with Listening to Your Community

Stern + Associates

A pioneer in fusing social work, communications and data science, and the most cited and recognized scholar studying how groups constructed online can influence behavior offline, Patton helps organizations create processes that connect employees with customers, enabling their products to affect people more broadly.

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