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NEW YORK, May 14, 2021 /PRNewswire/ A new study on diversity, equity and inclusion in the workplace shows a divide between corporate efforts to advance DE&I and the lived experiences of many employees. Change management consultancy United Minds report,
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion: A People Imperative, finds that many employees are either doubtful or uncertain about the effectiveness of their employer s DE&I efforts, and that even amid heightened attention on the importance of advancing DE&I, bad behavior and lack of commitment persists within organizations.
Key findings include:
Nearly half of employees surveyed (47 percent) report that they have personally experienced and/or witnessed discrimination, harassment and/or microaggressions in their current organizations. Notably, 24 percent of employees who have experienced discrimination, harassment and/or microaggressions are considering leaving their organization in the next year �
/PRNewswire/ Weber Shandwick was recognized as Canadian Agency of the Year at PRovoke s 2021 North America SABRE Awards, held in a virtual ceremony Tuesday.
 Lisa Osborne Ross PR Week
Edelman â a leading global PR firm â has named Lisa Osborne Ross as its new U.S. CEO, who becomes the first Black woman to lead a large global agency.
Ross will begin her new post May 3 at the firm, which boasts $540 million in U.S. revenue, 13 offices and more than 2,300 employees across the nation. She was previously U.S. chief operating officer of Edelman.
She will report to Matthew Harrington, global president and chief operating officer. Edelmanâs current U.S. president and CEO, Russell Dubner, has been named global vice chairman and chair of the newly formed Edelman Trust Institute.
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WASHINGTON, April 8, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Weber Shandwick, one of the world s leading global communications and marketing solutions firms, today announced the appointment of Trish Taylor as executive vice president and lead of the agency s Healthcare practice in Washington, D.C. Most recently, Taylor, who holds a doctorate in social and health psychology, served as executive vice president of Hager Sharp s Health practice.
Taylor will leverage her more than 20 years of experience working across government, nonprofit and private sector clients on national public education, awareness and behavior change campaigns in her new role. She will counsel clients on patient advocacy and public health campaigns that accelerate health behaviors, public affairs programs that impact healthcare policy and health provider education initiatives that enhance healthcare delivery.
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NEW YORK, March 10, 2021 /PRNewswire/ As vaccinations begin to accelerate, the months ahead present among the most profound and crucial communications challenges for business leaders. To answer the challenge, Weber Shandwick, a leading global communications and marketing solutions firm, is launching Plan Vx – a custom offering that draws on the agency s extensive vaccination and public health communications experience to help manage the complex internal and external communications required. As part of the offering and the agency s effort to democratize guidance for successfully communicating around this issue, Weber Shandwick is making a playbook publicly available that provides best practices and resources to organizations of any size.