H&S | CEO Elizabeth Harrison on World's Most Successful Agencies Podcast

We loved listening to H&S’s CEO Elizabeth Harrison on PR Council’s second podcast episode this month! The episode, titled Delivering Positive Experiences to Build a Diverse Team, features Elizabeth speaking on H&S’s diverse organization and how that contributes to the agency’s overall success. The firm boasts a leadership team that is 70% diverse and has attracted and retained diverse talent at all levels.

Elizabeth launched H&S 24 years ago. During her tenure as CEO, she has worked with iconic brands across multiple categories, and under her leadership the agency has seen robust growth with large global clients such as Bacardi, Booking.com, Fairmont, and OMEGA, as well as affecting positive cultural change, hiring diverse talent, increasing profit growth and maintaining 88% client retention. Through creating positive experiences for diverse employees, Elizabeth has managed to cultivate a diverse workplace that values each other and the work that they do together.

H&S | CEO Elizabeth Harrison on The PRovoke Podcast

H&S CEO Elizabeth Harrison was recently featured on The PRovoke Podcast by PRovoke Media. The episode is titled Ageism In the PR Industry With Elizabeth Harrison, and addresses how the industry has always been faced with ageism and demographic discrimination of all kinds. PRovoke Media's latest data shows that in North America only 57% of PR agency employees believe the industry provides opportunities for those 50+. We’re proud of and grateful for Elizabeth shining light on this issue and talking through ways that we can all aim to create a better and more inclusive future for PR professionals everywhere.

“I would encourage any woman over 50 to own it. Own your age. Own your experience….You can walk into a room and own the room the same way a man can. If you have the confidence, you can be the most powerful person in the room.”

— Elizabeth Harrison, The PRovoke Podcast

“You spend the first part of your career wishing you looked older and taken more seriously. People aren’t taking you seriously enough because you don’t have the experience. And then you spend the latter half wishing people would not consider you too old to do the job.”

— Elizabeth Harrison, The PRovoke Podcast