VMLY&R Podcasts

Rashel Hughley is our new director of employee experience and joined our Kansas City office on the very first day of the stay at home order in the city. Rashel and Beth spoke about everything going on in the world right now and how to navigate some of the pressures and overcome fear.

They also spoke about how individuals measure success and why this may look different for various people. Rashel is also a working mother and spoke about strategies that work for her when it comes to navigating the pressure to be a great mother at the same time as being great at her job.

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Tracy Moore and Alan Schieber discuss the differences between gender and sexual orientation, the importance of compassion and living life as your true self. Listen to their personal stories and experiences as non-binary and pansexual members of the LGBTQ+ community.

The conversation shared on this episode sheds light into two individuals’ experiences navigating their own gender and sexuality and is not meant to represent the entire community or all non-binary and/or transgender people.

VMLY&R Proudly Said is a podcast series designed to give listeners a deeper insight into the LGBTQ+ community - free of judgement and full of pride.

Beth recently sat down with Jacquelyn Baker from our Cincinnati office. Jacquelyn is commerce practice lead at VMLY&R but like so many of us, she wears many hats. She has amazing experience, both agency and client-side, leading teams for some of our biggest eCommerce clients.

Jacquelyn has had an incredible career so far, so I wanted to speak to her about her journey, role models in her life, and the role mentorship has played in her career. As two working moms, we also touched on the importance of creating a work-life balance

This episode is packed of loads of great advice I know you’ll enjoy .

For a very important episode of Women Around the World, Beth Wade passed the microphone over to Claire Charruau, marketing director, EMEA, to host the podcast live from VMLY&R London.

Claire sat down with Lindsay Pattison, chief client officer at WPP, Nancy Lengthorn, head of inclusion and belonging at WPP UK & MediaCom and Eileen Hanna, Baileys Europe marketing manager at Diageo. The women discussed this year’s International Women’s Day theme: Each for Equal and what it meant to them.

They also touched on ways to make a positive impact on gender equality and how we bring everyone further into the conversation. Finally, they shared some personal tips and practices for staying grounded, taking care of your mental and physical health and practicing self-compassion.

Take a listen and enjoy this wonderful episode of Women Around the World.

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On Beth's last visit to Europe, she got to catch up with Arzu Unal. Arzu is chief executive officer of our VMLY&R Turkey office.

Beth chatted to Arzu about the incredible journey to becoming a CEO, her determination, stepping out of the comfort zone, and having the self-confident to lead.

Arzu is passionate about mentoring young women throughout their university years. She spoke to Beth about the incredible work she is doing with a number of organizations to provide amazing opportunities to young females in Turkey.

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William Brown, Roy Milton, and David Seymour sit down to discuss issues that impact black communities and how they run parallel to the LGBTQ+ community. Listen to their personal stories as an ally and queer people of color. VMLY&R Proudly Said is a podcast series designed to give listeners a deeper insight into the LGBTQ+ community - free of judgment and full of pride.

Recently Beth joined our EMEA leadership team in London for some planning meetings. Whilst there, she sat down with Simona Maggini. Simona is chief executive officer for VMLY&R Italy.

Simona's leadership has been recognized for her incredible transformation of the office from a traditional agency model into an agency of the future. Just in the past year, NC awards had named her 'manager of the year'.

Throughout her career, Simona has lived in a number of cities across Europe and was able to speak to various cultural challenges for women across different countries. We also spoke a lot about collaborative leadership and forming valuable partnerships with other leaders beyond gender.

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Co-owners Buck and Joey own the Kansas City boutique "ULAH" (seen on Netflix's Queer Eye). Listen as they share their POV on the LGBTQ+ culture and entrepreneurship.

Recently, agency leaders from across the VMLY&R global network travelled to Kansas City for our annual leadership conference. The four-day event featured strategic leadership meetings, in-depth presentations, panel discussions, and inspirational guest speakers. During the week Beth got to sit down with Natalia Romanenko, Lucy Wilson, Ha Nguyen, Lianne Rodriguez for a live recording of Women Around the World.

They are such an inspiring group of female leaders from four different corners of our network, Moscow, Sydney, Ho Chi Minh City and Miami. In front of a live audience, the ladies discussed their various career paths, the inspiration behind getting to a leadership position, significant barriers they have overcome, work-life balance and mentorship.

Thank you for listening to Women Around the World in 2019, Have a wonderful holiday break and ensure to tune back in as we continue to travel the world and meet more incredible women leaders in our network throughout 2020.

Beth recently visited some of our offices across Australia and New Zealand, while there she got a chance to catch up with Natalie Frischknecht, our practice and capability director based out of the Sydney Office.

Natalie had the opportunity to attend this year's WPP Walk the Talk, a two-day conference addressing gender diversity in our industry. They spoke about everything she learnt during her time there including, facing and embracing your vulnerabilities.

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