PRWeek Coffee Break

Coffee Break with Steve Hirsch, CEO, founding & managing partner, Hirsch Leatherwood.

Episode Notes

This week on Coffee Break, Hirsch reveals the secret sauce inside his new versatile, agile, generalist agency. 

Hirsch, together with Evan Leatherwood (duos at SJR, Hill+ Knowlton and WPP), set up their very own shop in December 2020. Today, with a staff of 20 based out of an office in midtown Manhattan and a suite of services steeped in media relations, content and strategic comms, the agency is thriving. In this week’s Coffee Break, Hirsch opines on talent recruitment, the tech boom migration and creating a flexible culture that embraces a positive work/life balance. 

Podcast topics

- Creating a small team of nimble, versatile, generalists with the ability to create efficiencies, greater value and engagement.  

- Experimenting with the work week to avoid burnout and integrating programs to ensure success for every member of the team.

- The tech boom migration from Silicon Valley to Miami, Austin, LA and Canada too!

- Hirsch Leatherwood’s tactics for less fire drills and work-free weekends.

- Why investing in talent will become even more crucial for building out teams, culture and attracting long-term growth.