Adweek

By Andrew McMains

If the ad industry gets a failing grade for nurturing talent, why stay inside “church” to find a new talent chief? That’s the premise behind Arnold's latest top-level hire: global chief talent officer Patti Clifford.

At Arnold, Clifford, will focus on instituting best practices for retaining and developing staffers—an area that agencies generally have neglected in recent years, leading to talent erosion that Arnold global CEO Andrew Benett documented in research he presented to the 4A’s last year. Clifford will fulfill the same role at Arnold parent company Havas as well.

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