Taking on More Responsibility

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Taking on More Responsibility

• Gannett in transition
• September 2008

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changes at the top

• senior local leader position reductions
• Production
• Circulation
• Information Systems
• Finance
• Marketing

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Impacts

• local leaders
• local front line employees
• Publishers
• Regional Directors
• Corporate disciplines

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changing roles for local leaders

• new responsibility of another discipline
• new responsibility of another site
• current responsibilities with a twist

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keys to success

• Front line managers supervisors
• opportunity to be more involved
• counted on more by the local leader
• training and development
• Support from the publisher
• local leaders continue to report to the publisher

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Gannett regional approachEast, South,
Interstate, West

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Regional DirectorsEast, South, Interstate, West

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Regional Directors

• continue current role at his/her own site
• assist publishers in a consulting role
• work with local leaders as needed
• local leader continues to report to Publisher
• work with Corporate VP within discipline
• role to evolve as we work thru this change

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changing roles for local leaders

• new responsibility of another discipline
• new responsibility of another site
• current responsibilities with a twist

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twist do things differently

• Production
• regional toning, ad outsourcing,
• site consolidations
• Circulation
• call centers, delivery partnerships
• Circulation technology routing, e-books
• I/T computer system consolidations
• regional operations MOC POC
• Finance
• national shared services centers

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twist do things differently

• more SOPs
• help with regulation compliance needs
• assistance with suppliers and vendors
• simplify financial budgeting process
• assistance with capital projects
• assistance with project management
• additional resources support
• Regional Directors by discipline
• Continued corporate help by discipline

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Work in process 2 weeks

• change, try things, change things, try again
• openness to new ideas processes
• Publishers view
• Look at direct reports in a new way
• help from Regional Directors as consultants
• Communication will be critical

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Taking on More Responsibility

• Gannett in transition
• September 2008