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Hi. I'm Nick Marshall.
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Oh, I've heard
a lot about you, Nick.
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-I've heard a lot about you too.
-Don't worry, can't all be true.
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[ Chuckling ]
Let's hope not.
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Hey.
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Hey, standing room only.
It's a first.
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I'm very, very excited for you all
to meet Darcy McGuire.
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-[Applause]
-Darcy's extraordinary reputation...
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as a leader in the field
precedes her.
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At B.B.D. & O., Darcy led
a creative team...
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that snagged $500 million
in new business wins.
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And that was
just last year alone.
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At Sloane-Curtis, we've prided
ourselves on our strategic thinking.
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Now it's time for us to step up
and prove ourselves creatively...
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in the marketplace.
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And l'm thrilled that Darcy
has consented to move across town,
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join our team and lead us
into the 21st century.
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- [ Chuckles ]
- [Applause]
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Thank you, Dan.
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And thank you all
for that warm welcome.
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Let me start off by saying
the feeling is mutual.
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I am absolutely
thrilled to be here.
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When I first started
in this business, it was my dream...
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to work at Sloane-Curtis.
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I even believe I applied
for a job here twice.
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- Somebody call personnel.
- [ Laughter ]
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But it was B.B.D. & O.
that offered me a home.
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And what I learned there
was that any success I had...
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was a direct result of the team
of people that I work with.
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I know that two heads
are better than one.
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I know that five heads
are better than two.
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And I know that if we put our heads
and our hearts into this company,
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we will deliver,
I know that.
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Now, I love challenges.
I love hard work.
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I look forward to sitting at this
very table tossing ideas around...
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until what I fear will be
the wee hours of the morning.
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I want the work we do
to say something about who we are.
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- How we think, what we feel.
- I'm sorry.
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[ Coughs ]
Excuse me.
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So, as our friends in Hollywood say,
''Let's cut to the chase.''
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How are we gonna turn
this company around ?