Episode 22: Love (& Hate) for Communications

Welcome to Episode 22 of the Communications Business Advisor™ podcast with your host, Tara McDonagh. This week, Tara explores the love and frustration many communications professionals feel for their field. She candidly discusses challenges like small teams, underfunded departments, and underappreciation, while also talking about the emotional highs of getting that seat at the decision-making table as an underdog and knowing we made a difference.

The Trials and Triumphs of Communications Leadership 

• Tara dives into how ambitious overachievers are drawn to this field.  Not because it’s easy. But because it’s hard. 
• She addresses the frustrations of limited resources, paired with the satisfaction of being the underdog who positions communications as a key advisory function – and delivers. 
• Tara challenges professionals to stop seeing leadership opportunities as a privilege and start treating them as the norm. 
• Listeners will leave inspired to advocate for their teams and reframe their mindset around their role as an essential business leader. 

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This episode is proudly sponsored by the Raise the Tide™ program, elevating the Communications field and the women in it.

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