Episode 37: Bonus Episode: Life Admin – with Amy Lockmiller and Jessica Onick

Episode 37: Bonus Episode: Life Admin – with Amy Lockmiller and Jessica Onick Welcome to the Communications Business Advisor™ podcast with host Tara McDonagh. In this bonus episode, Tara sits down with Raise the Tide™ members (and life admin evangelists) Amy Lockmiller and Jessica Onick to talk about something most senior communicators quietly struggle with: the invisible workload of […]
Episode 36: You Don’t Suck at Networking (Plus Some News)

Episode 36: You Don’t Suck at Networking (Plus Some News) Welcome to the Communications Business Advisor™ podcast with host, Tara McDonagh. In this episode, Tara gets real about one of the biggest myths she hears from women regularly: that they “suck at networking.” Spoiler alert, they don’t. They just don’t network like men. Tara explains how traditional, […]
Episode 29: Raise the Tide – The Women Communications Leadership Community and More

Episode 29: Raise the Tide – The Women Communications Leadership Community and More Episode 29 of the Communications Business Advisor™ podcast with host, Tara McDonagh, dives into Raise the Tide™, a program for women leaders and emerging leaders in the communications field working in a corporate (or related) environment. Tara unpacks exactly what Raise the Tide™ […]
Episode 23: What About the Women? Revisited

Episode 23: What About the Women? Revisited This one was first released last year and listening to it again, I was struck by how relevant it still is. If you’re a woman in this field, or just interested in learning more about the unique challenges women in this field face … maybe you manage them […]
Episode 22: Love (& Hate) for Communications

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 […]
Episode 17: How to Work with Tara

Episode 17: How to Work with Tara Welcome to another episode of the Communications Business Advisor™ podcast with your host, Tara McDonagh. In this episode, Tara delves into the ways Communications leaders and their teams in Corporate environments work with her and her company, Tara McDonagh Communications (TMC). TMC Consulting Tara provides a glimpse into the […]
Episode 5: What About the Women?

Episode 5: What About the Women? Women dominate the Communications field in numbers, but not in leadership roles. Why? Couple gender bias together with our misunderstood and oversimplified field and we have a fight on our hands. In this episode of The Communication Business Advisor Podcast, Tara McDonagh explains: Equal Pay Day and International Women’s […]