Episode 50: Fifty Episodes In, Here’s What I Got Wrong
Episode 50: Fifty Episodes In, Here’s What I Got Wrong Fifty episodes in, Tara McDonagh is looking back at some of the things she’s said on the Communications Business Advisor™ Podcast and admitting that she’d say a few of them differently today. The mission hasn’t changed. Tara still believes Communications and the people in it […]
Episode 48: The False Summit
Episode 48: The False Summit Being invited to the decision-making table isn’t the same as being required there. In this episode of the Communications Business Advisor™ Podcast, Tara McDonagh introduces the Communications Team Authority Index, a new framework designed to help communications leaders understand where their teams actually sit on the path from execution to […]
Episode 47: Authority. What this Season was Really about.
Episode 47: Authority. What this Season was Really about. In this season finale of the Communications Business Advisor podcast, Tara McDonagh reflects on the themes that shaped the season and what they ultimately revealed about authority in the communications field. What started as a conversation about authority evolved into something much deeper: the hidden dynamics […]
Episode 46: The Strategy That Isn’t Working
Episode 46: The Strategy That Isn’t Working In this third episode of the strategy series, Tara McDonagh tackles one of the most frustrating realities for communications leaders: you built the communications strategic plan … and it still isn’t working. The issue isn’t always the communications strategy itself. More often, it’s what happens after it’s built. […]
Episode 45: The Strategy That’s Still in Your Head
Episode 45: The Strategy That’s Still in Your Head In this follow-up to the long-term planning conversation, Tara McDonagh tackles a common but critical gap for communications leaders: having a strategy… that only exists in your head. You know where the function needs to go. You’re making decisions based on it every day. But without […]
Episode 44: Long-Term Planning Is Dead (No, It Isn’t)
Episode 44: Long-Term Planning Is Dead (No, It Isn’t) Welcome back to the Communications Business Advisor™ podcast with host Tara McDonagh. In this episode, Tara tackles a narrative that’s gaining traction in the field: that long-term planning no longer works in today’s constantly shifting environment. Her take is clear. That thinking is not only incorrect, […]
Episode 43: Thinking Alone has a Leadership Ceiling
Episode 43: Thinking alone has a leadership ceiling Welcome back to the Communications Business Advisor™ podcast with host Tara McDonagh. In this episode, Tara explores what happens when you’re not in the right room — and how the right room can completely change your thinking, decisions, and authority. Building on recent conversations about isolation and […]
Episode 42: When Helpfulness Becomes a Career Ceiling
Episode 42: When Helpfulness Becomes a Career Ceiling Welcome back to the Communications Business Advisor™ podcast with host Tara McDonagh. In this solo episode, Tara explores a counterintuitive pattern she sees repeatedly in her work with communications leaders: many talented communicators don’t stall in their careers because they’re underperforming. They stall because they’ve become exceptionally […]
Episode 40: Path to CCO+ with Laura Duda
Episode 40: Path to CCO+ with Laura Duda Welcome to the Communications Business Advisor™ podcast with host, Tara McDonagh. In this episode, Tara continues the Path to CCO+ series with Laura Duda, Senior Vice President and Chief Communications Officer at Goodyear. Laura shares what it really means to lead communications at the enterprise level, how […]
Episode 39: Path to CCO with Anthony Farina
Episode 39: Path to CCO with Anthony Farina Welcome to the Communications Business Advisor™ podcast with host Tara McDonagh. In this episode, Tara sits down with Anthony Farina, a seasoned global communications leader whose career spans journalism, government, and corporate communications at the highest levels. Anthony currently leads Corporate Communications for Fujifilm in the Americas […]