Episode 10: The Agency Impact in Corporate Communications

Episode 10: The Agency Impact in Corporate Communications “If we set up our structures to match what agencies look like, we lose something significant in our partnership, thinking, and actions. Most importantly, our field continues to lose the battle for treatment as a critical function, a critical business function, not a service area.” –Tara McDonagh […]
Episode 9: The Next Dirty “P” Word…Prioritizing

Episode 9: The Next Dirty “P” Word…Prioritizing “It became really clear what we could do and do well with the resources that we had, and those were limited resources. And I never stopped talking about what we could do with more.” –Jessica Onick The dirty word on this episode of the podcast is “prioritization.” Host, […]
Episode 8: The First Dirty ‘P’ Word…Process

Episode 8: The First Dirty ‘P’ Word…Process Process––you’re not alone if that word makes you cringe. You may find processes stifling to your creativity or just generally something that’s a necessary evil. On this episode of the Communications Business Advisor podcast, Tara challenges the way we think about processes. It’s time to turn the dirty […]
Episode 7: All Things Measurement

Episode 7: All Things Measurement “If you’re not measuring, you don’t know if you’re successful.” –Natalie Papaj Host, Tara McDonagh talks with guest Natalie Papaj, VP of Communications at Wells Fargo to answer listener questions about measurement in Communications – internal and external. In this episode of the Communications Business Advisor Podcast, Tara and Natalie […]
Episode 4: Missing the Metrics

Episode 4: Missing the Metrics Metrics are a massive subject for all Communications leaders in every area of our field – PR, internal communications, executive communications – you name it. In this episode of The Communication Business Advisor podcast, Tara McDonagh explains: The area of metrics she sees many Communications teams miss. How to approach […]
Episode 2: Communication Leader’s Top Problems & Fixing Them

Episode 2: Communication Leader’s Top Problems & Fixing Them Overworked, understaffed, under-resourced, and overwhelmed. Sound about right? It’s a common description for Communications leaders working in a corporate environment. In this episode of The Communications Business Advisor Podcast, Tara McDonagh emphasizes the need to align communications’ work with company business goals through a long-term strategy, […]
Episode 1: Edit Business Decisions

Episode 1: Edit Business Decisions The most important work we do as professional communicators, meaning PR, Internal Comm. Public Affairs and related fields, lies in advancing business goals and protecting brands using the lens of Communications to advise. In this powerful first episode of the Communications Business Advisor Podcast, host Tara McDonagh guides listeners through […]