Elevate the Communications

Function in Your Company

Audits, long-term strategic plans, counsel, and workshops designed for lasting change and increased impact in your department, company, and career.

Elevate the Communications Function in Your , Company

Audits, long-term strategic plans, counsel, and workshops designed for lasting change and increased impact in your department, company, and career.

Move away from being in constant Communications triage to being proactive strategic advisors

It’s time to put a stop to the busy work so you can do the business work that moves the needle forward. With our suite of corporate services, you don’t have to do it on your own. Even superheroes need side-kicks to help save the day.

Communications Audit

Because you can’t see a label from inside the jar.

You’re leading a team in internal and/or external corporate communications and you’re looking for a third-party perspective and actionable advice to improve your team’s function, generate executive-level buy-in, and increase your impact on the business.

The Communications Audit includes:

A thorough and expert review of content, business plans and data to better understand your company goals, team strengths, and areas for both growth and greater impact.
A Communications survey, select interviews, and focus groups to engage with employees, build awareness around the impact of Communications and make the case for areas of investment or improvement inside the corporation.
A thorough Key Findings and Recommendations Report to inform you of the personalized recommendations for development and strategic impact including advice for getting executive leaders on board.

Communications Business Advisor Counsel

Because lasting change requires ongoing commitment.

You are leading your team in Corporate Communications, Internal Communications, or Public Relations and are looking for ongoing counsel. You need a strategic sounding board, a third-party perspective, and expert recommendations from someone who has been in your shoes—and has achieved the results you’re seeking.

The Communications Business Advisor Counsel grants you ongoing access to:

Expert advice customized to your specific company goals and function, team needs, and exec-level obstacles so you can flourish as professional communicators and advisors.
Guidance to support you in leading your team out of triage mode and toward building strategic relationships and achieving executive-level buy-in.
Support to empower your team in making a massive impact in the company by streamlining their approach and advancing their reputation as strategic business advisors.

Communications Long-Term Strategic Plan (and Beyond)

Because it’s as much about building acceptance and alignment with your strategy as it is building the strategy itself.

You are leading a corporate Communications team and are frustrated by the constant influx of internal requests, the merry-go-round of triage, and the stifling misunderstanding and oversimplification of your team’s function and critical capabilities.

It’s like you need a reset in how others perceive your function and how you and your team operate.

The Long-Term Strategic Plan makes that reset possible with:

A Complete Communications Audit, including a customized key findings and recommendations report.

Communications Business Planning Meetings with select executive leaders where you establish yourselves as proactive Communications business advisors.
A Team Iceberg Session to identify what’s under the surface of the work that the team is doing before creating more efficient processes.
A Communications Business Advisor™ Workshop to support your team in seeing themselves as business advisors.
A Communications Strategic Plan, including the thorough layout of objectives, strategies, goals, and KPIs in alignment with overarching business goals, budget, and resources.
On-going Socialization and Approvals for Support, including 6 months of counsel to guide you in advocating for your team with executives and creating lasting change in your function.

Communications Business Advisor Workshop

Because you need your team to understand and embrace their potential as advisors, not order-takers.

You are leading a medium-to-large corporate communications team and want to set the stage for change and impact across the communications function.

The Communications Workshop will help:

Educate, inspire, and empower individuals to act as advisors individually and collectively as a team.
Create a shared understanding of what it means to be business advisors, helping your team recognize their potential and purpose as change-makers, not order-takers.
Apply essential skills through hands-on learning, relevant examples, and break-out sessions that will help create a shared language and expectations around change.
Equip your team with the language and strategies needed to address common “blocker” issues effectively.
Build relationships of support within the team to hold each other accountable, offer encouragement, and recognize each other’s achievements as you become the change you want to see.

The Communications workshop can be delivered in person or virtually. While designed for larger teams, these workshops can be adjusted to meet the needs of smaller groups. Please inquire for more details.

Real People. Results. Impact.

“We were able to get executive buy-in (on new strategy) and used it to get more resources for our team, including additional team members and doubling our budget for external resources … I would highly recommend for any Corporate Communications leader to work with Tara McDonagh to map out their strategy and how to align resources and teams.”

“I trusted [Tara] with things I would never trust another consultant with. She brought such good, new ideas for strategic communication that I went further on strategy with her than with anyone else.”

“This is really the (brand messaging and content strategy) playbook we need. This goes well beyond content into everything. We can even use this for team training and getting new team members set-up right. This is exactly what we needed. I’ll absolutely recommend and refer you.”

“I was confident putting Tara directly in front of other teams in the organization. I took her to meetings with executives because her professionalism and credibility represented our team so well. I considered her part of the team, and I don’t normally do that with consultants.”

“Tara was particularly key in coming up with strategies for areas where we had gaps. She never hesitated to be frank and direct in a way that was always beneficial to what was best for us. If she saw we were pursuing a direction that wasn’t the best for the company, she would stop and speak up and make recommendations…We knew she always had our back… In the end, all she wants is for you to be successful.”

Your Expert Advisor & Comms Strategist

I bring you 25 years of corporate communications experience to help you elevate your team’s reputation as critical business advisors, not communications waitresses. Together, we can shed the expectation of your team to be order takers so you can embrace your team’s role as a vital voice at the decision-making table.

Empower Your Team By Equipping Them

with what they need

Before we work together, I want to better understand your current situation, needs, and goals to help you select the corporate service that best meets your needs.

Level Up Your Inbox

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