The Story of a "Small Town Girl" Who Becomes the MD of Warner Bros. Discovery Meets Media Maverick Megha Tata.

Megha Tata is a passionate media professional, adrenaline junkie, badass rider, and staunch spiritual believer with a career spanning over 30 years, and has been recognized as one of the 50 Most Powerful Girls in Media Advertising and Advertising.

The media landscape has shifted from traditional to digital as the media giant takes over India's flagship company Discovery Communications and launches its latest venture, Discovery Plus, its OTT channel. She is the second woman after Feroza Bilimoria to lead the India chapter of the world-renowned international advertising association.

As part of her ongoing leadership series Talking, Megha shares her insights into the various experiences that shaped her worldview. Years of education and the importance of women in business. AWS-based Dialog was recommended by Chandra Prakash Balani, Head of Global Enterprise India and Lead - ID&E initiatives, India, AISPL.

Looking back on a journey that was full of twists and turns.

Megha's expert journey was punctuated with various awards. She handled the role of senior vice president at Star India, and consequently, senior leadership positions at Turner International India, HBO India, and BTVI, previously proceeding to her role at Discovery Communications India. Before tipping below, Warner Bros. Discovery, Megha spearheaded the group that introduced Discovery+ throughout the pandemic. "From the moment I began my profession, which was the days of Doordarshan, to belonging to the group that brought cable and satellite into the nation - I have seen huge tectonic shifts in the market. At that time, I really did not understand that I was belonging to a  historic move," mentions Megha, recollecting regarding her three-decade-long journey. At an early stage in her profession, when Megha was heading the sales division for a big organization, she was anticipating her first child. At the top of her profession, her all-male management dissuaded her from handling a lot of expert obligations and demoted her.

"I had all forms of emotions, and I disliked myself for weeping in front of them. They told me that I had to spend more time with my kid, so I would not have the ability to take a trip or concentrate my powers on work. That was heartbreaking to another level and I needed to start once over, whereas my peers had gone far ahead of me," she remembers.
Megha acknowledges that businesses are much more delicate, comprehensive, and employee-friendly today.

"It is an ethical obligation of ladies who remain in a power setting to speak out and share their tales. It's crucial that they share their failings and struggles, both in the individual and expert area, to ensure that others take hints from them," she adds. 

Megha also really feels that women also have to begin thinking more strongly in themselves and their choices, and should not be apologetic regarding "not being ideal" in all roles they play.

Learnings in the process

In spite of a journey that had taken her place, Megha still took into consideration herself to be a "small-town woman that had desires in her eyes" when she removed out of her hometown to develop a profession.

Her dad, who was an Air Force officer, traveled the length and the breadth of the nation, and she credit ratings that experience as the basis of her solid structure of being a group player.

You by no means comprehend it all, you can in no way understand it all, and understanding the way to adapt to alternatives is a key trait that leaders ought to honestly research,” believes Megha.

Championing inclusivity is a leading concern for her and she is a firm believer of rallying the group with each other. Megha likewise counts on being open and clear, and recognizing weak points.
She also talks regarding the significance of actually having clear communication skills, because it is crucial for leaders to have the ability to interact with large groups, so they know the general thinking about an organisation.

"I have a long way to go. I believe I can be kept in mind more as an individual, because what I'm, compared to the designation I have, is I would say I had a life well-lived. Also, if it is a slight, favorable effect I had on somebody keep that is something I'd more than happy to keep in mind," she wraps up.