The Sage Sayers
A weekly podcast on ways to stay calm and compel others as you communicate. Along with executive communications tips and strategies, we interview intriguing individuals who've found the "Sage approach" by finding gifts, opportunities, and knowledge within trying situations. New Zealander show host, Debbi Gardiner McCullough, has written on social and business trends and struggles for the Economist, the Guardian, and Financial Times of London. She's a self-retired college professor of writing, an executive communications and narrative coach. Visit her at: www.hangingrockcoaching.com
Podcasting since 2020 • 134 episodes
The Sage Sayers
Latest Episodes
“My daughters remind me not to take myself too seriously” Nirav Patel on fatherhood, childhood lessons, and podcasting
British Marketing and Product GTM Leader, Nirav Patel, rejoins us on the Sage Sayers for an update on his life since our earlier episode. He’s now a podcaster, like me, five episodes into his show Unwinding Pursuits, and has learned...
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Season 5
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Episode 12
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29:46
The gifts and folly in employing AI for your writings. A conversation with Mark DeSantis
Experts tell us AI writing adoption's now mainstream with 82% of businesses using AI tools for creating content. Good news for the AI market, now projected to reach a $1.8 trillion global AI market by 2030. And yet we know AI's not ...
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Season 5
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Episode 11
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23:55
"I want women with endometriosis to feel less alone." Dr. Elise Wilkerson on endometriosis, truth, and loss
My guest this week is Dr. Elise Wilkerson, a culture champion in the workplace, an evaluator, educator, and researcher. Dr. Elise is also a woman eager to share her story with endometriosis, a condition impacting 1:10 women of reproductive age ...
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Season 5
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Episode 10
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18:27
It’s not bragging if you can back it up
“It’s not bragging if you can back it up.” So said Muhammad Ali — the late boxer, social activist, and cultural icon known as The Greatest. He was right. And yet, too many of us shy away from bragging in our self-appraisals and self-assessments...
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Season 5
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Episode 9
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11:36
“If you can’t tell a good story, you ought not be in leadership.” Mark DeSantis on storytelling and slide decks
You don’t get great at entrepreneurship without being an amazing storyteller. And Mark DeSantis, an entrepreneur whose robotics company was acquired by Kubota Corporation, is truly excellent. But not everyone embraces the opportunit...
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Season 5
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Episode 8
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35:43