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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

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How Do We Share Our Successes When Data is Scant?

January 11, 2024 • Debbi Gardiner McCullough • Season 4 • Episode 1

Job seekers and those on the rise within their org need data. Numbers and trends within those numbers quantify how we excel at our craft and trade, become proof, and help paint a story — a vision — of success we can bring our future employer or team.

But at least 50% of the coachees I coach struggle here because not enough time has passed to show the results, the project or product got torpedoed (typical in big tech firms), or results from our work remain downright ambiguous.

That’s what we’re unpacking in this week’s Medium post, which you can read here, and what I’m reading for this week’s Sage Sayer’s podcast—our hundredth episode! How to quantify trends, patterns, and successes, when no hard data exists and plugging in some tips and tactics journalists and reporters use, (which I’ve personally used) and which translate beautifully in business.

What a great way to start and kick off 2024. Happy New Year, dear listeners, friends, coachees, and colleagues to come.

Want to work with me or join my podcast(s)? Write to me at hangingrockmedia@gmail.com You can follow me also on LinkedIn and find details on my coaching via my website.