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
- Update frequency
- every 12 days
- Average duration
- 21 minutes
- Episodes
- 140
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
The Sage Sayers: How Do We Save and Honor the Work (and Industry) We Love? An Interview with Jennifer Kho.
My guest this week is Jennifer Kho, former managing editor for the HuffPost and the Guardian's US edition. She's now president-elect for the Journalism and Women Symposium and senior advisor to leadi…
The Sage Sayers: How Do We Navigate Business Cultures With Love Vs. Fear? Coach Luca Dondi Knows.
My guest this week is Luca Dondi, an executive coach based in Rome, Italy, who has developed an intriguing niche helping executives navigate across cultures.
Luca knows this experience first hand havi…
The Sage Sayers: Sparking Joy at Work. Tidying Up How You Work and Spend Your Time
The Sage Sayers: How Do We Find (and Live By) Our Ikigai, Our Life's Purpose? An Interview with Hector Garcia.
My guest this week is Hector Garcia, a citizen of Japan and the author of several beautiful and best-selling books, including Ikigai, the Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life which he co-authored…
The Sage Sayers: The Gem in the Woods. Finding Hidden Gifts (and Joy) Within Failure
Whether we view failure with fear, shame, or disdain, culturally and generationally we can see many different ways we respond to failure.
Although I've lived and worked within cultures which find fa…
The Sage Sayers: How Do We Cope With Unexpected Loss, Like Suicide? A Young Widow's Tale.
My guest this week is Christine Van Der Mark who discovered, a few days after Christmas in 2019, her late husband Shad had committed suicide. He was 41.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention …
The Sage Sayers: Do You Sound Pompous When You Write?
In this week's podcast, Coach Debbi offers five tips to warm up the tone of your business writing so that you sound warm, accessible, and open vs. closed off and cool. If you suspect your readers tu…
The Sage Sayers: Must We Combat Our Fear of Change? (Hint: Yes!)
My guest this week is Amy Boettcher, an ICF certified coach and former attorney who practiced divorce law for 18 years and was partner at her Wisconsin-based firm.
Two years ago, after honoring her n…
The Sage Sayers: Breathe and Ground, Sweetie. Professor Elizabeth Wiley on Voice, Power, and Change.
My guest this week is Professor of Theatre at College of William & Mary, Elizabeth Wiley. Prof Wiley's a Midwesterner who's soon to move her side-gig (audiobook narration) to her main gig after many …
The Sage Sayers: Enrolling Clarity, Courage (and Love) In The Fight For Cancer
My guest this week is California, Santa Cruz-based Chris Baker who, a few years ago, became one of the US's 106,000+ cases of newly diagnosed melanomas.
Skin cancer, by far the most common form of ca…
The Sage Sayers: The Art of the Hustle, the Risk, (and the Struggle). Entrepreneurship During Covid-19.
My guest this week, Dr. Sergey Sikora, has learned rich life lessons about entrepreneurship from launching five successful ventures, including Releviate Therapeutics.
He launched this most recent bio…
The Sage Sayers: You're Flat, Darling. Adding Life (and Love) to Flat, Monotone Vocal Delivery
In this week's Sage Sayer's podcast, we tackle an age-old vocal pattern getting in our way of connecting with and retaining our audience: Flat, lifeless, and monotone vocal delivery.
Coach Debbi offe…
The Sage Sayers: Let's Dress Up A Little, Shall We? The Lost Art of Dress.
My guest this week is Dr. Linda Przybyszewski, a historian and associate professor of history at the University of Notre Dame. How I came to know Linda’s work is through her beautiful, NY-Times bests…
The Sage Sayers: Pardon My Filler. Five Ways to Manage Distracting Verbal Filler
If excessive filler words take over your presentation, you're signaling to your audience your discomfort, disinterest, and/or that you're not feeling prepared.
In this week's Sage Sayers podcast, Co…
The Sage Sayers: A Gift From COVID? Write (and Send) Songs To Those Feeling Lost, Sad, and Isolated
Singer, song writer, social worker, and activist Emily Cavanagh discovered a gift through COVID: Writing (and gifting) personalized songs to those feeling sad, lost, scared, and isolated.
Her initiat…
The Sage Sayers: The Business and Joy of Podcasting (Tips from Veteran Podcaster Marc Lee)
This week, we chat with veteran podcaster, Marc Lee, an award-winning executive producer with IBM.TV and host of multiple podcasts, often back-to-back within the one day. (He's a machine!)
Lee, base…
The Sage Sayers: How to Stay Confident (and Compelling) As a Non-Native Speaker
This week, we interview Carmela O’Flaherty, an executive leadership and business communication coach helping non-native speakers of English thrive within corporate America. Coach Carmela (who's also …
The Sage Sayers: The Business Sense Of Daily Mindfulness
An epic meltdown amidst a Covid-19 quarantine reminded me of a vital lesson: Always take time to become mindful, no matter how busy and overwhelmed we feel. Not only do we become more grounded and ef…
The Sage Sayers: How to Wow Your Audience? Listen Well.
We all want to captivate our audience; but in meetings, many simply want to feel they're listened to. In this podcast, Coach Debbi offers tips to listening in ways that others notice—and respond wel…
The Sage Sayers: Interviewing Sci-Fi Author Rick Phillips
In our debut podcast, we interview Richard (Rick) Phillips, a bestselling sci-fi author, who wrote his first book (The Second Ship) with a publishing via Amazon in 2006. A million of sold copies (and…