Podcast Episodes
Back to Search“My dad’s my first coach.” Abhijeet Patil on heritage, leadership, and writing
Season 4 Episode 6
North Carolina-based executive architect Abhijeet Patil has long led complex hybrid cloud initiatives for Fortune 500s and loved the challenge. A rec…
2 years, 3 months ago
“I find joy in improving people’s health” Jill Staudacher on pharma, alternative medicine, and sisterhood
Season 4 Episode 5
Jill Staudacher has spent the best part of her career in pharmaceutical sales; but since COVID she’s felt drawn additionally to alternative ways to h…
2 years, 4 months ago
How to make the important words fit. 10 cruel but powerful résumé edits
Season 4 Episode 4
If you’ve reworked your resume recently via Resume IO, Canva, or (my favorite platform: My Perfect Resume.com) you’ll see the creative challenge in d…
2 years, 4 months ago
“You know when it’s time for career change. Listen for it. You know.” Rebecca Perreault on changing our work, outlook, and life
Season 4 Episode 3
My guest this week has reinvented herself multiple times through multiple life stages—even focuses of her study, career, and the way she chooses to l…
2 years, 5 months ago
How (and why) to hook and compel your audience in a minute—or less
Season 4 Episode 2
As we rise closer to the top-tier audiences of the companies where we serve, hooking and compelling our audience in our opening sentences feels vital…
2 years, 5 months ago
How Do We Share Our Successes When Data is Scant?
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, b…
2 years, 5 months ago
Want to Boost Clarity and Confidence? Travel. An Interview with Azra Bandali
Season 3 Episode 23
I often get asked how to boost our confidence—a tough question, because so many ways exist! My guest in this week’s Sage Sayer’s podcast shares a pas…
2 years, 6 months ago
Why Cold Calls Nor Outreach Bother Me (Some Reporter Tips)
Season 3 Episode 22
Many of us dread cold calling and following up with folks, especially when we want or need something from them. Why? Because we can feel (in these de…
2 years, 7 months ago
“Diwali Connects Us with Our Culture and Celebrates Life” Madhu Chawla on the Gifts of Diwali
Season 3 Episode 21
Diwali, an annual Hindu festival of lights, celebrates Lakshmi, the goddess of prosperity, and marks the beginning of the fiscal year in India. For t…
2 years, 7 months ago
The Gifts and Opportunities of Fertility Treatments. One Woman’s Story
Season 3 Episode 20
My guest today wants to share her story (anonymously for her privacy) of two fertility treatments she has undertaken (the second still in progress) a…
2 years, 8 months ago