Polina Shabarova πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡²

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Co-Founder. Coach. at The Story Shift Project

Austin, Texas, United States

Overview

Polina is a Co-Founder and Coach at The Story Shift Project, focusing on female leadership and emotional research through a psychological lens. She holds multiple Masters degrees and has a background in marketing and communications. Colleagues describe her as passionate, diligent, creative, and an open-minded professional with great teamwork skills.

Outside of work, Polina is deeply involved in her community, volunteering for non-profits that support Ukraine, such as organizing camps for child refugees in Central Texas. She enjoys nature and family time, taking digital detox breaks at places like the Grand Canyon. Polina applies her professional knowledge to her personal life for continuous growth.

She used her own coaching and psychology techniques to completely overcome a lifelong, intense fear of spiders within just a few weeks.

Personality Overview

Values Relationships

Friendly But Fast

Informal

They are more likely to be open to unproven but exciting technologies.  They like to keep things under control. They respond better to a combination of speed and relationship.

Topics They Care About

Female Leadership
Her coaching practice is centered on helping women leaders reframe their perspectives and overcome internal obstacles, drawing from her research into psychology and emotion.
Mindful Planning
She created the '365 Shift Anti-Planning Workshop' to help people approach their goals and annual planning without the stress of over-planning or the inefficiency of under-planning.
Personal Storytelling
Through The Story Shift Project, she helps clients 'drop the draining story, ' indicating a focus on how personal narratives impact professional and personal well-being.

Media Appearances

Polina has no verified media appearances

Work History

12-2024
Co-Founder. Coach. at The Story Shift Project
10-2022
Co-Founder. Communications and PR Manager. at AHEAD Ukraine
5-2022
Volunteer at Liberty Ukraine Foundation
11-2024 - 7-2025
Senior Business Development Manager at EMBROX Solutions
3-2023 - 8-2024
Senior Marketing Manager at Re:start Fintech

Education

8-2023 - 12-2024
Master's degree from Hryhorii Skovoroda University in Pereiaslav
2002 - 2007
Master's degree (MA) from Lomonosov Moscow State University Branch in Sevastopol

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Insights For Selling To Polina

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Talk about yourself and some of your achievements at the start of the conversation
  • Give them control of the sales process
  • Use phrases like β€˜your decision will’, β€˜you will impact’ etc.

DONT's

  • Don’t hesitate from asking questions or pushing them, but take a friendly approach
  • Do not look like someone who doesn’t know what they are talking about
  • Don't make any commitments that you might not be able to fulfill

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Polina is

  • Relationship and product conviction matter equally, followed by a sense of achievement.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Polina

  • If they are not convinced, they will say no albeit in a friendly manner.


Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Polina move?

  • They can make decisions quickly if they develop trust in you and conviction in the product.
  • Can Polina take some risk or not?

  • They can take risks if necessary.

You And Polina

Personality Compatibility


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