Create Magic At Work®

Join me, Amy Lynn Durham, with Becc Nelson, an LMFT, a spiritual, soulful, heart-centered healer, speaker, and author who has been an expert in transformation and ascension since 1992. We discuss the balance between giving and receiving, a fundamental aspect of healthy relationships in life and business, and how to alleviate an imbalance in the giving and receiving energy within you. Also, ways to heal feelings of resentment, anger, and mistrust, and how to set clear boundaries in life and business. Today on Create Magic At Work®:The importance of holding energetic boundariesThe difference between empathy and compassionMaking decisions for yourself from your higher selfHow to set boundaries if you are overgivingBalancing your giving and receiving energyQuote: "When you're empathetic, you actually feel other people's feelings to the point where you can't sometimes tell the difference between is this me experiencing this or is this the other person?" - Becc Nelson Connect with Becc:https://www.linkedin.com/in/beccnelsonhttps://www.facebook.com/BeccNelsonLMFT https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCH18UyBDhUyFX3OBXopuWQg https://www.instagram.com/beccnelson/Connect with Amy:https://createmagicatwork.net/about-1

Take The Edgewalker Profile Join me, Amy Lynn Durham, with Kristin Joy Ekkens, a TEDx Speaker, Culture x DEIB x Social Impact Thought Leader, Executive Coach, Entrepreneur, and Cultural Edgewalker. Her passion and area of expertise are helping individuals and organizations drive culturally intelligent innovation. In this episode, we discuss Edgewalkers in the workplace and how an Edgewalker can think outside the box and is willing to take risks to innovate and find new solutions to problems. We also dive into cultural intelligence for the workplace and describe the learned skills to obtain this title. Today on Create Magic At Work®: What is Cultural Intelligence for the Workplace Finding your super nodes in your organization Qualities of an Edgewalker Why human connection and kindness is important in the workplace Quote "Knowledge is about understanding people's cultural differences and similarities. It's understanding their backgrounds, what the business systems look like, the religious systems look like in different cultures, all the different ways, even linguistics and language, and how that helps us see the world in a different way from our different language point of view. These are different things that we look at our own cultural values and that's knowledge." - Kristin Joy Ekkens Connect with Kristin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kristinjoyekkens/ https://www.instagram.com/kristinjoy_e/?hl=en https://www.exi.global Share Your Feedback Here Support the Show. Connect with Amy: https://createmagicatwork.net/about-1

Join me, Amy Lynn Durham, with Melissa Deally, an Integrative Mind Body Health Practitioner trained in NLP, Timeline Therapy, and a Hypnotherapy Teacher. In this episode, we discuss the impact of stress on the physical body and how the state of stress can affect elements in the workplace. We also discuss how to recognize the suffering of stress in oneself and the simple techniques to help with stress to amplify the workplace and leave the fight or flight state. Finally, we talk about tapping into our inner wisdom and instruction and utilizing our resources. Today on Create Magic At Work®: Impact of Stress on the physical body Impact of non-stressed Employees Simple practices and techniques to help with stress How to recognize the suffering of stress The science of the fight or flight state Benefits of Hypnosis for burnout in the workplace Melissa is dedicated to helping her clients discover the root cause of their health issues and truly heal, while detoxing their physical, mental and emotional bodies. Melissa's business is 100% virtual, and she works with the entire English speaking world. Melissa is an international speaker, three time best-selling author, and has been named to the 2022 CREA Global Award list, and the winner of the Alignable 2023 & 2022 Local Business Person Of The Year Award for Whistler. She is also the recipient of the 2022 & 2021 Quality Care Award by Businesses From The Heart. Melissa is the host of the "Don't Wait For Your Wake Up Call!" podcast, a podcast offering practical education around health, which ranked in the top 5% of Global podcasts by Listen Notes in the first 3 months of launching. Quote "Fact that this is your life and you have one life, you get to choose how you show up every single day and what you want to truly do with your life. Did you fall into the position that you're in right now, and does it truly align with who you are at your core?" - Melissa Deally Connect with Melissa: https://linktr.ee/yourguidedhealthjourney Share Your Feedback Here Support the Show. Connect with Amy: https://createmagicatwork.net/about-1

Join me, Amy Lynn Durham, with Zeina Kronfol, an ICF-Certified Holistic Life, Career, Executive Coach, and Consultant. In this episode, we discuss how you can level up and navigate transitions more gracefully and efficiently in your professional life. In addition, we discuss the steps for the internal properties associated with healing to ensure you show up as your best self and find your clarity and what drives you as a leader. Today on Create Magic At Work®: Ways to navigate change in your professional life Why journaling can help tune into yourself and your body The importance of clarity and identifying what lights you up Zeina has over 12 years in cross-functional leadership in international product marketing, brand strategy, and project management and knew from the beginning of her professional career that she was destined to help people, but she had no idea how. Despite years of successfully climbing the corporate ladder, she continuously felt stifled and unfulfilled. Through her own self-healing journey, she fell into coaching and entrepreneurship, helping people reconnect with their passions, navigate change, and find fulfillment. Quote "Are always talking about the mindfulness. The journaling and the meditation is really a way to quiet your mind and not be worried about what other people are thinking, your obligations, your family, but really being able to tune into yourself, into your body, and really understand what it is that lights you up and what's driving you and also what's triggering you. " - Zeina Kronfol Connect with Zeina: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zeinakronfol/ https://www.searockcoaching.com/ Share Your Feedback Here Support the Show. Connect with Amy: https://createmagicatwork.net/about-1

Join me, Amy Lynn Durham, with Consuela Munoz, a Gallup Certified Clifton Strengths Coach. as we discuss why focusing on your strengths improves motivation and increases focus in your work and life. Utilizing this in leadership, can maximize, build, and enhance the potential of your teams. Today on Create Magic At Work®: How to get past "shiny object syndrome" Why strength-based leaders and teams get better results Effective goal-setting that truly aligns with your vision Quote "The most important place to start is your goals. Now, you've probably been to a session where they're like, okay, if you want to do this, you set your goals, but are you owning them? So you want to make sure that, that goal is tied and aligned to the vision and that each person truly owns that goal as their goal." - Consuela Munoz Connect with Consuela: https://www.ownyourconfidence.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/consuelamunoz https://www.facebook.com/consuelatheconfidencecoach https://www.instagram.com/consuela_munoz/ Share Your Feedback Here Support the Show. Connect with Amy: https://createmagicatwork.net/about-1

Join me, Amy Lynn Durham, with Denise Belisle, founder of In-Motion Coaching. She is a serenity expert and positive intelligence specialist. In addition, she is an international speaker, online TV show host, functional medicine health coach, and Reiki master. In this episode, we discuss positive intelligence (PQ), which is a concept that emphasizes the importance of cultivating a positive mindset and reducing negative thinking patterns to improve one's well-being and performance. In spiritual intelligence, we understand the importance of this improvement in the workplace and its impact on quantum leaders and their teams. Today on Create Magic At Work®: What is Positive Intelligence (PQ) Separating your reaction from your response Energy field emotions in the workplace Ways to express emotion from a PQ perspective Dealing with self-blame and shifting to compassion for self Over the last 40 years, Denise has been immersed in all areas of health and wellness. She has been practicing mindfulness and meditation since she was a teenager and has developed great skills in the discipline of emotional and mental fitness. She is extremely excited to be working in the mental fitness and positive intelligence field, having a deeper understanding of people's mindsets and how her clients can gain better control over their emotions and behaviors. Quote "Decide for our own how we want to move forward, how do we want to continue living our life? Do we want to live in uncertainty and crisis? Or do we want to go into thriving and be in the oasis? So that's why I help people transition from crisis to oasis and find that spot that is, like, rocking your life, and it's like, I'm good no matter what. I'm moving forward. Bring it, adversity. I can handle it, and I'm going to rock this life." - Denise Belisle Connect with Denise: http://tiny.cc/TalkWithDenise GIFT for the listeners! Share Your Feedback Here Support the Show. Connect with Amy: https://createmagicatwork.net/about-1

Join me, Amy Lynn Durham, with Vish Chatterji, an accomplished executive-turned-coach with a spiritual twist, and author of The Business Casual Yogi. In this episode, we discuss how to find meaning and purpose behind where you are in your career. Learn ways you can release suffering within yourself and exercise wisdom and compassion towards yourself and others while navigating corporate life. Today on Create Magic At Work®: Why you will experience karmic patterns in the workplace and what to do about them. Ways to exercise self-compassion and forgiveness as a leader How the planetary energies can lead to a deeper understanding of self Why leaders benefit from going beyond EQ (emotional intelligence) In parallel to his twenty-year leadership career spanning the automotive, technology, and startup industries, Vish has studied and practiced yoga, meditation, and Ayurveda (mind-body medicine). He coaches and advises corporate leaders, blending Western management thinking with Eastern wisdom traditions, and speaks on a variety of topics at the intersection of business and personal development. Quote "In the yoga system, you practice these things in order to connect your inner wisdom. You also practice self-compassion. Can you be compassionate to yourself? And usually, when we're not compassionate to others, it's because of something in our own lives that we haven't learned to forgive ourselves for. If you can't forgive yourself for something, chances are you're not going to forgive somebody else for it." - Vish Chatterji Connect with Vish: https://www.headandheartinsights.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/vish-chatterji-b3b2681/ https://www.facebook.com/businesscasualyogi https://www.instagram.com/thebusinesscasualyogi/ The Business Casual Yogi: Take Charge of Your Body, Mind, and Career - Book Share Your Feedback Here Support the Show. Connect with Amy: https://createmagicatwork.net/about-1

Join me, Amy Lynn Durham, with Norman Wolfe, a fellow SQ 21 Certified Coach, Founder and CEO of Quantum Leaders, and a leading voice in bringing about the transformation of the core paradigm of business. In this episode, we discuss extensively how a leader relates to a parent that can develop and nurture the capabilities of others in a compassionate way to build the confidence needed to succeed. Furthermore, by ensuring we allow the growth of turning mistakes and life experiences into learning and teachable opportunities, we can build trust within our teams. Confidence will enable open-minded, innovative opportunities to grow for all. Today on Create Magic At Work®: The evolution of Quantum Leadership How To Delegate as a leader Compassionate leadership to inspire a positive response Accepting mistakes as growth opportunities How to maintain a proper balance between efficiency and chaos. Norman is a 15-year veteran of Hewlett Packard, has lead companies large and small, been a public company director, and has over 30 years consulting and mentoring leaders in a wide range of industries. He is the author of The Living Organization, an application of the core principles of how the world works, to how organizations and individuals create their results. It is a new way of thinking and being that can create extraordinary positive impact for an organization and society. Connect with Norman: https://www.linkedin.com/in/wolfe https://www.facebook.com/norman.wolfe.5 https://twitter.com/nswolfe https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQyCdGssTxT16WapAL278xQ Quantum Leaders: www.quantumleaders.com [email protected] (949) 689-2158 Norman's Book - The Living Organization: https://www.amazon.com/Living-Organization-Transforming-Business-Extraordinary/ Chapters 1-3 GIFT! Quote "Compassion means to suffer together. Com means together. Passion, suffer. That's where the root of that word comes from. So being compassionate has that sense of, yeah, I know it really feels shitty. I've been there, done that. What are we learning from it? How can we expand our awareness, our consciousness, our ability to grow?" - Norman Wolfe Share Your Feedback Here Support the Show. Connect with Amy: https://createmagicatwork.net/about-1

Join me, Amy Lynn Durham, with Nenuca Syquia, the CEO and Co-Founder of Better Organizations by Design, BOxD, a BIPOC, a women-owned and led firm that makes the people-side of business growth less chaotic and more efficient. In this episode, we discuss great insight on transforming chaotic situations and energy into an opportunity for quantum leaps within your company. We also discuss how to be a wise and compassionate leader while recognizing how to lift those we lead to excel in their expertise. Today on Create Magic At Work®: Methods to lead when experiencing massive changes Leading through a change curve Traits of a wise and effective change agent How your energy as a leader can affect team morale and innovation Nenuca has transformed businesses large and small - from Sanofi to The San Francisco Ballet. She was born and brought up in the Philippines and is currently based in the San Francisco Bay Area. She proudly leads a diverse team of consultants, coaches and specialists, located across the US, Canada, Latin America and the Philippines. Nenuca provides unique perspectives on: leadership, team effectiveness, diversity, equity and inclusion and the design of healthy, prosperous organizations. She holds a Masters of Industrial and Labor Relations from Cornell University and a Masters of Science in Organizational Development from the University of San Francisco. Connect with Nenuca: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nenuca https://www.boxd.us Quote "I think as leaders, they control the weather. That's the number one thing I always tell leaders. You are absolutely entitled to your emotions, and you should display emotions because it is who you are and it is authentic to the experience that you're having. We also have to be aware because as leaders, we are extremely visible. Our voices carry more weight than other people who are sitting in different parts of the organization. And so I'm not saying that we need to mask our emotions, but we have to be aware of the impact that our own emotions have. So depending on where the leaders themselves are in that change curve, they have to be aware that this could actually pull people towards that. So if somebody is angry about a change that is occurring, it will most definitely leak onto their teams." - Nenuca Syquia Share Your Feedback Here Support the Show. Connect with Amy: https://createmagicatwork.net/about-1

Join me, Amy Lynn Durham with Mark Travis Rivera, The Professional Storyteller, Founder, and Consultant, in this 2 part podcast as he shares his story dating back to early childhood leading to him being the storyteller he is today. He shares where he got his courage and bravery and how he implements it in many aspects of his life, including his experiences in the corporate space. We talk about what it's like to show up as your authentic self in the workplace, spirituality, inclusion and so much more! Today on Create Magic At Work®: How to use fear as a compass Ways to show up as your full authentic self Transforming your fate into destiny Religion in the workplace Telling stories is at the core of Mark Travis Rivera's purpose in life. He is an award-winning creative– founder + lead storyteller + consultant of The Professional Storyteller. As a writer, Rivera's bylines include The Bergen Record, Herald News, The Star-Ledger, Fox News Latino, and The Huffington Post. He was also a contributing author in the anthology, Crisis and Care: Queer Activist Responses to a Global Pandemic (PM Press, 2022), edited by Adrian Shanker. His debut collection, Drafts: An Imperfect Collection of Writing, was published in August 2017. He was also a contributing writer for Imagining: A Gibney Journal, where he shared his experience as a disabled choreographer and dancer. Connect with Mark: https://linktr.ee/marktravrivera Quote "Every day I get up and choose to be myself in any space I enter, whether I'm dressed up in fully femme gender conforming makeup, dress heels or I'm dressed down in yoga pants and a t-shirt with no makeup. I show up as myself and something that I've had to interrogate over the last couple of years, especially in the workplace, is yes, I show up at my full self all the time, but that's going to cost me opportunities. That's going to cost me not to be invited to certain boardrooms or meetings or companies to speak at because they don't like what I'm serving. Guess what? If you don't like what I'm serving, there's plenty of tea out there. If you don't like the tea that I'm spilling, they don't take a sip of it." - Mark Travis Rivera Share Your Feedback Here Support the Show. Connect with Amy: https://createmagicatwork.net/about-1

Join me in today's episode with Dr. Patricia Suggs as she takes us on her inspiring journey with the educational expertise that has gotten her to where she is today. She will take us through many topics related to conflict resolution, including techniques and tools, understanding team dynamics and how to compile this information for future success, and what it takes to be a quantum leader. Dr. Patricia Suggs is an international speaker, consultant, conflict resolution expert, coach, trainer, and CEO of ARISE Leadership Consulting, LLC. Education: Ph.D., M.Ed, M.Div. She inspires and coaches high-achieving women, both corporately and individually, to step out of their comfort zone to be authentic and unapologetic leaders. Areas of leadership focused on include: imposter syndrome; developing boundaries; becoming adaptable to change and learning techniques to deal with conflict effectively and with compassion. Being unapologetically confident is key to being an authentic and compassionate leader. Today on Create Magic At Work®: Conflict resolution Importance of self-confidence Understanding team dynamics Imposter syndrome and self-sabotage Connect with Patricia Suggs: LinkedIn: Dr. Patricia Suggs Facebook: Patricia Suggs Quote "Clarity only comes through action, you have to do it because until you do it you're not sure, you don't really know. Maybe there isn't anything else you need to learn because you've realized, golly, I've got enough, I'm doing it. With doing it you improve yourself every time." - Dr. Patricia Suggs Share Your Feedback Here Support the Show. Connect with Amy: https://createmagicatwork.net/about-1

Have you ever wondered what it would take to improve your team dynamic as a leader, or have you noticed a decline in your team? In this episode, I express my three tips on how you can become a wise and compassionate leader to get you on the road to success with your dream team. Next, I will take you through specific statistics on overall job satisfaction and what elements and characteristics contribute to this. Finally, we will discuss real situations that may contribute to burnout and overall work decline in your team. Are you ready to improve your leadership skills? If so, then this one is for you! Today on Create Magic At Work®: Tips on elevating your leadership skills Compassionate and wise leadership Leader characteristics that are detrimental to your team Productivity and profitability Quote "Skill 19 of Spiritual Intelligence is making wise and compassionate decisions. That is one of my areas of practice as an executive coach is coaching one on one clients to the 21 skills of spiritual intelligence. Skill 19 is making wise and compassionate decisions, and all of my clients, I can't think of one that I've worked with, has not in some way, shape, or form dove into that practice with me and really elevated their leadership skill set in that way." - Amy Share Your Feedback Here Support the Show. Connect with Amy: https://createmagicatwork.net/about-1

Join me with Martin Itzkow, a human value-centered, interpersonal neurobiological coach, and consultant as he shares his insights on how to lead from a neuroscience perspective, what it is, and how it affects companies. He also shares how to enhance our compassion by focusing on our own inner world. Martin has had a diverse career and background in the human service sector, government, and as a private Executive Coach and Organizational Development Consultant internationally. Over the last three decades, Martin has facilitated over 550 consulting and coaching assignments, including strategic and long-term organizational planning, developmental evaluation, change readiness and management, corporate renewal, development growth, measuring and shaping organizational leadership culture, values-based decision-making, community visioning, and executive leadership. Today on Create Magic At Work®: Principles of a leader Ways to operate with compassion and kindness The importance of being a calming and healing presence How to focus on your five senses to enhance decision making And so much more! Connect with Martin Visit his Website Quote: "And it is about people first and foremost. So, to go there, you need to look at the fact that you are a human being with a nervous system. You are creating the way you view your future and how you understand yourself and how you act with people. Are you willing to go inside yourself and go through a range of processes to unpack who are you below the surface?" - Martin Share Your Feedback Here Support the Show. Connect with Amy: https://createmagicatwork.net/about-1

Welcome to the 4th Season of Creating Magic at Work Podcast! In today's episode, I will share the three ways to be a calm leader in stressful times as well as my past experiences with other leaders on their ways to leading. I also share my key observations and why some leaders are missing the mark, what is the perfect way to run a team, and how to do it under stressful times. Today on Create Magic At Work®: How to be present at a high level Practicing detachment Quiet quitting How not to tolerate fake positivity And so much more Quote "Do not create your leadership team in a way that they are not comfortable sharing information with you because you've created this culture or this environment where you only want to hear the good stuff." - Amy Share Your Feedback Here Support the Show. Connect with Amy: https://createmagicatwork.net/about-1

In the Season 3 finale, I'm joined by Maria Mayes and she is here to help you take your power back from anxiety by using Take 5 and setting intentions. We discuss unhealthy, unconscious habits, how to change them, and the power of setting intentions. Maria Mayes is a Well-Being Coach and teacher who helps her clients find the freedom that only inner peace can offer. As the founder of Take 5, she is on a mission to help working parents take their power back from anxiety. She specializes in simplifying techniques and ancient wisdom teachings into small digestible bites that are easy to apply. With decades of leading teams in the technology space, she is passionate about well-being in the workplace which inspired her to create her signature Take 5 Stretch & Breath Breaks and Wine & Well-Being Workshops. Maria is Certified through Chopra Global in Coaching, Meditation and Ayurveda and is an RYT200 Yoga Teacher with speciality training in mental health, neuroscience, applied poly-vagal theory and breathwork. As a working mom who understands the juggle of career demands while caring for children and aging parents simultaneously, much of her work is geared towards helping business owners, leaders and others with high stress occupations achieve a baseline of inner peace. Today on Create Magic At Work®: What is Take 5 and how it came to life Unconscious habits that we use as a coping mechanism How to start shifting unconscious habits that don't serve you How can leaders reduce anxiety in the workplace A Live Take 5 session with Maria Connect with Amy: Sign up for: Create A Burnout Free Team & Workplace Free Activity: Three Steps To Love Your Job & Life Today Work With Amy Instagram: @createmagicatwork Website: https://createmagicatwork.net/ Connect with Maria: Website: www.take5.health LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/take5health Facebook: www.facebook.com/take5health Instagram: www.instagram.com/take5health Quote "The intention that we can set after we have arrived in presence, can transform the outcome of whatever we are consuming." - Maria Share Your Feedback Here Support the Show. Connect with Amy: https://createmagicatwork.net/about-1

In this podcast episode, I'm joined by Gavin Conway. We discuss quantum leadership and quantum leaps in your life and business. Also discussed is how it translates into energetics in the sales process and how to use it to your advantage. Today on Create Magic At Work®: What is a quantum leader and what does it mean How do you shift your identity into a quantum leap The downside of not moving into quantum leadership space What does quantum leadership look like in sales and business Tapping into energetics in sales How to empower ourselves and others Connect with Amy: Sign up for: Create A Burnout Free Team & Workplace Free Activity: Three Steps To Love Your Job & Life Today Work With Amy Instagram: @createmagicatwork Website: https://createmagicatwork.net/ Connect with Gavin: Email: [email protected] Linkedin: www.linkedin.com/in/gavinpatrickconway Website: www.conway.consulting Gavin is a sales and mindset mentor and coach with Conway Consulting, a world class international sales and mindset company. Our motto is Manifest with Peace of Mind. Gavin is on a mission to help entrepreneurs, sales, people, coaches, and consultants step into their most powerful selves and master the art of selling, Gavin's approach combines mechanics and harmonics - the believes that a true quantum leap happens as a result of a change in self-perception, identity and aligning yourself to a set of powerful universal laws and principles. Quote: "If we're in a violation about what we know is most important to us and meaningful, and we're not expressing it, or being in an alignment with it, we start to shrink inside." - Gavin Share Your Feedback Here Support the Show. Connect with Amy: https://createmagicatwork.net/about-1

Seyyida and I discuss the importance of self-care, how lack of self-care influences our personal and work relationships, and how we can use those relationships to elevate ourselves to the highest level possible to learn and grow as leaders and people. Today on Create Magic At Work®: Deterioration of relationships due to over-commitment to the job Activating your sense of self-awareness and self-reflection to improve your relationships Self-care doesn't benefit just you, it benefits all your relationships The importance of being interdependent and collaborating with others What to do when you're overworking to counterbalance somebody that's underperforming Connect with Amy: Sign up for: Create A Burnout Free Team & Workplace Free Activity: Three Steps To Love Your Job & Life Today Work With Amy Instagram: @createmagicatwork Website: https://createmagicatwork.net/ Connect with Seyyida: Website: www.sol-insight.com Seyyida's approach to Executive Coaching is grounded in guided self-discovery animated by both the heart and mind. She is devoted to creating generative spaces safe enough for vulnerability and insights that lead to action. Seyyida uses various modalities to support greater focus, clarity of purpose, strategic planning, effective goal setting, intentional action and execution. She aims for her clients to more fully actualize and realize their highest hopes and aspirations, increase their genuine connections with others and purposeful contributions. She strives to energize, inspire, activate self-reflection, intuitive/emotional/spiritual intelligence,and unveil hidden obstacles within to unleash potential and peak performance in all areas. Ultimately, she seeks to support her clients in elevating their self-awareness, self-growth, self-acceptance, self-love, and the ability to cultivate healthy connections with others. Resources from this episode: Can Venting About Work Ruin Your Relationship? w/ Raven Shamballa Leading Through Fear & Discomfort To Inspire Change w/ Brian McComak Quote "You put yourself in the best position possible when you take care of yourself first." - Seyyida Share Your Feedback Here Support the Show. Connect with Amy: https://createmagicatwork.net/about-1

This episode is a special treat! You get a peek behind the curtain to feel what it is like to be a private client of Amy's. She gets interviewed by Samm Smeltzer from - The HRart of It podcast who was generous enough to let this interview live on the Create Magic At Work podcast. Why spiritual intelligence is essential to up-leveling your life is discussed. The 21 skills of spiritual intelligence, increasing self-awareness, and ways to access your Higher Self to transform your life and leadership. Today on Create Magic At Work®: What created Amy's passion for spiritual intelligence Real client stories of transformation Ways to recognize when your ego is running the show Benefits you achieve in your life by accessing your higher self Connect with Amy: Sign up for: Create A Burnout Free Team & Workplace Free Activity: Three Steps To Love Your Job & Life Today Work With Amy Instagram: @createmagicatwork Website: https://createmagicatwork.net/ Connect with Samm: The HRart of It Website HRartcenter.comResources from this episode: Listen to my first interview with Samm Spiritual Intelligence and the Ego With Amy Lynn Durham Quote "Your higher self in SQ is that place within you. That comes from wisdom, compassion, and love, the unselfish, loving, and wise essence within you." - Amy Share Your Feedback Here Support the Show. Connect with Amy: https://createmagicatwork.net/about-1

In today's podcast episode, I'm joined by a very special guest Rebeca Eigen. We talk about recognizing your "shadow" at work and ways to pinpoint it in your personal/work relationships, and much more! What To Anticipate: Rebeca explains how to recognize your own "shadow". How to recognize if you are projecting parts of yourself onto another person. Practicing the pause to uncover and fix the real issue. How to accept others for who they are in order to bring change. Connect with Amy: Sign up for: Create A Burnout Free Team & Workplace Free Activity: Three Steps To Love Your Job & Life Today Work With Amy Instagram: @createmagicatwork Website: https://createmagicatwork.net/ Connect with Rebeca: Website shadowdance.com The Shadow Dance & the Astrological 7th House Workbook Rebeca Eigen is an Astrological Marriage & Relationship FIXER for 25+ years and author of The Shadow Dance & the Astrological 7th House Workbook. Her in-depth study of Astrology and Jungian psychology has given her invaluable insights to help you see how the unconscious plays an important role in your relationships. Visit her website for a list of consultations available for individuals, couples, parent/child, friends — any relationship that you are trying to understand. On shadowdance.com, Rebeca has a "Membership Portal" called Shadow Work & Your 7th House with a 1x fee for life (6 Modules) designed to help you do your own Shadow Work using your birth chart to see your specific 7th house requirements. The planets in, or ruling the 7th house, and in aspect to your Venus, will give you details of what you are missing in yourself. Resources from this episode: Book by Carl Joung The Undiscovered Self Can Venting About Work Ruin Your Relationship? w/ Raven Shamballa Quote "Is this person giving you an emotional charge? Are you getting super annoyed? Because that is a real clue that something has gotten projected." - Rebeca Share Your Feedback Here Support the Show. Connect with Amy: https://createmagicatwork.net/about-1

In today's podcast episode, I'm joined by Emily Sander. We talk about how failure can actually move you forward and reframing failure into a positive experience. We also discuss hiring, recruiting and how you might make the process easier for yourself. Emily Sander is a C-Suite Executive and Founder of Next Level Coaching. As an ICF-Certified Coach, Emily guides clients towards new perspectives that enable them to adapt and evolve as leaders. She is the author of the book, Hacking Executive Leadership. Today on Create Magic At Work®: Tips you can put into practice from Emily's book Hacking Executive Leadership What is the failure loop Viewing failure from a different perspective What is more important when hiring, Aptitude or Attitude? Emily's take on Quantum Leadership How to make work relationships harmonious Connect with Amy: Sign up for: Create A Burnout Free Team & Workplace Free Activity: Three Steps To Love Your Job & Life Today Work With Amy Instagram: @createmagicatwork Website: https://createmagicatwork.net/ Connect with Emily: Website: www.nextlevel.coach Twitter: @NextLevelEmily Book: Hacking Executive Leadership Quote "Open yourself to things that you perceive as, oh, that's negative, that's a setback. It could very well be a setup for a next step that you haven't even conceived of yet." - Emily Share Your Feedback Here Support the Show. Connect with Amy: https://createmagicatwork.net/about-1

Welcome to the final episode of the Summer Solo Series! For the past two seasons, I have asked my guests what servant leadership means to them. This episode is a compilation of some of those answers and is one of the most inspirational and motivational episodes you will hear on servant leadership. These voices are shared as a tribute to all of the leaders that want to create and support healthy leaders and workplaces. Create Magic At Work is leveling up! Season three and beyond will move from servant leadership to quantum leadership and every guest will be asked, "What does quantum leadership mean to you?" Press Play and be inspired to uplevel your business and life! Today on Create Magic At Work®: Multiple voices and perspectives on how to be a servant leader What is a Quantum Leader? Connect with Amy: Sign up for: Create A Burnout Free Team & Workplace Free Activity: Three Steps To Love Your Job & Life Today Work With Amy Instagram: @createmagicatwork Website: https://createmagicatwork.net/ Listen to the previous episodes: Is It Possible To Be Your Authentic Self At Work w/ Sean Moore Tips on Team Collaboration and Strategic Alliance w/ Bo Brabo Can Venting About Work Ruin Your Relationship? w/ Raven Shamballa How To Practice Presence At a High Level w/ Aaron Tabacco Leading Through Fear & Discomfort To Inspire Change w/ Brian McComak Empowering Leaders To Make the Right Decisions w/Tim Cakir How To Be A Leader With Courageous Clarity w/Phyllis Sarkaria Resources from this episode: Book by Danah Zohar: The Quantum Leader: A Revolution in Business Thinking and Practice Quote "A servant leader aims to share power with others and encourage the development and growth of others." - Amy Share Your Feedback Here Support the Show. Connect with Amy: https://createmagicatwork.net/about-1

In today's podcast episode, I talk about what it looks like to be a leader that maintains a calming and healing presence. I share tips that you can immediately put into practice to be a calm leader during stressful times. Today on Create Magic At Work®: You don't need to have all the answers Ways to feel more inner peace in your leadership Benefits of participating with detached involvement Celebrating the different pathways people take to achieve desired results For more on being a calm leader during stressful times check out Amy's latest publication as an Executive Contributor to Brainz Magazine 3 Ways To Be A Calm Leader During Stressful Times. Connect with Amy: Sign up for: Create A Burnout Free Team & Workplace Free Activity: Three Steps To Love Your Job & Life Today Work With Amy Instagram: @createmagicatwork Website: https://createmagicatwork.net/ Resources from this episode: Listen to the episode with Aaron: How To Practice Presence At a High Level w/ Aaron Tabacco Listen to my previous episode: Summer Solo Series: Three Ways To Be A Quantum Leader Quote "There's so much pressure on leaders to always come up with the answer. When we force solutions onto problems, we create more problems potentially." - Amy Share Your Feedback Here Support the Show. Connect with Amy: https://createmagicatwork.net/about-1

Welcome to the first episode of the Summer Solo Series from Create Magic At Work! I share three leadership hacks that will enhance your leadership, life, and business from an Executive Coaching and Spiritual Intelligence lens. Today on Create Magic At Work™: How to envision mistakes and failure as positive growth Why perfectionism is really procrastination Why making decisions solely on data is not holistic Connect with Amy: Sign up for: Create A Burnout Free Team & Workplace Free Activity: Three Steps To Love Your Job & Life Today Work With Amy Instagram: @createmagicatwork Website: https://createmagicatwork.net/ Quote "When a mistake or failure occurs, try utilizing that energy in your leadership. Have a meeting and say, "I want to celebrate the failures that happened here. I want everyone to share what they learned from this and what they got out of it." - Amy Share Your Feedback Here Support the Show. Connect with Amy: https://createmagicatwork.net/about-1

In today's episode, I'm joined by Tim Cakir, a Growth Consultant who helps companies, entrepreneurs, and students achieve fast and consistent growth. I'm so excited to have Tim on the show, we connected through mutual friends and I instantly knew I had to invite him to talk about how to include everyone on your team because that's what Create Magic At Work is all about! Tim is a tool addict, so we start off by talking about brainstorming tools he recommends and how to use them to create a common technological space when the idea sparks. Tim explains what is collective intelligence, why should leaders care about it, and how to use it to their advantage so everyone on the team can benefit from it. Tune in as we talk about the difference between data-informed and data-driven leaders and how to hold big leaders to account in making sure that they are being good leaders. In this episode, we discuss: A new perspective on how to make everyone on your team feel included Tools for effective brainstorming sessions Tim's ideas around tapping into the collective intelligence of your team Why being data-informed is better than being data-driven Resources from this episode: Brainstorming tools Tim recommends: Confluence by Atlassian Notion Evernote Google Docs Check out the episode with Aaron Tabacco https://www.buzzsprout.com/1817801/10156563 Connect with Tim: Tim on LinkedIn Subscribe to Tim's newsletter "The Growth Letter" Quote "Growth is not from sales, from marketing, from the product. Growth is about having the right people in the right place with the right systems, tools, processes, and the right goals. And that will grow your company." - Tim Cakir Connect with Amy: Sign up for: Create A Burnout Free Team & Workplace Free Activity: Three Steps To Love Your Job & Life Today Work With Amy Instagram: @createmagicatwork Website: https://createmagicatwork.net/ Share Your Feedback Here Support the Show. Connect with Amy: https://createmagicatwork.net/about-1

Picture this…..it's a Sunday afternoon, you've had a great weekend and then you remember you're back at work tomorrow. Are you filled with anxiety and dread by the thought or do you continue enjoying the rest of your weekend and push the thought to the back of your mind? If the former, you're not alone. Join Amy in this episode as she delves into this topic. You will learn: What exactly are the Sunday scaries Four ways to overcome the Sunday scaries so that you can start off your week energized and passionate about what you do Simple exercises you can do to help you overcome the Sunday scaries Quote from the show - ''A coaching tip from a Spiritual Intelligence perspective, set an intention that time expands for you. If you're feeling that dread and overwhelm from your workload with the Sunday, scaries, just take a breath and remind yourself the list never goes away.'' About the host: Amy Lynn Durham is the Founder of Create Magic At Work™, an Executive Coach, and a certified Spiritual Intelligence Coach, who uniquely blends business and spirituality. Amy has spent years in the corporate world successfully managing hundreds of employees for private and publicly traded companies. Amy designed Create Magic At Work™ to bring a variety of services and strategies to aid in supporting healthy leaders & workplaces through: Private 1:1 Coaching Speaking Internationally about Ways to Support & Create Healthy Workplace Cultures Experiential Workshops & Keynotes In her spare time, you can find her spending time with her Cavapoo Mr. Bingley, journaling, traveling on mini adventure vacations or trying to master stand up paddle boarding with her boyfriend. Connect with Amy: LinkedIn Website Purchase her book, Create Magic at Work Share Your Feedback Here Support the Show. Connect with Amy: https://createmagicatwork.net/about-1

Do you know what you want your legacy to be? What steps can you take to feel fulfillment today rather than chasing future happiness?Join Amy and Jen in this episode as we discuss a new paradigm of leadership. One you can enjoy and feel fulfilled in life rather than constantly striving for the next best thing.Jen Szpigiel is the founder and CEO of Becoming Iconic, a 7 figure global business & leadership brand that elevates entrepreneurs who desire to create a 7 figure legacy through integral leadership. Jen is also the host of the Becoming Iconic podcast. Becoming Iconic is the invitation to step into the new paradigm of leadership and empower women who are ready to revolutionize the way they show up in their lives and businesses forever while welcoming in pleasure, joy, and abundance.In this episode, Jen and Amy discuss:The shift in leadership and what it looks like now.How play & rest have an important role in your legacy.Why looking inward can make you a better leaderHow making little shifts in your daily routines can have an impact on the things that truly matter.Shifting from doing all the things to taking a step back and truly enjoying all that life has to offer.Quote from the show - ''What if legacy was how we lead today and how we felt today and the way we greeted people today and the way we cared for ourselves today? And that was in fact what it was meant to be all along?''About the host:Amy Lynn Durham is the Founder of the executive coaching firm Create Magic At Work.Amy has spent years in the corporate world successfully managing hundreds of employees for private and publicly traded companies. Amy designed Create Magic At Work™ to bring a variety of services and strategies to aid in supporting healthy leaders & workplaces through:Private Executive CoachingSpeaking Internationally about Ways to Support & Create Healthy Workplace CulturesExperiential Workshops & ProductsConnect with Amy - LinkedIn , Website, Purchase her book, Create Magic at WorkConnect with Jen - Instagram, Twitter, https://becomingiconic.co/

Join Amy in this special three part series as she shares with you some practical tools you can use to impact your team and bring heart and human connection to the workplace.In this bonus episode, Amy shares how you as a leader can help your team bring their intentions to life. What do you really want in your life? And what do you want to let go of that might not be working for you anymore, that you might be holding on to when you do this with your employees?Quote - ''Intention leads to behaviours which leads to habits, which leads to personality development, which leads to destiny.''About the host:Amy Lynn Durham is the Founder of the executive coaching firm Create Magic At Work.Amy has spent years in the corporate world successfully managing hundreds of employees for private and publicly traded companies. Amy designed Create Magic At Work™ to bring a variety of services and strategies to aid in supporting healthy leaders & workplaces through:Private Executive CoachingSpeaking Internationally about Ways to Support & Create Healthy Workplace CulturesExperiential Workshops & ProductsConnect with Amy - LinkedIn , Website, Purchase her book, Create Magic at Work

Join Amy in this special three part series as she shares with you some practical tools you can use to impact your team and bring heart and human connection to the workplace.In this third part, Amy shares how journaling can boost employee morale, improves employee engagement and increases employee satisfaction and how as a leader you can introduce this practice to your team.Quote - ''You're really opening up space for them to build skillsets that can't be replaced by a computer. You'll be amazed by the gratitude and loyalty your employees display when you set aside company time to work on personal wellbeing. And nothing demonstrates caring more than when a leader invests their company time in an employee's personal growth.''About the host:Amy Lynn Durham is the Founder of the executive coaching firm Create Magic At Work.Amy has spent years in the corporate world successfully managing hundreds of employees for private and publicly traded companies. Amy designed Create Magic At Work™ to bring a variety of services and strategies to aid in supporting healthy leaders & workplaces through:Private Executive CoachingSpeaking Internationally about Ways to Support & Create Healthy Workplace CulturesExperiential Workshops & ProductsConnect with Amy - LinkedIn , Website, Purchase her book, Create Magic at Work

Join Amy in this special three part series as she shares with you some practical tools you can use to impact your team and bring heart and human connection to the workplace.In this second part, Amy shares activities and exercises that helps you to recognise that the grass is green right where you are.Quote - ''If you prioritize your time and goals appropriately, you can accomplish many things that you may think you can't accomplish because you're telling yourself I have to work.''About the host:Amy Lynn Durham is the Founder of the executive coaching firm Create Magic At Work.Amy has spent years in the corporate world successfully managing hundreds of employees for private and publicly traded companies. Amy designed Create Magic At Work™ to bring a variety of services and strategies to aid in supporting healthy leaders & workplaces through:Private Executive CoachingSpeaking Internationally about Ways to Support & Create Healthy Workplace CulturesExperiential Workshops & ProductsConnect with Amy - LinkedIn , Website, Purchase her book, Create Magic at Work

Join Amy in this special three part series as she shares with you some practical tools you can use to impact your team and bring heart and human connection to the workplace.In this first part, Amy shares tips that you will be able to easily implement so you make a difference immediately.Quote: ''The best way that you can connect your team to where they want to work in a harmonious way is through expressions of gratitude''.About the host:Amy Lynn Durham is the Founder of the executive coaching firm Create Magic At Work.Amy has spent years in the corporate world successfully managing hundreds of employees for private and publicly traded companies. Amy designed Create Magic At Work™ to bring a variety of services and strategies to aid in supporting healthy leaders & workplaces through:Private Executive CoachingSpeaking Internationally about Ways to Support & Create Healthy Workplace CulturesExperiential Workshops & ProductsConnect with Amy - LinkedIn , Website, Purchase her book, Create Magic at Work

Have you thought about the effects sitting for long periods of time has on your health? Join Amy and Dr. Stefan Zavalin in this episode as they chat about the importance of movement during your working day to combat health issues in later life.Dr. Stefan Zavalin is a movement mentor and enthusiast driven to change desk work culture. The Founder of Love to Move, Dr. Stefan mentors organizations on adapting company culture to improve productivity and health. The dream: evolve the current desk work model so people no longer have to choose between work and health. Stefan aims to make virtual services accessible to all to help this cultural shift. In his free time, he likes to write songs on piano and guitar, critique a good cup of coffee, and play board games with his wife and friends.In this episode, you will learn:How sitting less can help you feel more productive in lifeHow your total number of sitting hours equates to the same effects as smoking cigarettesThe crucial piece that ergonomics teams are missing in supporting employeesActionable tips to help you sit less in the workplaceQuote from the show - ''If you have a job that requires you to have good creative and/or decision making skills, you need to be able to get up and move. When you sit for more than 30 minutes, at about that 30 minute mark, you have less blood flowing to your brain, This means you're not able to make as many good decisions. At about the one to two hour mark, we increase the amount of errors that we make in creative tasks by 50%.''. - Dr. Stefan ZavalinAbout the host:Amy Lynn Durham is the Founder of the executive coaching firm Create Magic At Work.Amy has spent years in the corporate world successfully managing hundreds of employees for private and publicly traded companies. Amy designed Create Magic At Work™ to bring a variety of services and strategies to aid in supporting healthy leaders & workplaces through:Private Executive CoachingSpeaking Internationally about Ways to Support & Create Healthy Workplace CulturesExperiential Workshops & ProductsConnect with Amy: LinkedIn , Website, Purchase her book, Create Magic at WorkConnect with Dr. Stefan Zavalin: Ted Talk, Instagram, LinkedIn, You Tube

Join Amy and Marques in this episode as they discuss how uncertainty and instability can lead to innovation and inspiration. Marques shares learning lessons from past businesses and how he discovered leading with his ego was not the path to an abundant business or life.Marques Ogden is a former NFL Athlete, Keynote Speaker, Business Coach & Consultant, three -time Best Selling Author and Podcast Co-Host of The Lev and Marques Show. Marques has a unique approach to elevating your success to the next level and creates presentations designed to help each brand in various elements of business - communication, sales, leadership, management, generational issues, transition, innovation, customer experience, diversity & inclusion, and more. Presentations are customized to a more traditional approach designed around The Success Cycle, which brings value back to the core basics of fundamental relationship building and success. Because improving your business doesn't have to be complicated.In this episode, you will learn:The impact on Marques' construction business by leading with his egoThe lessons Marques learned from losing his businessMarques' advice for those who are experiencing failure or chaosQuote from the show - ''It really wasn't until that moment, Amy, that I said, I'm the one who has to change. And once that happened, when things started happening positively in my life, even though it was a long road back, that's when the things started to happen in my life'.'About the host:Amy Lynn Durham is the Founder of the executive coaching firm Create Magic At Work.Amy has spent years in the corporate world successfully managing hundreds of employees for private and publicly traded companies. Amy designed Create Magic At Work™ to bring a variety of services and strategies to aid in supporting healthy leaders & workplaces through:Private Executive CoachingSpeaking Internationally about Ways to Support & Create Healthy Workplace CulturesExperiential Workshops & ProductsConnect with Amy: - LinkedIn , Website, Purchase her book, Create Magic at WorkConnect with Marques - Instagram, LinkedIn, Facebook

Join Amy and Aleya Harris in this episode as they explore unresolved burnout as a leader or entrepreneur and the practices you can adopt to ensure you are operating from your highest self.Join Aleya & Amy in this episode as we delve into unresolved burnout as a leader or entrepreneur and the practices you can adopt to ensure you are operating from your highest self.⁠ In this episode, you will learn: ⁠ *What a bioenergetics coach does and why it helps with feelings of burnout.⁠ *How to embody the feelings toward the abundant life you deserve.⁠ *A practice you can adopt when you feel things aren't going the way you want.⁠ *How incorporating ritual can help you become unblocked.⁠Quote from the show - ''When you are burnt out, battered and lost. You are giving from what your life force energy needs to continue along.'' About the host:Amy Lynn Durham is the Founder of the executive coaching firm Create Magic At Work.Amy has spent years in the corporate world successfully managing hundreds of employees for private and publicly traded companies. Amy designed Create Magic At Work™ to bring a variety of services and strategies to aid in supporting healthy leaders & workplaces through:Private Executive CoachingSpeaking Internationally about Ways to Support & Create Healthy Workplace CulturesExperiential Workshops & ProductsConnect with Amy:LinkedIn , Website, Purchase her book, Create Magic at WorkConnect with Aleya - LinkedIn, Website

Are you able to support your employees fully when they disclose something personal to you? Are you able to be fully present for them in these moments or does it sometimes feel a little awkward? Aaron Tabacco, PhD, RN is an Executive Coach and the Director of Staff Experience in the Department of Medicine at the University of California San Francisco. A former professor of developmental pediatrics, Aaron transitioned into his current line of work three years ago, becoming a thought leader in the development of holistic workplaces, leadership development, DEI efforts, and internal institutional workforce research. He is a highly-skilled public speaker and communicator having been featured at numerous public and private professional engagements in his areas of speciality. Aaron has several professional publications in the US, Europe, Japan, and online, and is a graduate of the UC Berkeley Executive Coaching Institute at the Berkeley-Hass School of Business. Additionally, Aaron has engaged in high stakes healthcare and higher education conflict mediation for families and professionals over a thirteen-year period. He's a father of three young adult sons who live in Portland, Oregon. Aaron currently lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.Join Amy and Aaron in this episode as they delve into how you can best support your employees during difficult times and be fully present for them.In this episode, you will learn:How being a nurse helped Aaron to harness his skills of being presentThe four domains of thinking you should adopt when someone is sharing difficult things with you as a leaderHow you can put your own ego to the side and truly be present for your employeesQuote from the show - ''My first rule of thumb, especially as you're building skill with really practising presence, is to remind yourself that you're probably going to say it best if you don't really say anything at all. ''About the host:Amy Lynn Durham is the Founder of the executive coaching firm Create Magic At Work.Amy has spent years in the corporate world successfully managing hundreds of employees for private and publicly traded companies. Amy designed Create Magic At Work™ to bring a variety of services and strategies to aid in supporting healthy leaders & workplaces through:Private Executive CoachingSpeaking Internationally about Ways to Support & Create Healthy Workplace CulturesExperiential Workshops & ProductsConnect with Amy:LinkedIn , Website, Purchase her book, Create Magic at WorkConnect with Aaron Tabacco - LinkedIn

Do you vent to your partner or to other close relationships in your life about work? You may think this is harmless. After all, you're just letting off some steam but it could have a long term affect on your relationship.Raven Shamballa is a Master Energy Healer, a spiritual counselor and senior yoga teacher for over 25 years. She holds a master's degree in counseling and is formerly a marriage and family therapist. She has a unique perspective on psychological disorders and believes that clearing the energy body of discordant energy can heal most psychological ailments. Raven has authored four books and her most notable title is the 100 Chakra System, An Introduction to Negative Energy Release Work.The 100 Chakra System book describes an expanded perception of the energy body up to 100 Chakras, and discusses different types of negative energies that can invade the chakra system. Her other titles are 10 Cosmic Dimension, A Spiritual Guidebook to Ascension, 3 Pendulum Languages, and 7 Primary Chakra System.Join Amy and Raven in this episode as they discuss how bringing your work home can affect personal relationships.In this episode, you will learn:How to make the shift from the workplace to home life at the end of the dayWhy you should limit how long you vent to your partnerHow leaders can reframe employee complaints into a more positive conversationHow to eliminate toxic workplace energyQuote from the show - ''Keep venting to 15 to 20 minutes. And if you need to vent longer than that, seriously, find a life coach and save your partner because what is it your partner wants? They want the beautiful person they fell in love with. They want the beautiful side of them. They know that work is challenging and they want them to release that, but they cannot be the only vehicle of release. That will end up destroying a relationship.''About the host:Amy Lynn Durham is the Founder of the executive coaching firm Create Magic At Work.Amy has spent years in the corporate world successfully managing hundreds of employees for private and publicly traded companies. Amy designed Create Magic At Work™ to bring a variety of services and strategies to aid in supporting healthy leaders & workplaces through:Private Executive CoachingSpeaking Internationally about Ways to Support & Create Healthy Workplace CulturesExperiential Workshops & ProductsConnect with Amy:LinkedIn , Website, Purchase her book, Create Magic at WorkConnect with Raven- Website, Instagram, You Tube

Are you feeling stuck in your leadership position or business and not sure which direction to turn? Jon is a Business Coach, author, speaker and podcaster. He helps successful business people get unstuck and grow their business. Jon has wanted to be a Business Coach/ Author / Speaker since he was 18. His dad gave him a set of tapes by Brian Tracy: The Psychology of Success and the moment they hit his ears, he knew he wanted to help successful businesspeople get unstuck and grow their businesses. Jon has been called the "business whisperer" because he can see what you cannot see and hear what you cannot hear at your company. He uses that laser focus to help you enhance, improve, increase and evolve not only your business but yourself.Join Amy and Jon in this episode as they delve into leadership, employee engagement and the retaining top talent.In this episode, you will learn:The characteristics of a great leaderThe importance of companies having a business plan so that their employees know what the big vision isWhat companies should be doing to retain top talentQuote from the show - ''I think sometimes seeing their unique ability, seeing their gifts, seeing their highest potential, a great manager will evolve that person and raise them up to their highest potential. And a poor manager will see the potential and do nothing because they don't want that person to outshine them or because they don't know how to do it. ''Resources mentioned in the show: Book - The Think Big MovementAbout the host:Amy Lynn Durham is the Founder of the executive coaching firm, Create Magic At Work.Amy has spent years in the corporate world successfully managing hundreds of employees for private and publicly traded companies. Amy designed Create Magic At Work™ to bring a variety of services and strategies to aid in supporting healthy leaders & workplaces through:Private Executive CoachingSpeaking Internationally about Ways to Support & Create Healthy Workplace CulturesExperiential Workshops & KeynotesConnect with Amy:LinkedIn , Website, Purchase her book, Create Magic at WorkConnect with Jon:Website, LinkedIn, Podcast

What would it feel like to achieve everything you've ever wanted but at a slower pace and still lead a happier life?KC Rossi is a Mindset & Leadership Coach who helps high-achieving women go from people-pleasing burned-out perfectionists to profitable powerhouses. She's been a full-time entrepreneur since 1991 and has built six and 7+ figure businesses. Kc is a Certified Aromatherapist, Mind-Body Eating Coach, and NLP Practitioner. This allows her to bring an integrated and intuitive approach to her coaching.KC is the Founder of The Soulprint Method®, a system that combines energy, mindset, and spirituality. This holistic approach provides extreme clarity, dissolves limiting beliefs, improves performance, and opens the way to experience and share your full potential.She is the host of Women Developing Brilliance® — The Spirit of Business; a show dedicated to cultivating confidence, increasing visibility, elevating vibration, and leading with purpose. When she's offline you can find her whipping up plant-based eats or hiking the Finger Lakes Trail in Upstate, New York.KC is an Executive Contributor of Brainz Magazine. Her work has been highlighted in ABC, NBC, CBS, FOX, Thrive Global, SmallBizDaily, International Journal of Professional Holistic Aromatherapists, Female Entrepreneurial Association, and The Smart Girl Tribe.Join Amy and KC in this episode as they delve into creating the right energy, self-care and aligned action.In this episode, you will learn:How KC helps her clients breakthrough perfectionism and burnoutHow you can shift your energy so you're not holding on to trauma or negativityWhat you can do to escape the rat race of the corporate worldThe importance of making time for self-careQuote from the show - ''When your actions are aligned with who you think you are, you live a much more peaceful and happier life.''About the host:Amy Lynn Durham is the Founder of Create Magic At WorkAmy has spent years in the corporate world successfully managing hundreds of employees for private and publicly traded companies. Amy designed Create Magic At Work™ to bring a variety of services and strategies to aid in supporting healthy leaders & workplaces through:Private Executive CoachingSpeaking Internationally about Ways to Support & Create Healthy Workplace CulturesExperiential Workshops & KeynotesConnect with Amy:LinkedIn , Website, Purchase her book, Create Magic at WorkConnect with KC:Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, LinkedIn

A TABOO TOPIC IN SOME WORK SPACES? THE SECRET SAUCE TO FEELING RESTED... DO YOU EVER WONDER WHY SOME LEADERS LOOK SO RESTED AND PUT TOGETHER?Samm Smeltzer has passionately pursued the missing elements for employee engagement within organizations, and this path has led her to a place the working world often avoids, Spirituality and Eastern Medicine. She has since combined both her roles as an HR Visionary and a Medical Qigong Healer to heal disengaged workplaces and guide leaders and employees to discover their own professional purpose and passion.Prior to this journey, Samm began her career serving as an HR Manager within two U.S. based retail companies and was responsible for multiple store sites in various states. She then transitioned industries to healthcare where she developed and implemented company-wide educational programs for leadership and staff at a large Central Pennsylvania Healthcare System. Samm has functioned as a consultant to enhance team and individual performance. She is certified by the HR Certification Institute as a Professional in Human Resources (PHR) and by the Society for Human Resource Management as an SHRM-CP. Samm's dedicated efforts resulted in multiple awards, two of them being 2013 Organizational Learning & Development Educator of the Year and Penn State's 2015 Outstanding Graduate Student in Training and Development.Samm's experience combined with her desire to create workplaces with thriving employees resulted in the creation of the HRart Center (pronounced "heart"), a boutique consulting firm devoted to corporate wellness and growth. She is the author of three books, the newest of which is called Workplace Healers. HR leader, Qigong healer, coach, author, and avid podcaster, Samm Smeltzer is on a mission to revolutionize HR and heal the working world.Join Amy and Samm in this episode as they delve into being intuitive and qigong meditation.In this episode, you will learn:What it means to be intuitive and how Samm applies it to help corporate leadersWhat Qigong is and how it relates to energy and wellnessHow Samm uses Qigong to help leaders find their authentic selves in the workplaceQuote from the show - '' Part of me thinks, you know, the pandemic is a horrible global situation that we're going through. However, one of the gifts it has generated is this massive, even reflective, movement through quarantine. And so for the first time, we were all forced to look at ourselves and go inward. We couldn't have all the distractions to allow us to not do that. And when we looked inward and we realized that we haven't been working there, people were like, oh crap. Now what? What do we do?''About the host:Amy Lynn Durham is the Founder of Create Magic At WorkAmy has spent years in the corporate world successfully managing hundreds of employees for private and publicly traded companies. Amy designed Create Magic At Work™ to bring a variety of services and strategies to aid in supporting healthy leaders & workplaces through:Private Executive CoachingSpeaking Internationally about Ways to Support & Create Healthy Workplace CulturesExperiential Workshops & KeynotesConnect with Amy:LinkedIn , Website, Purchase her book, Create Magic at Work

How do you collaborate with your team? Do you take the time to ask their opinions, check in with them, find out what they need from you as their leader?In this episode, Amy is joined by Robert "Bo" Brabo. Throughout his career, Bo has always focused on the people, helping them tackle their issues as if they were his own. Since retiring from the US Army as the Chief of HR Operations with the White House Communications Agency and Presidential Communications Officer for both Presidents Bush and Obama, Bo has served in several executive positions and is the founder of Hail Media Group & The Brabo Center of Excellence, providing fully accredited continuing education for HR professionals around the globe.Bo's mission through the Center is to build leadership and business acumen in human resources professionals, giving them the abilities to help solve today's most challenging business issues. Students develop a leadership mindset, boost their performance, build, and lead high-performing teams, get crystal clear on their HR goals, plans, and actions, and set-up their careers for long-term success and satisfaction. The Center's programs are offered on their E-Learning platform, via live webinars, as well as customized corporate training events.Bo received his MBA from the University of Michigan's Ross School of Business. He is a professional speaker and author of the book "From the Battlefield, to the White House, to the Boardroom: Leading Organizations to Values Based Results", an Amazon Top 100 Hot New Release in Business Leadership. Bo is the Co-host of "The Bo & Luke Show" (a top 2.5% global podcast) inspiring listeners to be, know, and do better every day. Bo also holds current SPHR and PMP professional certifications.Join Amy and Bo in this episode as they discuss:What values based leadership meansThe role mental strength plays in the workplace and its similarities to SQHow end of day check-ins with your team creates an open environment for communicationHow to handle mistakes and view them as an opportunity for learning, not blamingQuote from the show - ''When I'm meeting with my team and they're telling me what they've accomplished, they're telling me about any impacts they have had on their day or what other people, external forces might be having on them and getting their job done or any impediments, it's really about me listening, active listening, to ensure I can then discern what needs to be done and what actions need to take place'.About the host:Amy Lynn Durham is the Founder of Create Magic At WorkAmy has spent years in the corporate world successfully managing hundreds of employees for private and publicly traded companies. Amy designed Create Magic At Work™ to bring a variety of services and strategies to aid in supporting healthy leaders & workplaces through:Private Executive CoachingSpeaking Internationally about Ways to Support & Create Healthy Workplace CulturesExperiential Workshops & KeynotesConnect with Amy:LinkedIn , Website, Purchase her book, Create Magic at Work

How comfortable are you at work? Do you feel that you can truly be yourself or do you show only a version of yourself for fear of being judged by colleagues?In this episode, Amy is joined by Sean Moore. Certified in Diversity and Inclusion from Cornell University and after 20 years in the telecom industry, Sean decided to start a consulting company that focuses on change management, servant leadership and building strong, diverse and inclusive cultures.Join Amy and Sean in this episode as they discuss:How Sean operates from a place of higher motivation or big picture view as a leaderWhat it means to be a compassionate leader and how you can connect with your employees on a deeper levelWhy you should build diversity through connection as a leaderQuote from the show - ''A compassionate leader encourages people to be authentic and recognizes like.....something I've learned personally is people don't know how to help you,if you don't reach out and ask for help.'' *For a brief portion of this episode we discuss our guest's work in diversity, equity and inclusion. We acknowledge that these are deep and complex issues that require more in depth exploration than this conversation allowed for. At Create Magic At Work we honor, respect and value all identities and perspectives. Many of the skills of Spiritual Intelligence (SQ) reflect themes such as the awareness of others worldviews, awareness of the interconnectedness of life, and making wise and compassionate decisions. We will continue to explore these and other skills of SQ throughout this podcast.About the host:Amy Lynn Durham is the Founder of Create Magic At WorkAmy has spent years in the corporate world successfully managing hundreds of employees for private and publicly traded companies. Amy designed Create Magic At Work™ to bring a variety of services and strategies to aid in supporting healthy leaders & workplaces through:Private Executive CoachingSpeaking Internationally about Ways to Support & Create Healthy Workplace CulturesExperiential Workshops & KeynotesConnect with Amy:LinkedIn , Website, Purchase her book, Create Magic at WorkConnect with Sean: LinkedIn https://dgiconsultingllc.com/

Since the COVID pandemic, the way people work has changed and some may be wondering, is there a place for middle managers in the workplace and if so, what role do they play in the health and wellbeing of their employees?In this episode, Amy is joined by Roly Walter. Roly is the founder of Appraisd, an employee performance management system that is unique in aiming to help managers get the best from their team members. Roly has built Appraisd from his garden shed to a global business with £1mm ARR. He has so far avoided external investment, worried that it would get in the way of his family life but also wanted to prove that you could build and scale a SaaS business through customer revenue.He is fascinated by what it means to be a manager – why middle management has become a dirty word, why management is seen as inferior to leadership, how managers also need to be coaches, mentors as well as holding their team members to account.Roly says it's hard to be a manager, and this is what drives him to build tools to help. He also loves to regularly embarrass his two kids by playing guitar for their school's Dads Band.Join Amy and Roly in this episode as they discuss:Whether there will be a place for middle managers in the future of the workforceHow middle managers can best support their teams in a remote working environmentEquipping managers with the right tools they need to have conversations with their employees about their mental health and their wellbeingQuote from the show - ''Now we could look at the managers and think about what it means. If you're a new manager or you're a manager that has imposter syndrome, or you're a manager that has blind spots, how can we help those people so that the balance is absolutely equal and that manager and employee can really get the best from each other.''About the host:Amy Lynn Durham is the Founder of Create Magic At WorkAmy has spent years in the corporate world successfully managing hundreds of employees for private and publicly traded companies. Amy designed Create Magic At Work™ to bring a variety of services and strategies to aid in supporting healthy leaders & workplaces through:Private Executive CoachingSpeaking Internationally about Ways to Support & Create Healthy Workplace CulturesExperiential Workshops & KeynotesConnect with Amy:LinkedIn , Website, Purchase her book, Create Magic at WorkConnect with Roly:Website, LinkedIn

Being a curious and creative learner has set Valerie apart from becoming an accomplished leadership coach and professional speaker.For the past 20 years, Valerie's career has taken her to many different countries and to work with people of many cultures. She's worked for Up with People, the international leadership program, the Dallas Regional Chamber of Commerce, and Hyatt Corporation in roles focused on public relations, training, recruitment, and leadership development.In 2018, she launched into entrepreneurship as the CEO of her company, Connect to Joy, LLC. Her thought‐provoking questions and unique strategies empower people from all walks of life. Her group workshops and one‐on‐one sessions are designed to go beyond concepts and data points, to shine a light on what has heart and meaning. While her delivery is fun, engaging and playful, attendees report breakthroughs in achieving meaningful goals, transforming relationships, and communicating with confidence. Whether in a one-on-one session, delivering a keynote, facilitating a breakout or participating in a panel discussion, Valerie exudes wisdom, curiosity, and joy.In this episode, you will learn:What it means to have a deeper connection with a colleague or employeeWhat sparks Valerie to speak about bringing joy to diversityWhat servant leadership means to ValerieHow organizations should look to fix underlying causes of problems vs. symptomsQuote from the show - ''The more I embraced that part of me, which was so natural already, the better results I got, the more compliant people were ironically, because they were willing to go above and beyond sometimes in places, in ways, that were uncomfortable.''About the host:Amy Lynn Durham is the Founder of Create Magic At Work™.Amy has spent years in the corporate world successfully managing hundreds of employees for private and publicly traded companies. Amy designed Create Magic At Work™ to bring a variety of services and strategies to aid in supporting healthy leaders & workplaces through:Private Executive CoachingSpeaking Internationally about Ways to Support & Create Healthy Workplace CulturesExperiential WorkshopsConnect with Amy:LinkedIn , Website, Purchase her book - Create Magic at WorkConnect with Valerie:Website, LinkedIn, Instagram