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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