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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?

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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

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"A servant leader aims to share power with others and encourage the development and growth of others." - Amy

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In today’s podcast episode, I talk about what leadership presence is and what it is not. Additionally, I share ways you can exhibit leadership presence in a lasting and impactful way.

Today on Create Magic At Work®:

• What makes someone a leader
• Misleading qualities that might be perceived as leadership presence
• Tips on how to model true leadership presence

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“You don't have to have a title to be a leader. Anyone can be a leader in their life, no matter what.” - Amy

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In today’s podcast episode, I share ways you can elevate your business and life by becoming a wise and effective change agent.

Today on Create Magic At Work®:

• The definition of a change agent
• How to integrate transformational change in your leadership
• How to aim for win-win solutions

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“I used to sit in these corporate executive rooms and I would hear a lot of catchphrases or buzzwords kicked around a lot. And I often could tell that the people that were saying these things didn't deeply know what they meant. And it really isn't their fault. ” - Amy

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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.

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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

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"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

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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

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"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

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In this podcast episode, I’m joined by Phyllis Sarkaria, the author of the book Courageous Clarity. A book geared toward leaders in the workplace. I invited Phyllis to share her thoughts on navigating the way forward in your leadership journey.  Guiding leaders who want to inspire, influence, and engage their teams for greater results. 

Listen as we discuss problem-solving from a place of inner curiosity and a desire to learn more rather than what's been ingrained in us from the past - that we must have all the answers.

With more than 30 years of leadership experience, Phyllis is a certified coach, facilitator, and trusted adviser.  Before founding The Sarkaria Group, Phyllis served as an internal adviser and coach to C-level executives and other key employees at Quidel Corporation, a leading medical diagnostics manufacturer. Phyllis currently works with clients in a wide range of industries, serving as a catalyst to help leaders and teams gain fresh perspectives and elevate their performance by building capacity within themselves to solve problems. Author of Courageous Clarity: Navigating The Way Forward On Your Leadership Journey, the essential guide for leaders who want to inspire, influence, and engage their teams for greater results, Phyllis is also a published scholar on authentic leadership. 

In this episode, we discuss:

• Tips on how you can get courageous clarity as a leader. 
• How the spirit of discovery opens up magic possibilities for leaders.
• Ways to recognize nonverbal indicators that help you navigate their workplace.
• How to know when it’s time to leave a toxic workplace.

Resources from this episode:

• Win a free download of the Courageous Clarity book. To enter the drawing email me your feedback about this episode at [email protected]
• Get your copy of the Courageous Clarity book 
• Book - Reframing Organizations: Artistry, Choice, and Leadership

Connect with Phyllis:

• Send an email to [email protected]
• Visit sarkariagroup.com
• LinkedIn

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“As a leader, you need to know yourself. Self-awareness is absolutely key. Once you have a better sense of yourself, it's easier to then engage and use tools to build trust, learn more about others and collaborate in a productive manner.” - Phyllis Sarkaria

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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

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• Tim on LinkedIn
• Subscribe to Tim's newsletter "The Growth Letter"

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"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

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Often we find ourselves in antiquated workplace systems where we are expected to thrive, despite all of the changes the world has been through. In this episode, I’m joined by Brian McComak, the founder of Hummingbird Humanity. Brian started Hummingbird Humanity as an initiative to bring humanity back to the workplace.  Brian shares his wisdom on how to bring a new approach to the workplace, so you can support your employees emotionally, make them feel seen and heard, help them thrive, and feel more like their authentic selves at work. 

Tune in as Brian gives tips on how to get started on bringing humanity back to the workplace and the concepts to use so you can become a better servant leader. 

More About Brian McComak:

Brian is a consultant, speaker, author, and facilitator with over 25 years of experience in DEI, HR, culture, change management, internal communications, and employee experience. He is an openly gay man and a person with a disability who shares his lived experiences in service of fostering workplaces where humans thrive. Before starting Hummingbird Humanity, he was the Global Head of Inclusion for Tapestry where he designed and launched the company’s DEI strategy. He put Tapestry ‘on the map’ as a great place for inclusion, earning recognition from the Human Rights Campaign’s Corporate Equality Index, Women in the Workplace and Forbes’ Best Places to Work for Diversity. Join Brian in working to create a world where we accept each other, celebrate our differences, and recognize that we truly are #bettertogether.

In this episode, we discuss:

• What inspired Brian to start Hummingbird Humanity
• Ways leaders can bring more connection to their workplace, even if you don’t know where to start
• Overcoming frustrations if you feel you are not getting results as a change agent for diversity, equity, and inclusion
• Tips on how you can communicate effectively for maximum impact

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"So I said, I'm going to try something different, and see if I can be one of those humans, who is challenging the ways that we think about creating workplaces. That's what I get to do now. My hope is that I am making a difference for certainly at least one person, but hopefully lots of people, and how they lead, how they manage and how workplaces are embracing and creating spaces where everyone can thrive. Particularly, those who have been historically most marginalized and underrepresented in the workplace." - Brian McComak

Resources from this episode:
Conservation series Hope, Hear, and The Human Spirit on YouTube

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• Brian on LinkedIn

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In today’s episode, I’m joined by Taiwo Onibokun, the Director of Revenue Operations at Yahoo and EdgeCast. I was so impressed with how Taiwo virtually connects with her global team, I had to invite her over to share some of her tips with all of you. A lot of workplaces are hybrid right now, or completely virtual, and it brings new challenges for leaders. The biggest challenge we talk about in this episode is how to make sure that team members feel connected, seen, and heard by the management. 

Tune in as we discuss Zoom fatigue, the disadvantages and advantages of working virtually, how to integrate water cooler talks in virtual teams, double standards some may experience at work, and much more!

More About Taiwo Onibokun:

Mrs. Taiwo Onibokun is an Authentic and results oriented visionary with over 20+ years of progressive experience in the Technical arena. She is an intentional leader who works tirelessly to drive employee engagement, honors an environment of diversity of thought and intersectionality in the workplace. Highly motivated by empowering and creating high performing teams and moving the needle towards a more just and equitable workplace, and providing thought leadership in social justice groups and ERGs.  Taiwo is currently the Director of Revenue Operations for Yahoo/Edgecast, formerly known as Verizon Digital Media Platform group, out of the Jefferson, Playa Vista California Office for almost 12 years. 

In this episode, we chat about:

• Tips on how to virtually connect with your team
• How to integrate "water cooler talks" with virtual teams
• What work opportunities might be lost by working virtually
• The awareness of the interconnectedness of life
• Taiwo shares ideas for progress that some may be overlooking

Quote from the episode: "Spend 15 minutes, sometimes 20, just doing a check the room, check the environment, how are you feeling? What's the best thing that happened to you last week, what happened over the weekend, you want to share, just really getting people to talk about things that were not work-related. I felt like it changed the morale of my organisation. " 

Resources from this episode:

• The Quantum Leader by Danah Zohar

About the host: 

Amy Lynn Durham is the Founder of Create Magic At Work™ and an Executive and Spiritual Intelligence Coach.  She uniquely blends the ethereal and the tactical to get maximum results for her clients.

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• LinkedIn

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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.

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