In this Author Corner, our resident author and Director of Learning chats with fellow author Shivani Gupta about her book Getting Your People to Step Up. Shivani is an award winning entrepreneur, speaker, coach and author and is obsessed with Passion, People and Performance.

Danette and Shivani discuss the challenges of managing people, the importance of attracting passionate employees, creating a positive work environment, and the significance of feedback and coaching in leadership. Shivani shares her journey as an entrepreneur and offers practical insights for business leaders on how to retain talent and foster a diverse and inclusive workplace.

To reach out to Shivani:

https://www.askshivani.com/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/askshivani/?originalSubdomain=au

And to grab a copy of Getting Your People to Step Up

https://www.askshivani.com/books

And to listen to Shivani’s awesome podcast:

https://www.askshivani.com/podcast

Chapters

00:00 Introduction to Shivani Gupta and Her Book

04:12 The Journey of an Entrepreneur

08:01 Attracting Passionate People

11:49 Creating a Positive Work Environment

15:55 The Importance of Feedback and Coaching

20:11 Resources and Final Thoughts

All Magical Learning podcasts are recorded on the beautiful lands of the Kulin, Ngunnawal and Wiradjuri nations, and we pay our respect to their elders past and present.

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Welcome to the hilarious new type of episode: the concept sandbox. Here we will be having two simultaneous conversations, and each one will shed unique light on the other.

Our two conversations today are

And interestingly, we will be doing it through the lens of Jason Voorhees from the Friday the 13th Movies. Do you want to see how it all comes together, and how many laughs and insights we can have along the way. Do you want to know how these two conversations overlap, and how Jason is going to choose between these two leader? Tune in to find out

Chapters

00:00 Introduction and Team Check-In

02:51 Concept Sandbox: Exploring Problems in Unique Contexts

06:00 Art and Business: Foundational Skills and Experimentation

12:00 Leadership Qualities: Balancing People Skills and Numbers

18:10 Modern Examples of Art and Business Overlap

24:01 Historical Perspectives on Art and Advertising

30:11 Final Thoughts and Key Takeaways

All Magical Learning podcasts are recorded on the beautiful lands of the Kulin, Ngunnawal and Wiradjuri nations, and we pay our respect to their elders past and present.

As always, if you are having trouble, you can always send us a message.

Listen to/watch this podcast here: ⁠https://open.spotify.com/show/128QgGO..⁠.

To find out more about our free content, sign-up for future webinars as well as our other services, go to ⁠https://magicallearning.com/⁠ and sign up!

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Have a Magical week!

What would you do if you were flying a plane, and all of a sudden the engine caught on fire?

https://www.aculturalleadership.com/

Why is it that work and fun sometimes feel like they are mutually exclusive? How do we make them the same thing?

In today's chat, the regular team jumps on to chat about their experience of where work meets fun, and what they have seen that makes fun more available in the workplace. They also chat about why adding a ping pong table and bean bags can actually be a negative thing.

All Magical Learning podcasts are recorded on the beautiful lands of the Kulin, Ngunnawal and Wiradjuri nations, and we pay our respect to their elders past and present.

Today's epic Author Corner is with the amazing Michelle Gibbings. Michelle is an author, keynote speaker, facilitator, mentor and workplace expert who has an amazing instinct for fun and effectiveness.

We all want our brand to stand out from the crowd. But why is that sometimes too scary for us to do, and what is the cost of not standing out at all?

Well today the team was lucky enough to be joined by the awesome strategy coach, keynote speaker and bestselling author David Fish to break it all down.

David talks about why Red Bull is so good at its branding (and how it has never had to use the word "energy"), why we have more love in our heart for QANTAS than REX, and what some of our bigger telecommunication companies are doing wrong with their current campaigns. Fishy also gives you tips on how to make your brand feel authentic, and why being too broad is a massive problem.

If you want to find out more about David Fish:

https://www.davidfish.com.au/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-fish-fishy/

Chapters

00:00 Introduction and Check-In

04:36 Guest Introduction: David Fish's Background and Expertise

08:37 Question 1: Examples of Companies that Stand Out and Stand Apart

13:16 Question 2: Importance of Telling Your Unique Story as a Business

16:00 Question 3: Importance of Awareness and Agility in Business

21:40 Question 4: How Good Businesses Show Up in the World

24:35 Unpacking the Value Proposition and Positioning of Your Business

26:26 Knowing Your Target Audience and Solving Their Problems

31:35 Avoiding Common Marketing Mistakes

40:12 Having Fun with the Strategy of Your Business

All Magical Learning podcasts are recorded on the beautiful lands of the Kulin, Ngunnawal and Wiradjuri nations, and we pay our respect to their elders past and present.

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Have a Magical week!

In today's Author Corner, our very own Director of Learning and author Danette Fenton-Menzies chats with another author; Bill Withers.

Hey listeners, we are all taking a 2 week break. After putting out over 215 episodes week after week, we have decided to give our team a little chance to rest up and feel good.

Feel free to go back through the archives and listen to some classic episode, or go over to the Adapt with Danette FM Podcast and check out Danette's chat with experts. Have a Magical two weeks.

How are your purpose, your ability to embrace challenge, and your past trauma all linked? And how can you understand that link to move into a better space?

How can we all collaborate a bit better? Why is it so hard to collaborate in the first place? And when shouldn't we collaborate?

Well, luckily we are joined by an expert on collaboration; Ann Braithwaite, to break it all down. Ann is also a speaker and coach, so communicating her message is something she is great at (as you are currently hearing)

In this episode, the team and Ann discuss the collaboration effect and the importance of collaboration in solving complex problems. She distinguishes collaboration from teamwork and emphasizes the need for collaboration when facing gnarly problems that require invention and trial and error. Ann shares examples of collaboration in various contexts, from the Rolling Stones' band dynamics to community projects.

She also highlights the misconceptions about collaboration and the importance of creating a zone of doubt where diverse perspectives can come together. Overall, the conversation emphasizes the value of collaboration in everyday life and the potential for collaboration to drive positive change.

To find out more about Ann:

https://www.annbraithwaite.com/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/annbraithwaite/?originalSubdomain=nz

Ann also has a freebie link for people that check out the newsletter. You can sign up for that here:https://www.magicallearning.com/contact-us

Chapters

00:00 Introduction and Life Updates

04:43 The Collaboration Effect: Solving Gnarly Problems through Invention

07:06 Collaboration vs. Teamwork: Understanding the Difference

11:43 Dispelling Misconceptions about Collaboration

15:57 The Zone of Doubt: Fostering Effective Collaboration

23:39 Collaboration in Everyday Life: From Bands to Community Projects

30:43 Collaboration in Day-to-Day Life: Where It Could Be Valuable

All Magical Learning podcasts are recorded on the beautiful lands of the Kulin, Ngunnawal and Wiradjuri nations, and we pay our respect to their elders past and present.