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Now Playing: Looking Back and Moving Forward
In this episode, hosts Hannah Bratterud, Chris Province, and Luke Freeman reflect on the evolution of their podcast as they enter this new season.
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Now Playing: Activating Shared Values at the Citizen Potawatomi Nation with Guests Kelley Francen and April Carter
In today’s episode of Magic in the Room, Chris and Luke sit down with Kelley Francen and April Carter to discuss leadership development at the Citizen Potawatomi Nation. Kelley and April developed a unique program that integrates the traditional cultural teachings of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation into leadership development.
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Now Playing: Meaningful Recognition
In the final episode of season five Chris, Hannah, and Luke share their takeaways from 10 months of learning about leading teams. This episode is full of advice for leaders who want to learn the skills needed for building effective teams.
Past: Meaningful Recognition
Meaningful recognition means catching people doing something right and making sure to tell them. This is an often-overlooked skill for people who lead teams, but the good news is that it is not hard (or expensive, it just takes intentionality. The payoff in increased engagement is more than worth it.
Past Episode: Corrective Action
Corrective action may not be your favorite thing to think about, but it is a critical tool for helping people align their action and performance to the commitments of your team and organization.
Past Episode: Feedback & Engagement
Giving and receiving feedback is critical to individual and team success, yet for many people feedback can feel threatening or unwelcome. In this episode we discuss how to give feedback that is helpful and leads to high performance.
Past Episode: Performance Development
In this episode we talk about why performance evaluations are not a path to high performing teams, and we discuss an alternative: Performance Development.
Past Series: Navigating Conflict
In this episode of Magic in the Room Hannah, Chris, and Luke encourage leaders to change they way we think about conflict.
Past Series: Effective Communication
In the most recent episode of Magic in the Room Luke, Hannah, and Chris discuss tactics for communication effectively with your team.
Past Series: Commitments and Accountability
On this episode of Magic in the Room Luke, Hannah, and Chris talk about how leaders can create commitments that enable an environment of accountability.
Past Series: Lead a Team
In the most recent episode of Magic in the Room Luke, Hannah, and Chris talk about the foundation of effective teams: trust. As a leader building trust with and within your team is one of your first priorities.
Past Series: Lead a Team
The latest episode Magic in the Room explores the ways leaders need to change their mindset when leading a team of people. If we don't change our mindset we may end up focusing on the wrong things and have less impact as a result.
Past Series: Hope
Currently, on Magic in the Room, we are taking a deep dive into Intentional Leadership and the factors that help us lead well. To be as effective as possible, you must develop hope for you and your team.
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Past Series: Wellbeing
Currently, on Magic in the Room, we are taking a deep dive into Intentional Leadership and the factors that help us lead well. To be as effective as possible, you must "put on your oxygen mask first" and pay attention to your wellbeing.
Episodes that go with this guide:
- Episode 167: Practices for Wellbeing
- Episode 168: Resilience and Wellbeing with Guest Lorca Smetana
- Episode 169: Using Flow State to Care for Your Team's Wellbeing
- Episode 170: Elevating the Heart of the Company with Guest Ben Scholl
- Episode 171: Redefining Self-Care with Guest Nicole Casey
- Episode 172: Practicing Wellbeing with Guest Nicole Casey
Past Series: Your Unique Contribution
Right now, on Magic in the Room, we are taking a deep dive into Intentional Leadership and the factors that help us lead well. To lead well, we must understand how our unique strengths and values intersect with what our community needs.
Episodes that go with this guide:
- Episode 163: Your Unique Contribution - Understanding How to Apply Your Strengths and Values
- Episode 164: Your Unique Contribution: Courageously Finding your Contribution with Guest Karen Lum
- Episode 165: Your Unique Contribution: Making HR More Human with Guest Kari Gras
- Episode 166: Your Unique Contribution: The Fundamentals of Service
Past Series: Cultivate Your Mindset
Right now, on Magic in the Room, we are taking a deep dive into Intentional Leadership and the factors that help us lead well. To lead well, we must learn how to handle stress in helpful and positive ways.
Episodes that go with this guide:
- Episode 159: Survival Strategies: How Do We Deal with Stress?
- Episode 160: 60: Survival Strategies: Belonging’s Critical Role in Transition from Military to Civilian Life with Guest Sara McNamara
- Episode 161: Survival Strategies: Four Steps for Handling Stress
- Episode 162: Love in the Workplace with Guest Renée Smith
Past Series: Cultivate Your Mindset
Right now, on Magic in the Room, we are taking a deep dive into Intentional Leadership and the factors that help us lead well. To lead well, we must challenge our assumptions and cultivate our mindset.
Episodes that go with this guide:
- Episode 154: Mindset: Embrace Challenges While Helping Others
- Episode 155: Mindset: Version One is Better Than Version None with Guest Neil Hughes
- Episode 156: Mindset: The Four Archetypes of Mindset
- Episode 157: Current Trends: Who Will Do These Jobs?
- Episode 158: A Mindset Introduction with Special Guest Bob Schooley
Past Series: Clarify Your Values
Right now, on Magic in the Room, we are taking a deep dive into Intentional Leadership and the factors that help us lead well. To lead well, we must clarify the values that are unique to us.
Past Series: Focus On Strengths
Right now, on Magic in the Room, we are taking a deep dive into Intentional Leadership and the factors that help us lead well. To lead well, we must understand and focus on using our strengths.
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Past Series: The Iceberg Model
Right now, on Magic in the Room, we are taking a deep dive into Intentional Leadership and the factors that help us lead well. For us to lead others, we first must lead ourselves by understanding how personality and experiences impact our actions.
Meet Your Hosts
Chris Province
Chris Province is a performance improvement specialist with a passion for creating sustainable movements. With 5-plus years of independent professional services experience, Chris’ work focuses on the development of practices that identify, clarify and operationalize an authentic purpose.
Luke Freeman
Luke has over 15 years of experience working with emerging and senior leaders of all ages and in multiple industries. He specializes in the design and delivery of programs that help individuals and teams grow their capacity as healthy and effective leaders.
