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Regaining Agency in Chaotic Times

In this episode of "Magic in the Room," hosts Luke, Hannah, and Chris delve into the themes of leadership, agency, and emotional regulation amidst chaos. They discuss how leaders can maintain control and purpose when faced with unexpected challenges or disruptions, emphasizing the importance of not succumbing to emotional hijacks.

Leading Through Loss

In this episode of "Magic in the Room," hosts Hannah Bratterud, Chris Province, and Luke Freeman delve into the complexities of leadership, particularly when dealing with personal and professional challenges that aren't covered by standard policies.

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.

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. 

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.

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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. 

   

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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.

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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.

   

   

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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. 

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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.

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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. 

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.

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.


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.

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.

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.

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. 

Past Series: Intentional Leadership 

Previously on Magic in the Room we took  a deep dive into Intentional Leadership. We all influence the people around us, even if we don’t realize it. However, if we are intentional, we can make decisions to use our influence for good. This is Intentional Leadership.   

Past Series: Intentional Leadership 

Previously on Magic in the Room we took  a deep dive into Intentional Leadership. We all influence the people around us, even if we don’t realize it. However, if we are intentional, we can make decisions to use our influence for good. This is Intentional Leadership.   

 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. 

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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.

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