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    Empowering Leaders To Make the Right Decisions w/Tim Cakir

    en-usJune 20, 2022

    About this Episode

    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

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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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