The Love Monday Podcast
This podcast is devoted to showing people how to improve their lives by taking specific steps to love Monday just like Friday. Join host Ryan Houmand, author of "A Passion for Monday" as he and his guests break down exactly how you can love Monday just like Friday but for a different reason. For more information on how to Love Monday just like Friday go to: LoveMondayLikeFriday.com
Episodes
84 episodes
Ep 85: A Tale of Two Managers
It was the best of management; it was the worst of management. A tale of two managers, where one inspires their team to thrive, and the other leaves their team in disarray. In leadership, just like in Dickens’ classic A Tale of Two Cities, we s...
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Ep 84: Unlocking Success with the Service Profit Chain
What if the secret to organizational success is simpler than we think? In this episode, we explore the powerful Service Profit Chain and how it connects employee engagement, customer satisfaction, and profitability. Drawing insights fr...
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Ep 83: Ryan's Rant (You might want to skip this episode)
I pushed record and started just talking about what's on my mind, the state of work, and the issues that impact it. It's kinda ugly, so strap in if you're going to listen.
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Ep 82: How to Stop People Managers from Managing Projects
In this episode of the Love Monday Podcast, I tackle a common workplace challenge: people managers who get stuck managing projects instead of leading their teams. If you’re a senior leader, I’ll share actionable strategies to help your...
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Ep 81: Kaylene Fedor - Be Efficient with Things and Effective with People
In this episode of the Love Monday Podcast, we sit down with Kaylene Fedor, Senior Manager of Recruiting at Enveda Biosciences, to explore the intersection of artificial intelligence and recruitment. Kaylene shares her insights on leve...
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Ep 80: Amy Skyles, EdD: Loyalty v. Complacency in the Workplace
In this insightful episode of the Love Monday Podcast, we sit down with Amy Skyles, Author and Human Resources Executive, to explore the powerful difference between complacency and loyalty in the workplace. Amy, who brings years of HR ...
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Ep 79: Unlocking the Future of Recruiting with Brian Fink: Navigating Trends, Technology, and Candidate Relationships
In this episode of the Love Monday Podcast, host Ryan Houmand sits down with Brian Fink, a seasoned recruiter and thought leader in the talent acquisition space, to dive deep into the evolving world of recruitment. Brian sh...
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Ep 78: Anchored Achievers vs. Empowered Performers: Understanding Long-Term Role Holders
In this episode of the Love Monday Podcast, Ryan dives into two common types of long-term role holders in the workplace: Anchored Achievers and Empowered Performers. Discover the key differences between these two personas...
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Ep 77: The Ugly Side of Reskilling : When Employees Look LIke Chess Pieces
In this eye-opening episode, we explore the hidden pitfalls of employee reskilling and how it can lead to disengagement, high turnover, and unexpected costs for businesses. As companies rush to adapt to changing markets, they often move employe...
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Ep 76: Building Team Culture in Spite of Your Org Culture
Wish you could build your own culture on your team because the culture of your org is less that stellar? YOU CAN!And in this episode, you'll learn how to do it!12 Elements of EngagementI Know What’s Expected of ...
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Ep 75: Brand Evangelism for Leaders
Leaders should be the best, most effective ambassadors for their products and services. Unfortunately, most leaders rarely have the passion or ability to tell an effective story of their products and services. Sometimes it's because they are so...
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Ep 74: People-Pleasing to Love Monday...and Then Hate It.
In this episode, we're talking about how people-pleasing will cause you to hate Monday.
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Ep 73: Kortney Ross - How managers can help parents LOVE where they work
In this episode, Kortney Ross, founder of NextGen Work Culture, joins us to discuss the things most important for managers to know about enabling parents to be successful and even LOVE where they work. Listen up managers and business leaders! <...
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Ep 72: Boss v. Friend
It's okay to be a friend and a boss at the same time, though controversial the primary reason for not being a friend to your employees is that you're too weak a leader to be able to have a hard conversation with a friend. Don't let anybody, inc...
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Ep 71: The Strengths, Weaknesses and Blindspots of Managers
In this episode we explore new research into where managers are doing well, struggling and where they think they're doing better than they are compared to how their team members feel. The research is from Gallup and if you want to see the repor...
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Ep 70: The 5 Conversations (every manager should be having with every employee)
In the book "It's the Manager" from Gallup, 5 critical conversations every manager should be having with every employee are outlined. In this episode we'll talk about why you should be having them and how to have them as well as some success st...
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Ep 69: Coaching Mindset v. Manager Mindset
In this episode we discuss the difference between the manager mindset and the coach mindset.
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Ep 68: Don't Be So Uptight, Relax and Get Inspired
In this episode, we'll talk about why you should not be so uptight about the demands of life. Relax and get inspired.
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Ep 66: Step Into Your Power, Live On Your Terms, Stop Asking If It's Okay
In this episode, we discuss how to claim your power, live your life, and don't ask for permission. People managers often don't have the assertiveness be powerful for their teams for themselves.
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Ep 65: From Manager to Coach - focusing people leaders on people things
In this episode we explore what it takes for a manager to be a coach. We'll focus on some of the things that distract managers from doing people things and we'll talk about what it takes to be a great coach from the Coaching Cycle to the the 5 ...
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EP 64: Building Better Managers
In this episode, we kick off our push to help managers help their people to Love Monday Just Like Friday but for a Different Reason, by helping them be better managers. We'll explore how managers become managers and why it's so hard to find a g...
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Ep 63: The Curious Case of the Credibility of Women
In this episode, we look at the inherent credibility issue that women face primarily when men don't see them as credible sources of knowledge and contribution to society, organizations and relationships.
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Bonus: 3 Couples - Putting the 7 Bridges to Work
In this bonus episode, you'll hear my observation of 3 real-life, yet brief, scenarios. I sat in a restaurant for an extended period observing 3 couples with different dynamics. It was interesting to see and try to apply the 7 Bridges to what I...
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Ep 62: Bridge #3 Emotional Availability
In this episode we explore Bridge #3 of the 7 Bridges - Emotional Availability. We'll look at some of the key components of Emotional Availability including:AttunementOpen communicationEmpathy Self-aw...
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BONUS: If You're Going to Do a Layoff, Don't F*ck It Up
In this bonus episode we explore how horribly, horriblly wrong almost all organizations handle layoffs. This episode is for managers and leaders in organizations who might at some point have to do a layoff. Spoiler alert: Layoffs are ALWA...
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