The Love Monday Podcast

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, David shares his personal experience with Building Trust through Honest Feedback. We explore the importance of effective feedback and the necessity of making a safe space to give and receive feedback.   David Alsop is the Head of Human Resources and People Strategies at Ultradent Products Inc ., a global leader in dental products ranked as Fortune Magazine’s fifth...

Send us Fan Mail Women aren't invisible. Invisibility isn't even a thing. Yet, we treat them as if they are. We don't see them for the value they bring to the workplace or the homefront. Don't believe me? Only 1 in 4 c-suite leaders are women. Only 1 in 20 are women of color. Outside of work, women do 75% of the world's unpaid labor such as care for children, working aroun...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we'll explore how you can apply the Top Gun Approach to improving what you do to a point that you will be ridiculously good at it. In the process, you'll become so good at what you do that you can't be ignored by anyone.  Support the show For more information on how to love Monday just like Friday, got to: LoveMondayLikeFriday.com . Find more inform...

Send us Fan Mail Is your career driven by what's important to you or is it being driven by some external pressure?  In this episode, we'll explore what drives your career and how to find out if you don't already know. If you know drives you career and can relate that to peak experiences you've had while working you'll get hints into many different jobs you could do to love...

Send us Fan Mail Giving 2 weeks' notice when you quit your job, it's customary even expected. But is it necessary? Does two weeks' notice really help anyone? Okay, there has to be a formal resignation, but whether you're the manager or the one who is quitting, there's always more than 2 weeks' notice even if no one says anything. That's because before they quit,...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode we explore what makes a great job, a good job and a bad job. I didn't make this stuff up its from an article called "The Real Global Jobs Crisis" written by Jon Clifton, CEO of Gallup. He defines the Great and the Good and I extrapolated from that what a bad job is. If you follow me on LinkedIn you'll find a poll I placed out there today , pleas...

Send us Fan Mail This week I lost my voice. Rather than miss a week we have an abbreviated session with stories and content from LoveMondayLikeFriday.com paid content. These are snippets from the courses available there. For listening today, and if you go to LoveMondayLikeFriday.com, I'm offering a HUGE discount to earlier listeners of the Podcast. Use the discount code PODCAST50 for a FIFTY...

Send us Fan Mail Why do so many managers struggle with leadership? There are some very specific reasons starting with how they became managers. Many managers are reluctant managers, meaning they got the job but didn't really want the job. Others maybe wanted it but didn't know how to do the job because they don't get proper mentoring or training. In this episode we explore how you b...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we explore what you do next after checking your rearview mirror (Episode 11). It's good to take a look at how far you've come, and once you feel the full impact of your progress, use that positive energy to place your eyes firmly on the road ahead. You'll probably find the road looks different now that you can appreciate just how far you've com...

Send us Fan Mail Sometimes we can't appreciate where we are if we don't look at how far we've come. It's easy to get down on ourselves and engage in self-defeating behavior, negative self-talk, and upper-limiting our progress if we look at ourselves at a point in time and we're disappointed. Often it's either because we are comparing ourselves to others who are doing...

Send us Fan Mail This session is going to be helpful for everyone but is specifically directed at people managers who have people who struggle on their team. We'll define and explain how you can maximize talent density on your team for maximum results. This will also help to drive engagement and a love of Monday for your team.  Support the show For more information on how to love Monday just...

Send us Fan Mail Make no mistake, being the boss is the toughest job in the building...any building. That said, research by Gallup tells us that companies hire the wrong person to be the manager 82% of the time. With that in mind, there's a high probability that you'll end up with a bad or even horrible boss at some point in your career. It's not always your fault for getting a horr...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we explore the Bruce Jenner Mistake: Trying to be something you're not. This is a concept from the book "A Passion for Monday" by Ryan Houmand. We'll explore what this mistake is, how to recognize if you're making it and some questions you can ask answer to start to get on a better path to your zone of genius.  Support the show For more in...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode we'll explore why you stay in your comfort zone and why that can be a problem.  Support the show For more information on how to love Monday just like Friday, got to: LoveMondayLikeFriday.com . Find more information from Ryan on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryan-houmand/ Get the book! "A Passion for Monday"  

Send us Fan Mail If you hate Monday, you might think there's no hope for ever liking it, and if you're ever going to that you have to leave your job, career or industry. That's not the case for most people. In this episode, we talk about how you can make the most of Monday where you work today.  Support the show For more information on how to love Monday just like Friday, got to: Lo...

Send us Fan Mail The concept of the Zone of Genius is from the book the Big Leap by Gay Hendricks. In this episode we explore what the Zone of Genius is, and how to identify yours. People who are famously successful operate about 90% of the time in their ZOG. Most others spend 5 to 10% of their time in their ZOG and the rest of their time in the zones of excellence, competence or incompetence.  Su...

Send us Fan Mail When it comes to making a change in your career, how averse to change are you? Some people make. a change at the first sign of difficulty or distress. Others wait until they hit rock bottom and simply can't take it anymore. In this episode of the Love Monday Podcast we'll explore more deeply why you might hate Monday, motivation for change and what you can do about it. W...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we highlight what you might NOT be getting from your boss and your job. You need to get these things in your job or the probability of you loving Monday is very, very low. We'll also talk about what you can do to ensure you get these things and start loving Monday just like Friday but for a different reason. Links: I Wish I Could Ask the Boss About the Boss L...

Send us Fan Mail In this session, we're going to talk about the big ugly that so many people are experiencing right now - job loss. If you've been impacted by a layoff or reduction in force (RIF), what you'll get from this episode is that you don't need to give up hope. This may be the start of something better than you could have imagined. If you're in despair, Ryan Houma...

Send us Fan Mail In this pilot episode of the Love Monday podcast we introduce the podcast and kick it off with a primer on the "4 Mistakes That Make People Hate Monday".  The 4 mistakes are 1)The Michael Jordan Mistake (trying to be good at everything), 2)The Marty McFly Mistake (fixating on your weaknesses), 3)The Bruce Jenner Mistake (trying to be something you're not), 4)The Hor...