The Love Monday Podcast

By Ryan Houmand

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Episodes: 155

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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


Episode Date
155. Do You Know What It's Like to Be Managed by You? (Manager Mirror™ Origin Story)
Oct 01, 2026
154. Are You a Good Manager? How Your Employees Really Experience Your Leadership
Oct 01, 2026
153. AI Replacing Managers? Here’s What Companies Are Getting Wrong
Sep 23, 2026
152. AI Won’t Kill Management. It Might Finally Fix It.
Sep 15, 2026
151. Are You Managing People or Chairs?
Sep 09, 2026
150. Fix It Before Private Equity Does
Aug 21, 2026
149. Your Employees Aren't Being Quiet. They're Reading the Room
Aug 11, 2026
148. Everybody Needs a Coach...Even Coaches Need a Coach
Aug 04, 2026
147. How Leaders Destroy Dream Jobs
Jul 27, 2026
146. Why Every Workplace Problem Is Really a Leadership Problem
Jul 21, 2026
145. The Real Problem Isn't the Employee—It's the Handoff
Jul 07, 2026
144. HR vs Leadership: Why They See Different Problems
Jun 29, 2026
143. The Problem Isn't Communication. It's Courage
Jun 22, 2026
142. The One Question That Reveals Real Leadership
Jun 15, 2026
141. The 3 Manager Blind Spots That Quietly Kill Engagement
Jun 08, 2026
140. Employees Told You What's Wrong. Why Hasn't Anything Changed?
Jun 01, 2026
139. Why Some Managers Get Followed and Others Get Tolerated
May 27, 2026
138. Why Most Leadership Scorecards Fail
May 19, 2026
137. Why Your Best Manager and Worst Manager Look the Same on Paper
May 11, 2026
136. A Service-Profit Chain Case Study
May 04, 2026
135. Employees: Do They Know? Do They Care?
Apr 27, 2026
134. Don't Be An Emotional Hostage
Apr 20, 2026
133. Using the Love Monday Tools to Be a Great Manager
Apr 13, 2026
132. Tools and Indicators to Get Managers Out of Their Chairs to Go Find Out What's Going On
Apr 08, 2026
131. Internal Service Quality: The Leadership Advantage Most Companies Miss
Mar 30, 2026
130: Who's Your Customer?
Mar 23, 2026
129. The Impact of Internal Service Quality on Customer Experience
Mar 18, 2026
128. How Internal Service Quality Translates to Happy Customers (part 2 in a series)
Mar 11, 2026
127. Great Customer Service is a Managment Tell (Part 1)
Mar 06, 2026
126. It Was All Good Until the New Manager Got Promoted: How the Peter Principle Is Killing Teams
Feb 25, 2026
125. How Will You Make Sure You Don't Get Another Bad Boss?
Feb 19, 2026
124: What Are the Odds You'll Get a Bad Boss?
Feb 11, 2026
123. Do Less. Better.
Feb 02, 2026
122. Go Change Some Lives
Jan 27, 2026
121. Your Job Isn't Your Purpose; Your Purpose is Bigger Than That
Jan 20, 2026
Ep. 120: What Do You Really Value (and Why Monday Tells the Truth)?
Dec 29, 2025
Ep. 119 - The Corporate Loneliness Epidemic™: It's An Attraction Problem
Dec 12, 2025
Ep. 118: Absorption Part 2 - The Solution
Dec 01, 2025
Ep. 117: Absorption - Part 1
Nov 24, 2025
Ep. 116 - Transformational Coaching or Coping - Getting Clear On the Difference
Nov 21, 2025
Ep. 115 - Stop Managing and Start Coaching
Nov 10, 2025
Ep. 114 - My Career Drivers and Why You Need to Know Yours
Nov 07, 2025
Ep. 113 - Step Away From Your Zone of Incompetence
Oct 30, 2025
Ep. 112 - Step Into Your Zone of Genius
Oct 21, 2025
Ep. 111 - The Life You Want is On the Other Side of the Work You're Avoiding
Oct 16, 2025
Ep. 110 - Tire Pressure is a Measure of Employees Engagement
Oct 07, 2025
Ep. 109 - From the Trenches: A One-on-One Success Story
Sep 30, 2025
Ep. 108 - Skill, Will, Fit - the Key to Team Performance
Sep 24, 2025
Ep. 107 - THE Formula for Loving Monday Organizationally
Sep 15, 2025
Ep. 106 - Employee Behavior Problems are Driving Your Customers Away
Sep 08, 2025
Ep. 105: Doing What You Do Best... Imperfectly
Aug 27, 2025
Ep. 104: Choosing Leaders for Their Leadership Skills with Robert Buckley
Aug 19, 2025
Ep. 103: Candles, QWERTY Keyboards, and Lessons in Leader Selection
Aug 07, 2025
Ep. 102: Don't Just Hire People, Hire People-Geniuses
Jul 29, 2025
Ep. 101: Detecting Role-Specific Talent on Your Team
Jul 22, 2025
Ep. 100: Should Managers Be Liked or Respected?
Jul 14, 2025
Ep. 99: Have a Take and Do Not Suck!
Jun 30, 2025
Ep. 98: Why Your Team Keeps Escalating (And How to Make It Stop)
Jun 16, 2025
Ep. 97: The Breaking Point: Why Employee Loyalty Is Dying — And What Leaders Must Do Now
Jun 10, 2025
Ep. 96: Why Managers Withhold Praise & Recogntion
May 14, 2025
Ep. 95: Why They Really Want You Back in the Office
May 01, 2025
Bonus Episode: Unemployed? Here's how to get a job and love Monday again!
Apr 22, 2025
Ep 94: It's Not Personal...Maybe It Should Be
Apr 17, 2025
Ep 93: Another Simple Test of a Great Leader - Do They Want To Lead?
Apr 07, 2025
Ep 92: The Simplest Test of a Great Leader - Will They Lead?
Apr 01, 2025
Ep 91: Why Are Our Standards For Leadership So Low?
Mar 24, 2025
Ep 90: How to Test for a New and Better Boss (and Company)
Mar 17, 2025
Ep 89: 12 Questions to Test If You’re in a Good Company (Or If You Should Get Out Now)
Mar 10, 2025
Ep 88: If Your Company Has Had Any Layoffs, GET OUT NOW!
Mar 03, 2025
Ep 87: Lindsey Carnett - Your Personal Brand and Reputation Managment
Feb 17, 2025
Ep 86: Robert Buckley - Maximizing AI and Never Forgetting that PEOPLE Create All Value
Feb 10, 2025
Ep 85: A Tale of Two Managers
Jan 14, 2025
Ep 84: Unlocking Success with the Service Profit Chain
Jan 08, 2025
Ep 83: Ryan's Rant (You might want to skip this episode)
Dec 09, 2024
Ep 82: How to Stop People Managers from Managing Projects
Dec 02, 2024
Ep 81: Kaylene Fedor - Be Efficient with Things and Effective with People
Nov 18, 2024
Ep 80: Amy Skyles, EdD: Loyalty v. Complacency in the Workplace
Nov 04, 2024
Ep 79: Unlocking the Future of Recruiting with Brian Fink: Navigating Trends, Technology, and Candidate Relationships
Oct 21, 2024
Ep 78: Anchored Achievers vs. Empowered Performers: Understanding Long-Term Role Holders
Oct 14, 2024
Ep 77: The Ugly Side of Reskilling : When Employees Look Like Chess Pieces
Oct 08, 2024
Ep 76: Building Team Culture in Spite of Your Org Culture
Sep 26, 2024
Ep 75: Brand Evangelism for Leaders
Aug 28, 2024
Ep 74: People-Pleasing to Love Monday...and Then Hate It.
Aug 05, 2024
Ep 73: Kortney Ross - How managers can help parents LOVE where they work
Jul 29, 2024
Ep 72: Boss v. Friend
Jul 22, 2024
Ep 71: The Strengths, Weaknesses and Blindspots of Managers
Jul 04, 2024
Ep 70: The 5 Conversations (every manager should be having with every employee)
Jun 08, 2024
Ep 69: Coaching Mindset v. Manager Mindset
Jun 02, 2024
Ep 68: Don't Be So Uptight, Relax and Get Inspired
May 05, 2024
Ep 66: Step Into Your Power, Live On Your Terms, Stop Asking If It's Okay
Apr 08, 2024
Ep 65: From Manager to Coach - focusing people leaders on people things
Apr 04, 2024
EP 64: Building Better Managers
Mar 25, 2024
Ep 63: The Curious Case of the Credibility of Women
Mar 18, 2024
Bonus: 3 Couples - Putting the 7 Bridges to Work
Feb 29, 2024
Ep 62: Bridge #3 Emotional Availability
Feb 23, 2024
BONUS: If You're Going to Do a Layoff, Don't F*ck It Up
Feb 08, 2024
Ep 61: 7 Bridges - Bridge #2 Bias for Communication
Feb 04, 2024
Ep 60: Taylor Swift & Travis Kelce and the Bridge of Attraction (Bridge #1)
Jan 22, 2024
Ep 59: Thriving in 2024 - The 7 Bridges of a Solid Relationship
Jan 15, 2024
Ep 58: How a Stay-at-Home Mom is Shifting Her Focus Back to a Career
Jan 08, 2024
EP 57: It's Christmas day...and it's Monday...hopefully, this Monday's better
Dec 25, 2023
Ep 56: Where Are You Now: the Importance of continual self-assessment with guest Bob Scrivner
Dec 18, 2023
Ep. 55: Work-Life Balance for Managers
Dec 08, 2023
Ep 54: Your DIY Roadmap to Loving Monday
Nov 27, 2023
Ep 53: Everybody Needs a Coach
Nov 14, 2023
Ep 52: Responding to Change (Anniversary Episode - We're 1 Year old!)
Nov 10, 2023
Ep 51: Getting the Most Out of Your Career: #4 Networking and Building Relationships
Oct 30, 2023
Ep 50: Getting the Most Out of Your Career: #2 Continuous Learning and Skill Development
Oct 17, 2023
Ep 49: Getting the Most Out of Your Career: #1 Self Reflection
Oct 09, 2023
Ep 48: Beware The Drop!
Oct 02, 2023
Ep 47: Love Friday Just Like Monday...wait, what?
Sep 25, 2023
Ep 46: Engagement and Motivation for Managers
Sep 19, 2023
Ep 45: Getting Your Work and Life in Balance
Sep 13, 2023
Ep 44: Conflict Resolution and Managing Difficult Conversations
Sep 04, 2023
Ep 43: Time Management & Prioritization
Aug 28, 2023
Ep 42: Ron Thurston: The Power of Empathy, Curiosity and Focus
Aug 21, 2023
Ep 41: What Makes a Great Manager Great?
Aug 16, 2023
Ep 40: How to Know if You Have a Horrible Boss
Aug 07, 2023
Ep 39: Fixing Your Horrible Boss Problem: #1 Interviewing Your Boss
Jul 31, 2023
Ep 38: Why Do I Hate Monday: Answers to Common Questions
Jul 24, 2023
Ep 37: Stuck in the Zone of Competence
Jul 17, 2023
Ep 36: Gaelle Chapon: Loving Monday Through Mindfullness
Jul 03, 2023
Ep 35: Steve Arntz: Bring Back Recess!
Jun 26, 2023
Ep 34: You've Got to Be Able To Tell Your Story Well
Jun 19, 2023
Ep 32: Lisa Rangel: Getting Unstuck When You Hate Monday
Jun 12, 2023
Ep 31: The Sunday Scaries
Jun 05, 2023
EP 30: Do You Have a Career or Just a Job?
May 29, 2023
Ep 29: Abbreviated Episode: "Dude You Gotta Commit"
May 22, 2023
Ep 28: Interviewing Your New Boss
May 15, 2023
Ep 27: Tell Me Why I Don't Like Monday
May 08, 2023
Ep 26: Kayleigh Fazan: Making ROI - Ripples of Impact
May 01, 2023
Ep 25: You've Gotta Swipe Right on Your Next Job
Apr 24, 2023
Ep 24: The Only Way to Do Great Work is to Love What You Do
Apr 17, 2023
Ep 23: Don't Half-ass Your Transformation
Apr 10, 2023
EP 22: Are You Playing Small?
Apr 03, 2023
Ep 21: Building Trust Through Honest Feedback with Guest: David Alsop
Mar 27, 2023
Ep 20: Invisible Women in the Workplace
Mar 20, 2023
Ep 19: The Top Gun Approach to Loving Monday Just Like Friday
Mar 13, 2023
Ep 18: What is Driving Your Career?
Mar 06, 2023
Ep 17: Before They Quit, They Quit
Feb 27, 2023
Ep 16: Do You Have a Great Job, a Good Job or a Bad Job?
Feb 21, 2023
Ep 15: Your Vision, Value, and Vitality
Feb 13, 2023
Ep 14: Why You Suck as a Manager
Feb 06, 2023
Ep 13: Now, Keep Your Eye On the Road
Jan 30, 2023
Ep 12: Sometimes You've Gotta Check Your Rearview Mirror
Jan 23, 2023
Ep 11: Talent Density on Your Team
Jan 16, 2023
Ep 10: Having a Horrible Boss and Keeping Them
Jan 10, 2023
Ep 9: Trying to Be Something You're Not
Jan 03, 2023
Ep 8: Your Comfort Zone: "What're you gonna do?"
Dec 20, 2022
Ep 7: Loving Monday Right Where You Are
Dec 12, 2022
Ep 6: What's Your Zone of Genius?
Dec 06, 2022
Ep 4: How to Avoid Hitting Rock-Bottom
Nov 29, 2022
Ep 3: 12 Things Your Boss Has to Provide for You to Love Monday
Nov 22, 2022
Ep 2: Laid off - Now What?
Nov 14, 2022
Pilot Episode: The 4 Mistakes That Make People Hate Monday
Nov 09, 2022