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The Love Monday Podcast
Ryan Houmand
120 episodes
2 weeks ago
Send us a text What if the way you feel about Monday isn’t about laziness, burnout, or a bad attitude—but about what you were taught to value long before you ever had a job? In this episode, I explore how our relationship with work often traces back to childhood moments when adults—usually unintentionally—taught us what was “worth” caring about. I share a personal story about an early lesson in value, shame, and approval, and how those moments quietly shape the choices we make as adults. If y...
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Send us a text What if the way you feel about Monday isn’t about laziness, burnout, or a bad attitude—but about what you were taught to value long before you ever had a job? In this episode, I explore how our relationship with work often traces back to childhood moments when adults—usually unintentionally—taught us what was “worth” caring about. I share a personal story about an early lesson in value, shame, and approval, and how those moments quietly shape the choices we make as adults. If y...
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Management
Education,
Business,
Careers,
Self-Improvement
Episodes (20/120)
The Love Monday Podcast
Ep. 120: What Do You Really Value (and Why Monday Tells the Truth)?
Send us a text What if the way you feel about Monday isn’t about laziness, burnout, or a bad attitude—but about what you were taught to value long before you ever had a job? In this episode, I explore how our relationship with work often traces back to childhood moments when adults—usually unintentionally—taught us what was “worth” caring about. I share a personal story about an early lesson in value, shame, and approval, and how those moments quietly shape the choices we make as adults. If y...
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5 days ago
13 minutes

The Love Monday Podcast
Ep. 119 - The Corporate Loneliness Epidemic™: It's An Attraction Problem
Send us a text In this episode, Ryan takes the first of the 7 Bridges — the Bridge of Attraction — and applies it to a place most people never think about: the workplace. Attraction has three parts in relationships: physical, sexual (energy), and personal. Ryan shows how those same forces determine whether people want to come to work. Because here’s the truth: Return-to-office isn’t an attendance problem. It’s an attraction problem. Ryan maps each part of Attraction to its corporate equivalen...
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3 weeks ago
36 minutes

The Love Monday Podcast
Ep. 118: Absorption Part 2 - The Solution
Send us a text n this follow-up to last week’s episode, I go deeper into what I’m calling Absorption Culture — the silent epidemic where good people take on more and more until they’re soaked, saturated, and squeezed dry. You’ll hear the stories of a fourth-grade teacher dealing with extreme behaviors in her classroom, and a professional whose top Career Driver is trust… and who is rapidly losing that trust because her boss keeps handing her other people’s work with zero recognition or incent...
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1 month ago
21 minutes

The Love Monday Podcast
Ep. 117: Absorption - Part 1
Send us a text In this episode, I dive into one of the most destructive expectations in modern work: absorption—the unspoken rule that teachers, employees, and managers should just soak up endless pressure, problems, and extra work… without complaint, compensation, or support. I share two very real stories. One is about my daughter, a teacher who’s expected to absorb the emotional load of students, parents, and a school system without ever wringing out her own sponge. The other is about a cli...
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1 month ago
15 minutes

The Love Monday Podcast
Ep. 116 - Transformational Coaching or Coping - Getting Clear On the Difference
Send us a text Two Types of Coaching — And Why You Need to Know Which One You’re In In this episode, I break down the two types of coaching most people don’t even realize exist: Coping Coaching and Transformation Coaching. Coping Coaching helps you steady the ship — manage overwhelm, get unstuck, deal with the stress, pain, or chaos that’s right in front of you. It’s valuable, even necessary… but it’s not where big change happens. Transformation Coaching is different. It’s the work that...
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1 month ago
13 minutes

The Love Monday Podcast
Ep. 115 - Stop Managing and Start Coaching
Send us a text It’s time to stop managing and start coaching. In this episode, I share real success stories that show what happens when managers trade their administrator hats for coaching mindsets. When you stop fixating on tasks and start developing people, engagement goes up, productivity follows, and your team begins to love Monday just as much as Friday—just for different reasons. Join me as we dig into what great coaching looks like in action, why it outperforms traditional management e...
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1 month ago
28 minutes

The Love Monday Podcast
Ep. 114 - My Career Drivers and Why You Need to Know Yours
Send us a text In this episode, I take you along on my morning walk as I talk about how I did the Career Drivers activity for myself—and what they revealed about me. We talk about how powerful it is to identify what truly fuels your motivation and joy at work, and what happens when managers and teams do this exercise together. When you uncover your career drivers, you stop chasing everything and start focusing on what matters most—the work that pulls you closer to your Zone of Genius. Support...
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1 month ago
11 minutes

The Love Monday Podcast
Ep. 113 - Step Away From Your Zone of Incompetence
Send us a text In this episode, Ryan explores why spending time improving your weaknesses comes with a massive opportunity cost. Instead of grinding away at what you’ll never be great at, he makes the case for stepping out of your Zone of Incompetence entirely—and doubling down on your strengths. Ryan shares stories, examples, and insights to help you recognize when “fixing” a weakness actually keeps you stuck, and how focusing your energy where you naturally excel can accelerate your success...
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2 months ago
17 minutes

The Love Monday Podcast
Ep. 112 - Step Into Your Zone of Genius
Send us a text Most of us spend our careers bouncing between what we can do and what we should do—rarely getting to what we’re truly meant to do. In this episode, I break down the four zones—Incompetence, Competence, Excellence, and Genius—and share how to break free from the first three to find the one that makes you come alive. Through personal stories and real-world examples, we explore how to recognize when you’re stuck in the wrong zone, how to make the leap toward your genius, and why d...
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2 months ago
18 minutes

The Love Monday Podcast
Ep. 111 - The Life You Want is On the Other Side of the Work You're Avoiding
Send us a text I heard a quote this week that hit me square in the chest: “The life you want is on the other side of the work you’re avoiding.” OUCH - but it’s true — not just for people, but for companies too. In this episode, I talk about how we all dodge the hard things — the feedback conversations, the accountability moments, the uncomfortable truths — and how those acts of avoidance quietly steal our growth. I see it in coaching sessions every week: talented people stuck because th...
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2 months ago
37 minutes

The Love Monday Podcast
Ep. 110 - Tire Pressure is a Measure of Employees Engagement
Send us a text Sometimes the smallest experiences reveal the biggest workplace truths. In this episode, Ryan shares how a quick stop to fill his tires turned into a masterclass on disengagement. When the air machine started letting air out instead of putting it in—and the station’s “warning” sign barely warned anyone—it became clear: quality suffers when employees stop caring. Ryan unpacks how poor service, unclear communication, and lack of ownership are all warning lights of disengagement,...
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2 months ago
18 minutes

The Love Monday Podcast
Ep. 109 - From the Trenches: A One-on-One Success Story
Send us a text Sometimes, the right conversation makes all the difference. In this episode of Love Monday, I share a powerful story from a recent manager training session. During a table discussion, one manager explained how he helped take an employee from the very bottom of the performance chart to the very top of his team. 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.l...
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3 months ago
9 minutes

The Love Monday Podcast
Ep. 108 - Skill, Will, Fit - the Key to Team Performance
Send us a text Why do some employees thrive while others stall out? The answer often comes down to three simple factors: skill, will, and fit. In this episode, I break down how managers can use this framework to diagnose performance issues, take the guesswork out of coaching, and unlock hidden potential. You’ll hear real-world examples, practical questions to ask, and a simple way to know whether your next step is training, motivating, or moving someone into a better role. If you’ve ever stru...
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3 months ago
26 minutes

The Love Monday Podcast
Ep. 107 - THE Formula for Loving Monday Organizationally
Send us a text What if your entire organization could love Monday just like Friday? In this episode, I break down THE formula for making that happen: measure engagement, diagnose the problem, and prescribe the solution through the right management tools, training, and coaching. Engagement doesn’t improve by accident—it improves because leaders treat it like a business-critical health issue. Just like a doctor diagnoses and prescribes to heal the body, organizations need someone who can do the...
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3 months ago
24 minutes

The Love Monday Podcast
Ep. 106 - Employee Behavior Problems are Driving Your Customers Away
Send us a text Have you ever walked into a business and felt like your presence was an inconvenience? In this episode of Love Monday, I share a real-life experience at a property management office that made me stop in my tracks—and reminded me how easy it is to spot employee disengagement in the wild. When frontline employees repel customers with their attitude, it’s not just a bad moment—it’s a business risk. I break down what these moments signal about company culture, why Gallup says 70% o...
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3 months ago
13 minutes

The Love Monday Podcast
Ep. 105: Doing What You Do Best... Imperfectly
Send us a text In this episode, Ryan peels back the curtain on the messy middle of doing what you do best—when you’re also trying to do all the things. Inspired by Oliver Burkeman’s 4,000 Weeks and Gay Hendricks’ Zone of Genius framework, Ryan shares what it’s really like trying to live in your genius while fighting with web builders, coaching clients, and maximizing every last hour of your week. If you’ve ever wondered whether you’re failing at your purpose because your life doesn’t lo...
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4 months ago
23 minutes

The Love Monday Podcast
Ep. 104: Choosing Leaders for Their Leadership Skills with Robert Buckley
Send us a text What if your company actually chose managers based on their ability to lead people—not just because they were good at tasks? In this episode of Love Monday, I sit down with Robert Buckley, Chief People Architect at Enveda Biosciences, to unpack a radical idea: People create all value. From that philosophy, Robert built a world-class system for choosing people leaders—one that prioritizes emotional intelligence, relational skill, and the willingness to actually do people things....
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4 months ago
25 minutes

The Love Monday Podcast
Ep. 103: Candles, QWERTY Keyboards, and Lessons in Leader Selection
Send us a text Why are we still promoting the wrong people into leadership roles? In this episode, Ryan introduces his latest concept: QWERTY Management—a powerful metaphor for how outdated systems keep ineffective managers in place. Just like the QWERTY keyboard was designed to slow us down, QWERTY-style management slows down engagement, innovation, and team performance. We unpack why top performers get promoted even if they can’t lead, why ineffective managers linger in roles they’ve outgro...
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5 months ago
32 minutes

The Love Monday Podcast
Ep. 102: Don't Just Hire People, Hire People-Geniuses
Send us a text In this short but fiery episode, Ryan breaks down one of the most damaging habits in the workplace: promoting top performers into management without checking if they’re wired for people leadership. Discover what it means to be a people-genius — someone who lights up when others grow — and why coaching, empathy, and development are non-negotiables for any leader. Ryan shares simple, powerful interview questions you can use to detect whether someone is energized by people leaders...
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5 months ago
12 minutes

The Love Monday Podcast
Ep. 101: Detecting Role-Specific Talent on Your Team
Send us a text What if the secret to improving performance and employee engagement lies in what gives you energy at work? In this episode, I break down a simple yet powerful strengths-based leadership concept using Gainers & Drainers. We explore how to detect real talent—your own or your team's—by paying attention to which tasks energize you and which ones deplete you. Perfect for managers looking to elevate team performance, this episode introduces a practical tool and a coaching exercis...
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5 months ago
17 minutes

The Love Monday Podcast
Send us a text What if the way you feel about Monday isn’t about laziness, burnout, or a bad attitude—but about what you were taught to value long before you ever had a job? In this episode, I explore how our relationship with work often traces back to childhood moments when adults—usually unintentionally—taught us what was “worth” caring about. I share a personal story about an early lesson in value, shame, and approval, and how those moments quietly shape the choices we make as adults. If y...