Better Workdays

Dec 11 2024 36 ep. 20 mins 3

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Better Workdays is a weekly podcast dedicated to helping everyday professionals create better days at work. Whether you’re looking to expand your own skills and knowledge or those of your employees, Better Workdays has you covered with easy-to-absorb and easy-to-apply insights!

How Can Better Workdays Help You?

For Individual Professionals: Elevate your skills and navigate workplace challenges with confidence. From mastering a growth mindset to effectively handling challenging colleagues, each episode is a stepping stone towards your personal and professional growth.

For Team Leaders and Managers: Gain insights into fostering a thriving team environment. Learn the art of first-time management, effective communication, and creating a productive, positive workplace culture.

Backed by REAL Custom Training: With our foundation in Relevant, Engaging, Actionable, and Lasting learning, "Better Workdays" promises to provide valuable insight that you can apply in the workplace as soon as each episode ends.

Join us every week for a new episode and start creating your own Better Workdays now!

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Helping Your Kids Develop A Growth Mindset

Dec 11 2024 41 mins

This episode is for anyone who wants to help their kids learn how to fail without getting discouraged! Helping employees develop a growth mindset requires the same strategies as helping a little kid develop one. You’ve got to resist the natural tendency to praise talent and instead focus on helping the other person think about the process, effort, adjustments, and strategies the

Leadership Philosophy with Jim Zahansky

Nov 20 2024 47 mins

This week’s special guest is Jim Zahasnky, Principal/Managing Partner and Chief Strategist at WHZ Strategic Wealth Advisors, where he leads strategy, client experience initiatives, client acquisition & retention efforts, and team leadership. Jim transitioned to WHZ in 2014 after 17 years as a senior executive in the pharmaceutical industry, where he developed and implemented stra

Setting SMART Goals

Nov 13 2024 16 mins

In this episode, we take a closer look at the power of clarity in goal-setting. Too often, we set vague goals like "improve communication skills" and then wonder why we don’t see results. Today, we’ll tackle this common pitfall by running an ambiguous goal through the SMART framework—making it Specific, Motivating, Attainable, Relevant, and Trackable. You’ll learn how to ta

Managing Emotional Energy

Nov 06 2024 27 mins

This episode is for anyone who wants to manage emotional energy to create better workdays! In this episode of Better Workdays, Andy Morrison from REAL Custom Training explores the art of managing emotional energy, drawing on insights from Tony Schwartz and Catherine McCarthy's principles. Andy explains how time management and emotional energy management go hand-in-hand, and provi

Finding 4-Way Wins for Work-Life

Oct 30 2024 26 mins

This episode is for anyone doing their best to be their best at work and at home! Instead of total separation, let’s take a look at Work-Life Alignment. How can we develop leadership abilities that not only advance our careers, but help us thrive as parents, spouses, community members, and individuals? Join Andy Morrison from REAL Custom Training for a look at one tool you can u

Discussing Mistakes

Oct 23 2024 31 mins

Mistakes We Make When Discussing Mistakes This episode is for anyone who wants to productively deal with mistakes in the workplace! Many managers struggle with discussing mistakes with their team members. Some employees shut down (or even cry) when their mistake is brought up. Others grow defensive or combative. In either case, the manager is left frustrated, and the root cause of

How To Get Feedback That Fuels Growth

Oct 16 2024 26 mins

This episode is for anyone who wants to get the feedback they need to grow! We all need feedback, but it can be hard to come by. Sometimes our boss only believes in providing feedback when we “screw up.” Sometimes our direct reports are hesitant to give feedback because we’re “the boss,” or our peers feel it’s “not their place” to give us feedback on areas for impro

4 Ways To Earn Influence When You Don’t Have Authority

Aug 28 2024 31 mins

This episode is for anyone who needs to develop more influence in the workplace! Some positions require you to influence other employees, even though you are technically not their boss and they do not report to you. In this type of tough position, without any organizational authority, you have to rely on good-old-fashioned principles of persuasion. Join host Andy Morrison for a qu

Start Coaching Employees Today

Aug 21 2024 20 mins

This episode is for anyone who wants to coach people up in the workplace! In this episode of Better Workdays, Andy Morrison presents a simple 3-question-framework that you can use to start building a coaching habit today. Andy also announces that Better Workdays is approaching its season finale and complains a bit about House of the Dragon season 2. About REAL Custom Training REAL

Don’t Be A Vizzini

Aug 07 2024 18 mins

This episode of Better Workdays is for anyone who’s ever had a bad boss! Join host Andy Morrison for a look at the lessons we can learn by studying bad bosses. Andy shares advice for applying a growth mindset when you’ve been assigned a less-than-stellar supervisor, followed by a fun look at one of cinema’s greatest bad bosses – Vizzini from the Princess Bride. About REAL