How to Have the Best Day Ever At Work!

By Verhanika Willhelm of Willhelm Consulting

How to Have the Best Day Ever at Work is the podcast that shares, cares, heals, and reveals the tips and tricks that can actually make work better. Spoiler alert: it’s not an office pi

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The podcast currently has 37 episodes available.

How to Have the Best Day Ever At Work! episodes:

September 16, 2026Who helps you find your way?
Welcome to season 6! Is this episode, Verhanika Willhelm talks community (specifically in the workplace) how to build it, why it's important, and about the opportunity to join a new online peer community that Willhelm Consulting is building!
Organizational Development practioners - sign up for the Wayfinders community here - https://willhelmconsulting.com/wayfinders/

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13min
December 23, 2024ASK V: Questions about Managers
Host Verhanika Willhelm answers your most confounding workplace queries. This week we're tackling questions about managers!

Inside the episode:
How to cover your @ss when going against corporate policy.
SOS: My manager is bffs with my workplace bully!
The importance of documentation.
What is a good management training program?
The Peter Principle
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29min
December 16, 2024ASK V: Should I Say Something?
Host Verhanika Willhelm answers your most confounding workplace queries. This week we're tackling questions about balance- time, energy, & what to say.

Inside the episode:
Correctly someone who is wrong...professionally!
Dealing with grief and "functional freeze" at work.
Performance review blues.
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Links mentioned in the episode:
Performance Review podcast episode
Polyvagal Theory podcast episode
Some advice on grief.
Essay on grief
Verhanika's guest appearance on the Made for Mother's podcast episode (on grief)

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31min
December 09, 2024ASK V: Why Send Email When The Planet is Dying? Your Questions about BIG Feelings.
Welcome to our new season- Ask V! Host Verhanika Willhelm answers your most confounding workplace queries. This week we're tackling questions about big feelings!

Inside the episode:
Dealing with "yellers" at work.
Mixed emotions about quitting a job.
Why send e-mail when the planet is dying? Existential dread at work.
Love, Worth, Connection and Belonging (and Snacks!)
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21min
December 02, 2024ASK V: Your Communication Questions
Welcome to our new season- Ask V! Host Verhanika Willhelm answers your most confounding workplace queries. This week we're tackling questions about communication.

Inside the episode:
Expectations around "working while sick."
"This meeting could have been an email." How to do a meeting audit.
Passive aggressive communication woes.
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28min
November 04, 2024Intergenerational Workspaces: Our Reaction to the theme of SHRM 2025
Host Verhanika and producer Bethany got an email announcing the theme of the SHRM 2025 conference and we have....questions and some potentially spicy takes. How many times are we going to ask "How do we work with Gen Z?!" before moving on to more productive questions. Verhanika attended the 2024 conference earlier this year. She also works very with many HR professionals as clients and has been a member of SHRM for years. Season 4 of this podcast is all about the history and purpose of human resources in workplaces.

Inside the episode:
Is "How do we work with Gen-Z the right question?" (spoiler- no)
Link to old man yells at cloud meme
Link to referenced poetry by Mary Oliver
Intergenerational workplaces, mentorships, and friendships are.. *gasp*... good.
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19min
July 23, 2024At least the Cheesecake was Good: SHRM Diary.
In this week's BONUS episode: Verhanika sits down with her producer, Bethany, to discuss her recent trip to the SHRM Conference ( Society for Human Resource Management.) Tune in to hear Verhanika's hot takes, lingering questions, and lightbulb moments from the world's biggest gathering of HR professionals.

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28min
July 15, 2024How to Have a Good Relationship with HR
How can we ensure that HR is a true resource for you and what you need? HR is an important part of an organization, so what do you need to know to utilize their capabilities and power to help you at work?

Inside the Episode:
How to have a good relationship with HR:
Get clear on their role. What are the explicit functions of HR in your organization?
Get to know the people in HR and ask about their background.
Learn about the processes that HR are involved in.
Think about when to involve HR.
Use HR more (not just for very big problems.)
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10min
July 08, 2024Why don't people trust HR?
Why don't people trust HR? This week we examine power dynamics, practices, and perceptions that corrode trust and "tear the middle."

Inside the Episode:
What don't people trust HR?
HR is unaware of their personal biases.
Confidential conversations don't remain confidential.
HR often prioritizes the company's interests over employees' needs.
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17min
July 01, 2024The 5 Essentials of HR
What should your human resource person or department be doing? Last episode we dove into the history of HR from the industrial revolution to Toby from The Office (Michael's nemesis!) History and jokes aside, there are 5 bare essential functions of HR and though that list might seem short, the details of each function can be enormous and complex!

Inside the Episode:
The 5 bare essential functions of HR
Labor Law Compliance
Hiring
Onboarding
Compensations
Employee Relations.
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15min

FAQs about How to Have the Best Day Ever At Work!:

How many episodes does How to Have the Best Day Ever At Work! have?

The podcast currently has 37 episodes available.