By Winston Faircloth
For Love of Team™ is THE podcast where Leaders Simplify Teamwork, helping you: SURROUND yourself with others doing work they LOVE. Business mentor and strategist, Winston Faircloth believes that it
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S3 E105: Your Team Owns the How
In this episode of the For Love of Team podcast, Winston Faircloth delves into Chapter Three of his upcoming book 'Team Love: 28 Ways to Demonstrate Caring at Work.' The focus is on empowering teams by letting them own the 'how.' After hiring top talent, leaders should provide the 'why' and success metrics but avoid micromanaging. Insights include the importance of not dictating detailed processes to experienced team members, fostering innovation through trust, and ensuring clarity in communications. Faircloth emphasizes the role of leaders in enabling creativity and collaboration, asking for feedback from listeners engaged in leadership transformation.
00:00 Introduction to Season Three
00:23 Chapter Three: The Team Owns the How
00:59 The New Executive's Feedback
02:10 The Importance of Trust and Delegation
02:59 Empowering Your Team
04:20 Practical Tips for Leaders
05:59 Conclusion and Listener Engagement
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S3 E104: Defining Clear Success
In this episode of For Love of Team podcast, host Winston Faircloth delves into Chapter 2 of his new book, 'Team Love: 28 Ways to Demonstrate Caring at Work.' Winston shares insights on the importance of clearly defining success for your team. He recounts a metaphorical race with no finish line to illustrate the necessity of setting clear markers of achievement to maintain momentum and alignment. Winston provides practical steps for leaders to establish observable success markers and pair them with a compelling why, enhancing team alignment and accountability. Listeners are encouraged to translate these steps into their projects for optimal success.
00:00 Introduction to Season Three
00:23 Chapter 2: Defining Clear Success
01:50 Defining Success and Setting Goals
03:19 Action Steps for Team Success
04:30 Conclusion and Listener Engagement
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In the season three premiere of the For Love of Team podcast, host Winston Faircloth introduced his new book, 'Team Love: 28 Ways to Demonstrate Caring at Work.' This episode shares insights from Chapter One, focusing on the importance of starting with a compelling 'why.' Winston narrates the challenges of an executive team facing an uncertain future and highlights how a clear vision can galvanize a team. Through personal anecdotes and practical advice, Winston underscores the significance of answering 'why' to foster creativity, ownership, and trust within the team. He provides actionable steps for leaders to prioritize ideas and communicate their 'why' effectively, reinforcing the overarching theme of spreading team love across the organization.
00:00 Introduction to Season Three
00:24 Chapter One: Start with the Compelling Why
01:21 The Visionary Leader's Superpower
02:47 Embracing the Why
04:29 Practical Steps to Define Your Why
06:21 Conclusion and Call to Action
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In the first episode featuring first-draft audio chapters from his new book, “Team Love: 28 Ways to Demonstrate Caring at Work”, Winston shares the introductory chapter, reflecting on his journey as an executive leader and the pivotal moments that led him to prioritize team love over merely focusing on solutions and client satisfaction.
The discussion highlights the stages of a visionary leader's journey, the challenges of maintaining a visionary path, and the importance of nurturing a team-centric culture. Winston emphasizes that loving and prioritizing teams ultimately accelerates vision and supports client care. Listeners are invited to join Winston in exploring innovative approaches to fostering team love.
00:00 Introduction to Season Three
00:31 Chapter Zero: The Blind Spot
02:12 The Visionary Leader's Journey
06:33 The Importance of Team Love
07:59 Conclusion and Invitation
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In this premiere episode of Season 3 of the For Love of Team podcast, host Winston Faircloth reintroduces the podcast after a three-year hiatus. Winston shares personal and professional updates since the last season, including his transformation into an avid writer and his 'Reunion Tour' exploring personal spirituality.
Winston recounts his extensive career in leadership roles, primarily in the United Way and nonprofit sectors. He unveils a bold new experiment for this season: writing a book called 'Team Love,' based on a successful blog series from the past. Each episode will feature an audio first draft of a chapter from the book, inviting listeners to provide feedback and help shape the final version. This innovative journey aims to engage visionary leaders and anyone interested in fostering a loving team culture.
00:00 Welcome to Season Three
00:51 Personal and Professional Growth
02:07 Career Journey and Leadership Lessons
05:02 Introducing the Team Love Book
07:26 Join the Book Writing Journey
08:03 Conclusion and Next Steps
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This week, we wrap up Season 2 with a significant milestone - our 100th episode! To celebrate, we're having fan favorite Mark Ross return to interview Winston about his entrepreneurial journey to creating, For Love of Team.
“You know the term “For love of the Game”?
I was on a walk one day, and somehow, it just came to my mind that for love of team was what I was missing as the CEO of a very successful multi-million dollar company.
I had started a business because I had an idea of how I could help other people with a product and a service that I loved. When that was established, I moved to loving the client. I wanted to give them the ultimate experience that was just as good or not better than the product itself. I knew that if they had a great experience with what we were offering it would help us win more business.
But I only kept my focus right there.
Instead of looking at my team as the foundation of our success, I saw them as an impediment to being more creative and serving our clients.
More often than I should have I took the side of the client. Even though our team had a good process, had good boundaries, and good guardrails, they were to blame if client expectations were not met.
My team was looking for how we could protect the quality of the service, they were looking for ways to protect and scale how we could do it. And I would inevitably take the side of the client and I put our team under tremendous pressure.
That works for maybe a short season, but if that's constantly the culture that you're creating - it's a toxic work culture. That was a reflection of me as a toxic leader back then.
Now I see our work here at ‘For Love of Team’ as a redemption story. Helping founders and leaders avoid the mistakes I made and instead multiplying their impact and income by…
"Doing work you love, in a business you love, with a team you love.”
- Winston
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Amy Alexander is Co-Founder and Executive Director of The Refuge Center for Counseling in Franklin, Tennessee, where the Center serves more than 30,000 counseling sessions to over 4,000 clients annually.
As a nonprofit, Amy is always wrestling with how to retain quality people on her team. And for her, it's the culture they create day-to-day that retains the best people.
Amy encourages and supports culture through her ‘Three C’s approach’ of connection, character, and continuous growth within the organization.
“Our team has to be the first priority and Client Services has to be the second priority. Because if we're not healthy, if we're not in a good place, if we're not taking care of ourselves and one another, then the quality of our work is not going to be what it should be. And our clients deserve us to be at our best.”
- Amy Alexander
She has a very unique way of framing leadership and culture and values within her organization by modeling a ‘servant first perspective’.
Listen to our full episode to learn more about Amy’s Three C’s approach!
Connect with Amy
Website - https://refugecenter.org
Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-refuge-center-for-counseling
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/therefugecenter
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/refugecenterforcounseling
YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NxzP8YpKRKo
Email - [email protected]
Connect with Winston
LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/winstonfaircloth
Facebook https://www.facebook.com/forloveofteam
Instagram https://www.instagram.com/forloveofteam
Twitter https://twitter.com/forloveofteam
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In this week’s episode, we're chatting with Dr. Kristy Goodwin who is on a mission to promote employee wellbeing and bolster workplace productivity. With the pandemic accelerating the work from home (WFH) movement, how we work online and how we disconnect while living in the same place is more important than ever.
“I've never had a genius idea looking in my inbox or working in an Excel spreadsheet. I have most certainly had one when I've been swimming or been for a run, or in the shower. And this is because our brain needs that mind-wandering mode. And we just don't get enough of that because we now fill every moment of whitespace with a digital device.” - Dr. Kristy Goodwin
Put simply, she helps people thrive online.
We have all accepted that technology is an integral part of our professional and our personal lives to the point that it's impacting our physical and mental health. We also know that it's having a very significant and pronounced impact on our productivity.
Kristy studies how our brain and body operate in this digital landscape. She takes research and science on this issue and translates it into practical realistic strategies that people can use to utilize technology in a way that aligns with our neurobiology.
Listen to our full episode to see how Kristy works with companies to help teams with their digital well-being by implementing her peak performance strategies in this digital landscape.
Connect with Kristy
Website - https://drkristygoodwin.com
Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-kristy-goodwin
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/drkristygoodwin
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/drkristy
Connect with Winston
LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/winstonfaircloth
Facebook https://www.facebook.com/forloveofteam
Instagram https://www.instagram.com/forloveofteam
Twitter https://twitter.com/forloveofteam
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#TeamLOVE Book. Join the bold book writing journey as we write and share our first draft chapters from our upcoming book - Team Love: 28 Ways to Demonstrate Caring at Work here in season 3 of the For Love of Team podcast.
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In this week’s episode, we're continuing our series on how values drive success in business. We are chatting with industry experts to gain their insight on developing Core Values that create a winning team.
We're bringing back one of our favorite guests Victoria Mininger, Founder of Bear Creek Outdoor Living. Victoria strives to see each one of her team members thrive, learn, and grow. She shares her journey on how this core value became such a centerpiece of her business.
“We (my husband and I) once had employers that saw us for who we were, and not just what we brought to the table, they cared for us greatly. That left a definitive mark on our life.
When we started this company, I said to myself, I want to treat people the way that I was treated during my career. We have learned over the years that when we care for people, the rest takes care of itself. And when we do that, we serve our clients even better.
It's wanting to have a greater mission and reason for existing other than just getting to the next great project or bringing in revenue. All of those are great, but what I want to leave behind is the impact I've had on people, because other people have impacted me in such a great way”. -- Victoria Mininger
Our episode with Victoria does a deep dive into how when we care for our teams we empower them to find greatness in themselves, and how this leads to a business that can gain success beyond the bottom line.
Connect with Victoria
Website - https://www.victoriamininger.com/
Business Website - https://bearcreek.co/
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/victoriamininger
Episode 60 - https://www.forloveofteam.com/blog/060-building-your-people-victoria-mininger
Episode 59 - https://www.forloveofteam.com/blog/059-ba-daring-to-fight-with-victoria-mininger
Connect with Winston
LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/winstonfaircloth/
Facebook https://www.facebook.com/forloveofteam
Instagram https://www.instagram.com/forloveofteam/
Twitter https://twitter.com/forloveofteam
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#TeamLOVE Book. Join the bold book writing journey as we write and share our first draft chapters from our upcoming book - Team Love: 28 Ways to Demonstrate Caring at Work here in season 3 of the For Love of Team podcast.
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In this week’s episode, we're continuing our series on how values drive success in business. We are chatting with industry experts to gain their insight on developing Core Values that create a winning team.
We're bringing back one of our favorite guests Craig Wood, CEO of Premier International. Craig is a seasoned CEO and Board member who understands how to get the best out of a company and its employees. He is passionate about personal development for his team and the impact that culture has on a company, its growth and its eventual success.
As leaders, you make the best decisions you can with imperfect data. And then you ask your team to commit to it. And that's what one team united is about. It's about agreeing. It's about committing. And it's about being aligned. And that's certainly what we have built here.
Our episode with Craig a few months ago is what spurred this core value series and how drilling into how our corporate values drive day-to-day action, brings alignment to our team, and delivers an excellent client experience.
Connect with Craig
The Premier Way values
Website - http://www.premier-international.com
Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/craigmwood
Twitter - @craigmwood
Episode 78 - https://tinyurl.com/7djkrcpw
Connect with Winston
LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/winstonfaircloth/
Facebook https://www.facebook.com/forloveofteam
Instagram https://www.instagram.com/forloveofteam/
Twitter https://twitter.com/forloveofteam
Text us feedback on this episode
#TeamLOVE Book. Join the bold book writing journey as we write and share our first draft chapters from our upcoming book - Team Love: 28 Ways to Demonstrate Caring at Work here in season 3 of the For Love of Team podcast.
Be notified each week about a new episode and follow our journey at TeamLoveBook.com
The podcast currently has 107 episodes available.