For Love of Team™ | Winston Faircloth

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 t...

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 ...

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 ...

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...

On this week's podcast  we introduce a new interview series where we will be chatting with industry experts to gain their insight on developing Core Values that create a winning team. 

We kick off this interview series with Teresa McCloy -- a Certified Coach, Speaker, and Enneagram Professional.

Teresa was once a workaholic who spent much of her time looking for affirmation through her productivity. After her family experienced ...

On this week’s episode, we discuss how by building a business from a state of ‘love’ you will see your success grow exponentially. 

When you surround yourself with people working in their gifting and focused on a common mission, not only do you get to spend more time working where you're most gifted, but you also create this virtuous cycle where your clients are being loved and your product just keeps getting better. 

So, as a l...

Hall of Fame. 

Shrines to outstanding achievement.  A place to remember and recognize legends in sports, business and arts.  Many of these accomplishments focus on individual accomplishments.  Others recognize a team effort.  

Imagine for a moment, what it would be like to be on a HOF team. 

In this week’s episode, I’d like to focus on another use of the letters HOF.  It’s the opposite of Hall of Fame work.  Can you guess what this HO...

In this week’s episode, we talk about a familiar expression that founders and leaders of businesses often face.  “It’s lonely at the top”. 

Tim Cook, CEO of Apple famously said, “It’s sort of a lonely job. The adage that it’s lonely — the CEO job is lonely — is accurate in a lot of ways. I’m not looking for any sympathy. You have to recognize that you have blind spots. We all do.”

As Cook notes, it’s in these bli...

In this week’s episode, I want to share a hard lesson from my time leading a team of 30 people distributed across four time zones. 

A popular acronym from that time was MBWA (Management by Wandering Around).

It was the practice of leaders wandering around the office, in an unstructured manner, at random, to check with employees, equipment, or on the status of ongoing work.

One of the greatest benefits ...

What would it be like to have a 24/7 coach for each of your team members?

On this week’s podcast episode we talk about how you can achieve this.

Core value statements serve as a 24/7 coach to your team members, providing practical guidance for how you and your team show up for one another, and how you handle your clients and your customers.

Imagine having a set of core values so well stated and clear that you no longer have to be the ...

In this week’s podcast episode, we dig into two essential leadership decisions in business, creating a compelling why and a clear what to build a team you love. But before you can define these, you need to be clear on your mission, vision, and values.

Why does this matter? Without defining your business's purpose first, you won't be able to clearly define the what and why of your team’s purpose. By doing so you create a fe...

Hiring is a business cost that I can't afford right now. 

In this week’s episode , we get to the problem faced the most by solopreneurs building their very first team, the cost.  

Let us ask you, what kind of cost is hiring? 

Do you look at a gym membership as just a cost? or an investment in your future health? 

Is your mortgage a household cost? Or an investment in your future? 

So is hiring a team a business cost? Or is it an in...

In this episode we do a deep dive on this question:

What does it cost to do everything yourself?

The bottom line is that as the leader of your organization, doing something you don't like or are not good at is the largest expense to your company, bar none. 

This is because there's 10 times more energy and time wasted trying to master a new skill, or procrastinating on the action due to lack of...

“Here's the deadline and this is how I want you to do it.  And if you don't do it the way I want, you may have to do it over and over until it’s right.” 

As a team member, there's nothing more demotivating than this. A+ talent will not hang around to find out what the next job is and the step by step ‘how’ you want it done. 

In today's podcast episode we explore leadership methods, and how one can lead t...

Six years ago, Winston Faircloth stepped down from the technology organization he helped to build over a 15 year period.  As a founder, one of the hardest things you can do is to “let your baby go”. 

Yet, the prior 12 months had been filled with turmoil and internal discord -- it was no longer fun, senior leaders were at odds with one another, and the organization was experiencing higher than normal turnover. 

A...

In the Indian fable about the blind men who each touched a different part of the element, we aren’t surprised to see that an argument breaks out. Each man trusted his own perception to guide him. Until someone with sight coached them on their error, they made assumptions about the whole.

Within an organization, leaders can easily find themselves in the shoes of blind men. With a limited field of view, they make assumptions about the...

The impact of the pandemic over this past year has hit everyone. While no one would argue that healthcare and frontline workers have felt it the hardest, the next largest industry might just be the change management professionals.  

These individuals have worked for years to persuade businesses and teams to embrace needed change in organizations. But few people and employers are comfortable trying new things when the comfortable, ol...

Comic strips and funny stories abound with humorous anecdotes about clogged sinks and how homeowners make things worse before calling in a professional to fix the problem. 

There’s a reason they are funny. 

Because it’s a universal experience. 

We have a problem. We think we can fix it. Only to discover that the fix we tried made the problem worse.

After several experiences like this, most people will call a plumber before they attempt...

Whether it’s a home improvement weekend adventure, a quick renovation, or flooring or paint refresh, Americans love DIY projects. 

In fact, in 2020 the total sales of all 3 types of home improvement stores totaled more than $450 billion dollars.

And HGTV’s website attracts an average of 10.2 million visitors each month.

That’s a lot of DIY!

But when it comes to your business, trying to DIY-ing it is holding you back.

You’ll get further,...