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For Love of Team™ | Winston FairclothS3 E110 - Declare Meeting BankruptcyDeclaring Meeting Bankruptcy: A Strategy for Leadership EfficiencyIn this episode of the For Love of Team podcast, host Winston Faircloth introduces Chapter Eight: 'Declaring Meeting Bankruptcy' from his upcoming book, 'Team Love, 28 Ways to Demonstrate Caring at Work.' Winston discusses the overwhelming nature of back-to-back meetings and offers a radical approach to regain control of one's schedule. Through practical steps, Faircloth outlines how leaders can inventory their meetings, assess their necessity, and reset their calendar for increased productivity and deeper work. A courageous case study of a client who successfully implemented quarterly 'meeting bankruptcies' is...2025-01-3109 min
For Love of Team™ | Winston FairclothS3 E109 – Clarify Communications ChannelsS3 E109: Clarify Communications ChannelsIn this episode of the For Love of Team podcast, Winston Faircloth delves into Chapter Seven of his new book, 'Team Love: 28 Ways to Demonstrate Caring at Work,' titled 'Clarify Communication Channels.' Winston narrates the challenges of managing multiple communication platforms and the chaos it can bring, using a relatable scenario of miscommunication and lost information. He shares practical strategies to streamline communication within a team, such as setting intentions for email usage, leveraging company tools, and minimizing interruptions to protect productive time. Winston provides a step-by-step approach to...2025-01-1009 min
For Love of Team™ | Winston FairclothS3 E108 – Protect Productive TimesS3 E108: Protecting Productive Times In this episode of the For Love of Team podcast, host Winston Faircloth discusses Chapter 6 'Protect Protective Times' from his new book, 'Team Love: 28 Ways to Demonstrate Caring at Work.' Winston emphasizes the importance of recognizing and protecting individual productive times within teams to enhance work efficiency. He explains that, as leaders, understanding when team members are most creative, alert, and energized is crucial for balancing productivity with necessary collaboration. Leaders are encouraged to review meeting patterns and adjust schedules to protect these productive periods, empowering both early birds an...2024-12-1304 min
For Love of Team™ | Winston FairclothS3 E107 – Stay in Our StrengthsS3 E107 – Stay in our Strengths In this episode of the For Love of Team podcast, host Winston Faircloth delves into Chapter 5 of his upcoming book, 'Team Love: 28 Ways to Demonstrate Caring at Work.' This chapter, 'Stay in Our Strengths,' scrutinizes the traditional self-review process. Winston critiques the typical approach as a compliance task that often overlooks team members' growth and contributions, proposing instead a shift towards emphasizing daily acknowledgments of team efforts and celebrating achievements. He advocates for protecting time for deep work, making assignments based on uni...2024-12-0605 min
For Love of Team™ | Winston FairclothS3 E106 – Identify Unique ContributionsS3 E 106: Identify Unique Contributions In this episode of the For Love of Team podcast, host Winston Faircloth delves into Chapter 4 of his book 'Team Love: 28 Ways to Demonstrate Caring at Work,' focusing on identifying unique contributions. The chapter discusses the importance of recognizing and utilizing individual talents and passions within a team to enhance productivity and satisfaction. Winston advises leaders to reflect on tasks that bring effortless engagement versus those that feel burdensome and to seek team members who find joy in tasks others might avoid. By matching tasks to...2024-11-2905 min
For Love of Team™ | Winston FairclothS3 E105 – Team Owns the HowS3 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, a...2024-11-2207 min
For Love of Team™ | Winston FairclothS3 E104 – Define Clear SuccessS3 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 t...2024-11-1505 min
For Love of Team™ | Winston FairclothS3 E103 – Start with a Compelling WhyIn 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...2024-11-0807 min
For Love of Team™ | Winston FairclothS3 E102: The Blind Spot: A Fresh StartIn 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 ex...2024-11-0109 min
For Love of Team™ | Winston FairclothS3 E101: A Bold Book Writing JourneyIn 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...2024-10-2508 min
Doing What Matters236: How Inner Work Leads to Business Growth, with Winston FairclothWhat would it mean to do life differently and help others do the same? In this week’s episode, I’m talking with Winston Faircloth, one of our REALIFE Process® Certified Coaches who has dedicated over 40 years of his professional life to nonprofit leadership and technology. We talk about how Winston moved from burnout to doing the inner work to live from rest, and how that impacts the way he shows up with clients. We’ll cover: How Winston recognized his mission statement was neglecting the most important parts of his li...2023-06-2829 min
The Remote Pathways PodcastEP53: Data Storytelling | Guest Winston Faircloth | For Love of Team™ FounderIn this episode of the Remote Pathways podcast we are joined by our wonderful guest, Winston Faircloth, the founder of For Love of Team™. Winston guides successful business owners to develop teams they LOVE to work with every day multiplying their impact, income, margin, and freedom in their business. Join Jennifer, Michelle and Winston for a great conversation around data storytelling and the important role it plays in the strategic planning process.In this episode we explore:Using data storytelling to unite leadership teamsHow to level the playing field of information with your teamThe impor...2022-01-2026 min
The InvestHER PodcastPassive Investing in Today's Market with Liz FairclothThere are so many incredible benefits in passive investing, but in this episode, we’re going to dig a little deeper into how to find success in the people-side of the business with our very own co-host, Liz Faircloth!
Liz co-founded the DeRosa Group in 2005, with her husband, Matt, with one mission in mind: to “transform lives through real estate." DeRosa now holds over $60M of residential and commercial assets throughout the east coast.
To scale her mission to help women in Real Estate to live a financially free and balanced life while building generational wealth, she co-founded The Real Estat...2022-01-0744 min
For Love of Team™ | Winston FairclothS2 E100: Team Love Redeems FounderThis 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...2021-10-2033 minFor Love of Team™ | Winston FairclothS2 E99: Three C’s of Culture at The Refuge Center with Amy AlexanderAmy 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 S...2021-10-1327 minFor Love of Team™ | Winston FairclothS2 E98: Conquering Digital Distractions with Dr. Kristy GoodwinIn 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...2021-10-0629 minFor Love of Team™ | Winston FairclothS2 E97: Core Values with Victoria Mininger, Founder of Bear Creek Outdoor LivingIn 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...2021-09-2931 min