Episode 284 - Entrepreneur: Are You Caring for Your Team? with Stephen Phelan of Movement Mortgage
Feb 27, 2024
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The podcast discusses the importance of founders providing purpose for employees and implementing programs like Love Works to create a community where teammates feel loved and valued. Stephen Phelan shares insights on caring for employees, overcoming barriers, and fostering a culture of compassion in business.
Implementing 'Love Works' can create a culture where teammates feel loved and valued, fostering community and trust.
'Faith and Life' mentoring process integrates faith and work, promoting personal growth and a sense of purpose for employees.
Deep dives
Creating a Culture of Love and Purpose
You, as a founder, have the opportunity to provide meaning and purpose to your employees through programs like 'Love Works'. These initiatives, aimed at loving and valuing people, can have a profound impact on team dynamics and overall company culture. By implementing programs focused on caring for your team, you can create a community where individuals feel seen, valued, and supported, leading to increased trust and a sense of belonging.
Integrating Faith and Work
Combining faith and work can be transformational, especially when centered around love and long-term best interests. The 'Faith and Life' mentoring process at Movement Mortgage exemplifies this integration, leading to personal and professional growth, improved relationships, and a greater sense of purpose for employees. Leveraging the trust found in a workplace setting can facilitate the embodiment of the Great Commission by fostering love and care within the team.
Overcoming Barriers to Creating a Community of Love
Uncertainty and funding concerns often hinder the implementation of programs like 'Love Works'. However, by casting a vision, involving teammates in the process, and focusing on the simple act of showing love, these barriers can be overcome. Recognizing that love fosters a culture of trust, support, and joy in the workplace can inspire entrepreneurs to prioritize creating environments where employees feel valued and cared for.
Do you ever feel like you're so fixated on what you're building next that you forget to look at the opportunities right in front of you?
Right now people around the world are looking for meaning, purpose, and value.
And many of them are searching for those things through their jobs.
So that means you, as a founder, have a chance to provide these people with the very thing they long for most.
In this episode, we talk to Stephen Phelan, the Chief Pastoral Officer of Movement Mortgage about the radical programs they have implemented to care for their employees.
Stephen has helped businesses all around the U.S. care meet the needs of their employees, and the best part is that these programs aren't out of reach or super expensive. In fact, throughout the conversation, Stephen shows just how realistic these are for any company, no matter how big or small your team is.
5 Key Takeaways:
Implementing programs like Love Works can have a significant impact on company culture and create a community where teammates feel loved and valued.
The Love Works program helps teammates in crisis and demonstrates the love and care of the company.
Mentoring processes can be implemented to further support and develop teammates.
Funding for programs like Love Works can be achieved through the support of teammates.
Overcoming barriers such as uncertainty and busyness is essential to implementing programs that care for and support teammates.