How Hospitality Principles Help Build Thriving Teams with Melissa Fackler

The Growing your Team Podcast: Episode 283

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The hospitality industry thrives on the principle of putting the customer’s needs first. This helps create a respectful environment where people feel that their concerns are heard.

Now, what if we took this a step further and applied it to our teams?

Melissa Fackler joins the Growing Your Team podcast to show how using hospitality techniques can build thoughtful, insightful teams that excel. 

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In this Episode You’ll Hear:

  • Why you should treat your employees like guests 
  • Why creating a thoughtful, intentional onboarding process sets the tone for trust, loyalty, and performance

  • How applying guest experience principles to leadership fosters meaningful employee engagement and drives team success

  • Why first impressions matter when it comes to our teams 

  • How to build internal systems that treat employees with the same attention and respect as your best customers

  • Why it’s so important to take care of team members

About Melissa Fackler:

Melissa Fackler is the Small Business Operations Coach and Event Specialist at One TEAM Partners, where the mission is to help teams Thrive Every Available Moment. With over a decade in the hospitality industry, Melissa brings a people-first lens to business operations, rooted in the belief that people remember how you make them feel. She blends hospitality principles with smart operational strategy to help business owners build strong team cultures, avoid burnout, and create sustainable rhythms that actually work. Her goal? To help leaders stop surviving their work—and start thriving in it.

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