The Local Advantage
Since every organization is different, our approach cannot be a canned, one-size-fits-all if it’s to be effective. We work together with you to provide custom-tailored solutions. We believe that if the solutions are specific to your business and its needs, they are more likely to deliver lasting, sustainable results.
Like you, we’re small business owners who live and work in the upstate. We understand firsthand the unique needs of small and medium size businesses and nonprofits in the Greenville, Spartanburg, Anderson areas of South Carolina and the Charlotte region in North Carolina. As a locally owned and operated firm, these are the primary areas we serve, allowing us to be close at hand.
We are natives to this area and have made it our mission to serve you — our neighbor, fellow business owner, our trusted partner — both today and in the future.
LIVING AND WORKING IN THE UPSTATE.
Meet the CEO.
Jeff Gossett, CEO
Jeff Gossett (Tailwinds Consulting CEO) is a certified Organizational Development Consultant and has been praised as “innovative,” “results-oriented” with a proven ability to develop and manage comprehensive workforce optimization processes, and “a creative leader” who has progressed beyond the same old in-the-box solutions that much too often fail to deliver results.
A native to the South Carolina upstate with over 35 years of experience, Jeff received his masters in Human Resource Development from Clemson University and has trained and developed thousands of employees — from hourly associates to executives — in a variety of industries and was also the mastermind behind organizational development and training for 5 international companies.
Early in his career, when Jeff was an hourly associate, he couldn’t help but wonder why billions of dollars were spent each and every year on training, only to achieve minimal — and often non-lasting — results. He was determined to discover which training tools and techniques actually make good on their promise.
Through his many years of research and working in the trenches alongside associates, middle and upper level management, and CEOs, Jeff has created a one-of-a-kind system that dramatically improves company culture and, in the process, profits.
The focus of Jeff’s work is to help you create a culture in which you hire the right people, ensure they are competent to perform at the highest level, provide timely performance feedback, have a consistent mission woven throughout your organization, and engage and motivate associates to deliver results above and beyond expectations.
Jeff’s system was the catalyst behind his award-winning book, "Ensuring Workplace Competence" (TAPPI Press, 1996), which many organizations have used as the blueprint to develop their operations' skills training process.
Jeff is passionate about helping small and medium size businesses in and around the Upstate area flourish and create sustainable success.