Excellent question to ask as we all do have affiliates who appear to be not to be actively engaged...
Frist is important to be mindful that this is not necessarily a reflection of your efforts in role of team leader/sponsor so it is important to not personalize the inactivity. As people, we are bombarded by so many things that at times engagement in organizations such as SFI becomes too much to manage and has to be placed last on personal priorities.
Regarding the topic of "encouragement" - I have found it helpful to really take a moment to consider what does my encouragement appear to the affiliate who is receiving it.
As part of being human, each of us is driven by needs (social, emotional, physical, mental and spiritual). For each of us, one of these needs becomes a primary focus so when the encouragement is not a match to the individual's primary need for the day, month and/or year the affiliate may not be active due to looking else where to satisfy his/her primary need.
So as a team leader/fellow affiliate/sponsor, it is important that skill development occurs so that when encouragement does go out to down-line members that your message of encouragement is attempting to meet the various needs of people. In other words, review what the encouragement is doing as it may only be meeting the physical need of the down-line member and the member's primary need for the moment is social thus the message of encouragement is a mis-match to what the affiliate is looking for.
What this simply boils down to is it is important to have a conversation with members of your down-line to understand "WHY" he/she joined SFI. Understanding their "WHY" will absolutely help with giving motivation as a match to what is needed vs a mis-match.
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Excellent question to ask as we all do have affiliates who appear to be not to be actively engaged...
Frist is important to be mindful that this is not necessarily a reflection of your efforts in role of team leader/sponsor so it is important to not personalize the inactivity. As people, we are bombarded by so many things that at times engagement in organizations such as SFI becomes too much to manage and has to be placed last on personal priorities.
Regarding the topic of "encouragement"
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