It is becoming increasingly important to attract young workers and strategies are being put in place to ensure they are retained and active by various businesses, so our respective SFI businesses should not be left out in this pursuit. There are various reasons why younger workers are more attractive; flexibility, longevity, technologically enthusiastic, agility etc.
However, the problem is how to retain and make them active in order to avail of the full benefits of their potentials because they are prone to high turnover rate.
Now to SFI specifically, your ability to develop an active young downline, the more potential to generate a long lasting financial benefits, however, you may adopt the suggestions below:
1. Young people tend to appreciate the possibility to be creative, so you need to let them know that SFI business allows for this and since it is their own business, they have the prerogative to steer it in the direction they deem suitable for themselves in order to achieve their desired objectives.
2. Younger people prefer non boring work environment, so let them know that apart from the demands of hard work, there is also a lot of fun and interaction between members. You may introduce them to EZ games, forum, a2a friendship and SFIMG. When they build relationships with others and become enthusiastic about EZ games, then there is the tendency to become attached to their SFI business.
3. Again young people enjoy a flexible work-life balance, so lay emphasis on the fact that SFI business is not rigid and mandatory in terms of the time they need to spend working it. Say it explicitly that they are masters of their time and that effective time spent on their businesses needs to be of quality and not necessarily of quantity.
4. You also need to be open to any new perspective for improving how work is done here in order to increase the chances of success. Do not pose as a boss but as a partner or a mentor who does not know it all and is willing to accommodate their input fairly and respectfully.
5. Young people tend to be less patient and want things to move very fast, so you need to inform them and constantly draw their attention to the fact that, to be successful here they need to be patient, determined and persistent, and that success does not happen overnight. Their often lack of patience also entails you respond quickly and appropriately to their queries, problems and issues, in order to reduce frustration and lack of motivation.
You may not have answers to every query, so you may therefore need to direct them to alternative sources where they may possibly receive assistance like the forum, Ask SC, SFIMG and a2a. It is also imperative to introduce them to the My Country/My region forum and let them know they can communicate in their own languages in those forums.
6. Younger generation like recognition and rewards, so endeavour as much as you can to recognise their hard work and give rewards where appropriate. This may motivate them to do more by becoming more active in their SFI businesses.
7. You may also survey them to ascertain what they require to be active and based on the information supplied by them, you can therefore put appropriate strategies in place to meet their expectations as much as you can but please do not do more than you can do.
8. No matter how young they are please do not treat them like kids, treat them with the dignity and respect of business partners, instead of the dignity and respect of children or workers.
9. Younger people appreciate various ways of earning income so you may also need to continuously draw their attention to the different ways of making money here in order to engage them more in the various aspects.
10. There is need to always inform them of the benefits of logging into their accounts daily and you may even tie contests to a minimum login period in order to win prizes.
In conclusion, always thrive to be up to date and not to be stuck in the past when it comes to effective ways of motivating young people to become active in this business. This is because today’s strategies may quickly become obsolete and new ways may become appropriate and more effective to deal with changing situations.
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