My team has a negative attitude about SFI. How can I change it to a positive one?
What I do is: -
1. I try to be as positive as possible in all my communications with my team – in TeamMails, Stream Posts, personal E-Cards, Welcome letters, personal emails, SFI messaging and “Chat” etc, and when answering their questions.
I have over 800 in my team but I can count on my two hands those who respond. So, who knows if what I do is effective.
2. I reply as soon as possible and as fully as I can do any questions I am asked. I prefer email for this. And I write a separate email for each topic. I try to be as clear and simple as possible.
If I am asked a question it is usually just a short email of a few lines. Whereas my response is quite a bit longer – about half a page or more, and sometimes I don’t get a response back to that. And they may not do anything that I suggest either.
3. Recently I have had a few emails from a team member apologizing for not having done anything in SFI for a while. It’s as though I am their employee or something. I always write back telling them that there is nothing to apologize about – it is their business and in life things happen. Just do SFI when and how you are able to.
4. I put a lot of personal stuff in my content too. I write of my own experiences in SFI and also how I overcome the obstacles in my life that try and stop me from doing SFI. I try and show them that I am no different than they are. There is nothing special about me and they can do what I do.
5. I regularly tell them what I have won in SFI, as I did in a Stream Post I sent out today. And I encourage them to “get involved”, that they could be winning these things too. I hope that putting this information constantly before them will eventually get them to respond.
6. I keep up to date with what is happening in SFI, in the news and at the Forum. I am active in the Forum where my posts are always pretty positive. I praise Gery and the team and SFI constantly for what they are doing for us.
7. I have an impressive list of badges on display for my team to view if they ever go to my leadership page or view my profile or perhaps my JMT gateway.
8. I must be doing something right: - I have a lot of likes on the Forum and my movers rate me 100% “5 stars”. And they DO appreciate what I do for them.
At the end of the day it’s how our workers respond that matters. I can’t do anything with someone who doesn’t want to work. I have to wait until they are ready. So, I never give up on them, but I don’t worry about them either.
The final thing I don’t do is offer rewards to get them started. SFI has enough rewards for those who wish to begin with SFI and I fully support all those initiatives. But I don’t offer anything extra.
But, on the other hand, I do reward my workers for their constant efforts.
I also keep thinking of other ways to inspire my team. One way I am trying is by sending out video clips on Youtube. I haven’t had much of a response yet though.
Basically I hope that my positive attitude will “rub off” on them overtime.
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My team has a negative attitude about SFI. How can I change it to a positive one?
What I do is: -
1. I try to be as positive as possible in all my communications with my team – in TeamMails, Stream Posts, personal E-Cards, Welcome letters, personal emails, SFI messaging and “Chat” etc, and when answering their questions.
I have over 800 in my team but I can count on my two hands those who respond. So, who knows if what I do is effective.
2. I reply
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