How do you build a team where everyone knows they are valued members and part of something special?
Pam, Hi!
From what I know of you from your Forum posts I am sure you are already very good at this BUT I shall enjoy contributing my thoughts to this question.
Perhaps I should answer the second part of this question first, because I think the answer to this is quite “short and simple.”
I think my team WILL know they are part of “something special” when they view my badges (and note the numbers), see my rankings, read my Forum Posts and see that I am a Forum Guru, read my Stream Posts and Weekly TeamMails, and when they see my name appearing in the “Winners Lists” for such things as Card King, Daily Grand. Leadership Challenge etc, and especially when they see that my “quote” has been selected by SFI and listed in the “Testimonials of the week” – to name just a few of the ways our WORK is recognized by SFI.
What am I saying here? I’m saying that we MUST LEAD BY EXAMPLE. That’s the sweetest testimonial that we can give to SFI and the best way we can show our team that we MEAN BUSINESS, that we are SERIOUS, and that we KNOW OUR STUFF. Yes, SFI is a SPECIAL business BUT it is the PEOPLE in SFI (that’s us) that make it REALLY SPECIAL.
How do we tell them that they are “valued members of my team”?
With CSAs it is easy, EVERY chance I get I espouse the VALUE I put on retaining my EA rank each month – SO THAT I WON’T LOOSE MY CSAs.
But I go further than that, I also espouse the VALUE of obtaining the HIGHEST Team Leader rank I can each month so that I can receive a BIGGER share of the Second Home CSAs. That’s in direct contrast to SO MANY affiliates who advise that it is pointless to strive for Team Leader rank until you have several EAs. No, I love my CSAs, I value them, and I tell them they will be mine until the day I die (which will be no time soon).
With my PSAs it’s harder to express my value to them UNLESS they contact me. Most don’t (which is such a shame) BUT when one does I give them my UNDIVEDED ATTENTION. I answer their specific questions. I give them specific guidance JUST for them. And I communicate with them by their preferred method.
Note, I do not recommend “showering” them with gifts – If they WORK they will receive enough rewards and gifts from SFI. It’s MENTORING and CHALLENGING advice that will encourage them to achieve their best in SFI, that is the greatest GIFT I can give them.
If only my team would take me up on this offer … But the ones that do, benefit.
That is my promise. What is yours?
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How do you build a team where everyone knows they are valued members and part of something special?
Pam, Hi!
From what I know of you from your Forum posts I am sure you are already very good at this BUT I shall enjoy contributing my thoughts to this question.
Perhaps I should answer the second part of this question first, because I think the answer to this is quite “short and simple.”
I think my team WILL know they are part of “something special” when
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