I believe that to in order to make SFI more fun and exciting for your team, you’ve got to work at developing your team. I am not talking about the number of people in your team.
The aim here is to create a team spirit. You want your team members to feel that they belong and to feel safe and comfortable within the team environment. The exciting and fun part will never happen if they are not comfortable with you and with the team environment.
This takes time and it requires planned and deliberate actions. Here are some of them:
Share some aspects of your life with them. I always find that if I talk a little about myself, I am in a way revealing something of myself. I am opening up and letting others in. I find that most people respond well to this. They in turn, tend to respond in a similar manner and share something of their lives as well.
When communicating with you team members keep it simple. Use every day language and stay away from jargon and slang. Keep it light, friendly, warm and courteous. You want your team members to easily understand and enjoy what you are saying. It makes them warm towards you and would most likely follow your suggestions and take part in SFI and team activities. Work hard at cultivating and encouraging them to communicate with you regularly.
Create free team competitions and if you are able to, provide prizes for the winners. They can be serious or silly ones or both but everyone within the team must be encouraged to take part.
Announce to the whole team the winners and make a big thing of it.
Announce to the team those who have reached some milestone, birthdays, anniversaries etc.. These do not always have to be SFI or business related. Be careful regarding members privacy however. If in doubt check first with the individuals concerned.
A little tip here:
To find out members' SFI anniversaries and birthdays, use the anniversary and birthday filters at your Genealogy report. I do this every day and send an e-card to the member whose birthday or anniversary it is. These are always appreciated.
The last point I want to make, and this is the big one – Work at developing your team members to be successful SFI business people. Being successful is not only rewarding but it’s also exciting and fun. How you go about achieving this? Well volumes of books have been written about this subject!!
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I believe that to in order to make SFI more fun and exciting for your team, you’ve got to work at developing your team. I am not talking about the number of people in your team.
The aim here is to create a team spirit. You want your team members to feel that they belong and to feel safe and comfortable within the team environment. The exciting and fun part will never happen if they are not comfortable with you and with the team environment.
This takes time and it requires
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