To make SFI more exciting and fun for your team do the following:
- Lead by example
Think about the behaviors or habits that you want to encourage to your team, and make sure that you demonstrate these regularly. It's important to embody these values, if you want your team to follow your lead. For example, always log in performing your To-Do List, actively participating in SFI Forum, Ask SC and EZ games. All your actions will be seen by your team such as your interactions of providing valuable solutions to others in SFI community and accumulating those prestigious EZ games’ badges. This is an excellent way to motivate, to create excitement and fun for them.
- Awaken your organization; Keep your team on their toes
Keep your team alive by getting involved in their activities that promotes the growth of their own SFI business. Electrify your team with your level of activities such as striving to be Top Enroller/Top Sponsor/Top Co-sponsor every month, Daily/All-Time VP Streak, etc., to get them inspired and never fall back to complacency. Make their journey with SFI an environment where your team members are continuously growing and thinking big!
Don’t just be a provider for fun and excitement, but rather focus on being an enabler of opportunities for your team to intensify their participation level in growing their SFI business as well as to having fun with TripleClicks’ EZ games. Be creative and make it easier for them to participate.
- Be sensitive to your team’s needs.
The only way you’re going to know what your team needs from you is to listen to them. Often times by simply listening will help you identify ways you can provide what is needed to help them out in their challenges. By doing this and by being sensitive to their needs, you’re creating in them an experience of increased satisfaction in growing their SFI business as well as creating team cohesiveness.
- Tailor rewards and motivators.
Each of your team members is unique, and they're likely to be motivated by different things. For example, one person might crave recognition from you and feel more valued in your organization, while another might prefer TCredits or Gift Certificate.
Start thinking about what motivates your team. Communicate to your team members to find out what they value. Possible motivators could include TCredits, Gift Certificates, and Reassignment of PSAs and recently CSAs, offering a share in your Ad co-op, etc.
Make sure that you provide your team members with appropriate compensation. Are they happy with the way that pay is structured? And, do they feel that it's fair and balanced, especially if it's based on performance? Discuss this with your team members in private, and address any concerns that they have honestly.
- Create competition.
Take advantage of your team members' natural competitiveness, and encourage healthy competition as a way to engage your team members, boost morale, and make SFI more fun. Competitions are also excellent for improving performance.
Focus the contest on a strategic business goal that you all need to meet. Devote a wall in your Facebook page to the competition, and post news about wins, display real-time updates and standings, and celebrate achievements.
To make the competition interesting and valuable, offer a small prize or reward. Ask your team members what they would like to receive, or use your own judgment to come up with something creative.
- Recognize Achievements.
One of the best ways to motivate your team members is to recognize their achievements on a regular basis.
Praising your team members could be as simple as sending an E card, posting your congratulations on Stream Posts or posting it on SFI Forum when they reach their goals.
Recognition from you is a powerful motivator, but it can be equally as valuable when it comes from fellow team members. Encourage everyone on your team to become champions of one another's success. Ask your team members to praise their peers, and to notify you when they see them achieve a win. This way, you can collectively recognize their efforts, which will build morale and strengthen relationships.
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