Hi Magdalena,
Your question really intrigued me!
You say your team has a negative attitude about SFI but how can you be sure? Is your team sending you emails that lead you to believe this, or are they just unresponsive?
Maybe they only do a little bit on their SFI sites or aren’t doing any advertising or getting commissions?
Also, it is surprising that anyone with a negative attitude is here at all – after all, no one is forced to be in SFI and if they really feel negative toward SFI, why don’t they opt out?
Regardless, since you addressed your team as ‘negative’ I will assume that you are receiving some sort of communication or indication of a discouraged attitude. Perhaps they are making indifferent comments in the forum, in private emails or in Stream posts. However you have figured out that your team is not on-board it is great that you recognized this because now you can do something about it!
Most negative attitudes are often more about a lack of knowledge versus actually not wanting to participate or for some reason they are thinking that SFI is a scam. It is often intensified by a lack of communication which makes a vicious cycle of one team member saying a negative statement and others believing it because they don’t know any better.
As their Team Leader it will be up to you to change this whole scenario. You will first need to identify what the problem is – why is your team making negative statements and what are those negative statements? Or, if they aren’t making any statements, what are they doing to make you think they question the veracity of the program?
Once the problem has been identified, you will need to provide them with the actual answers – the truth- of the matter.
For instance, is the complaint that “Nobody” has made any money yet? You will need to point out that SFI is not a ‘get rich quick’ type of program. Provide them all with educational materials – i.e. send Team Mails or Newsletters – that address this issue. There are ample articles and massive numbers of trainings available on the SFI website that you can send them to or cut and paste from (always give credit where you get it from – do not say you wrote it if you didn’t!)
But it doesn’t stop there – you have to help to prove to them that SFI will work for them. You can guide them to step 1, step 2 and so on, until they start earning. Notice I said guide them, do not do it for them! You shouldn’t have to run their business for them! However, there are some folks who simply don’t know what to do first and they need a little more help than others. So guide and nudge them until they start to head in the right direction.
Once your team starts to move forward and see some results the negative attitude should start to evaporate. When the myths and rumors have been cleared up and you are providing them with ample help and communication they will start to realize that their feelings were groundless and a waste of time.
For those that refuse to change their attitude, you may want to offer to move them to a different team (maybe by using the reassigning tool) or have a new sponsor assigned if able.) Once there is even one team member who is filled with negativity, your entire team can become re-infected and you will end up right back where you began – and nobody wants to go backwards.
Of course none of these approaches will work if you aren’t exhibiting a positive, enthusiastic, attitude of your own. It is imperative that you demonstrate to your team what a great program SFI is and how excited you are to be working with both SFI and TripleClicks (and all the other income streams.)
Help members to solve their own issues while maintaining a confident manner that reassures them that all problems will be resolved and everyone will be satisfied. Once they consistently see this attitude from you they will start to copy it – and remember, duplication is the key to success!
I hope this helps and the best of luck to you!
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Hi Magdalena,
Your question really intrigued me!
You say your team has a negative attitude about SFI but how can you be sure? Is your team sending you emails that lead you to believe this, or are they just unresponsive?
Maybe they only do a little bit on their SFI sites or aren’t doing any advertising or getting commissions?
Also, it is surprising that anyone with a negative attitude is here at all – after all, no one is forced to be in SFI and
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