Last night I
hosted my nationwide team call. My team
name is “The Winner’s Circle.” I really
enjoy training and working with my team.
During the call last night, it struck me that my team members appreciate
the call as much as I enjoy hosting it.
I began
hosting team calls just eight months ago.
I had not hosted team calls prior to that time, and to be honest, I was
nervous. What if no one dialed in? What if there was no feedback and I had to
try to carry on the entire call alone?
Well, it
turned out that from the very first call, there was pretty good attendance and
participation. Whew!
At the
beginning, I started out by giving a brief training presentation, and then I
opened the lines. I announced that the
call would last only 15 minutes, unless team members had questions, in which
case, I would extend it.
After just a
couple calls, the participation increased to a point where the calls lasted 30
minutes. Then, after a couple months,
attendance grew along with the questions, suggestions and comments. At that point, I announced that the new
structure of the call would be a 15-minute training presentation, followed by
Q&A and comments, and at the 30 minute mark, those who wished to continue
the conversation could remain on the call, but the actual training would
end. Nearly everyone stayed on past 30
minutes.
The calls
have evolved where I must now end them after an hour. They would often be longer if I allowed them
to continue, but I think there can be too much of a good thing.
About a month
ago, I decided to add another weekly team call, one where team members would
volunteer to do research about our products and give a presentation. It has been a huge success! We have had three team member presentations
so far, and each has been excellent, informative and well received. One team member new to the call last night
said that whoever thought of this team-presentation call had a great idea. Since it was my own idea, I loved hearing how
they liked the new call. This meeting is
only about 15-30 minutes long, and as with our main team call, we have good
attendance each week.
As is common
in network marketing, although I have a rather large team, only a small number
of people are actually working their business.
Surprisingly though, of those who are working, nearly all attend both team calls every single
week.
As I have
grown in my business, built a good team and learned more, I am proud of
myself. I used to be unable to give
myself a “pat on the back,” but that too is growth I believe. I am not THE best team leader or trainer, but
I am pretty darned good.
Not to take
full credit - which I definitely do not deserve - I am also very proud of my
team members who dial in every week, participate in the conversation and
volunteer to give presentations. I am
very pleased to say that I have several “stars in the making” on my team,
wonderful business partners who are IN “The Winner’s Circle.”
