Tuesday, September 4, 2007

How to Develop a Team That Will GROW!

It is so important to continue to let your team mates know how important they are to you. I don’t think anything but true praise for a job well done or a job that is being well done will get more results that is being done well will make a person try harder, and feel great about the effort they are putting in. Just be sure the praise is true. I am sure you can think of something positive to say to each one of your team. Praise goes a very long ways.
Make sure you know why they are doing the business in the 1st place. Remind them of it often. The very things that you talked about before they became a team member and after when they firmed up those goals.
Encourage goal setting, short term and long. The dates do not matter, they can be changed, but the goal must always be there.
Make sure you and your team are working....if not find out why, you can not make them work but you may be able to move some stumbling blocks for them.
Make sure you are the kind of leader that they are or can be proud of, set examples, so they know what to do with the people they recruit. When talking to a group be sure to edify your coworkers as that is one way of building a strong bridge between one arm of the team and another. "so and so is such a great recruiter, you should really listen to what they are doing, I always take notes when they are speaking."
Strongly encourage listening to motivational speakers, even to the point of doing a conference call and putting someone motivational on the phone on your end.
Stratagize with them individually, what works for their budget? Car magnets or window clings, flyers, sizzle cards, free advertising on the net, post cards.... whatever works for them help them get it into place. The 1st week is crucial, and they need to start generating those checks while the enthusiasm is still at a peak. They get the check the rest is history, they are hooked.

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