First I will say that I'm running on about 14 hours of sleep over the last 3 nights... but I need to do something about this and am not quite sure when I can expect my brain to turn on so I'm looking to tap the fabulous brains who lurk here!
Here's the situation: I have a consultant who is very much in love with her PC biz. She's amazing and is working her tail off. She has worked as an upper level manager at AT&T for about 15 years and was recently "surplussed." She was also on leave for AT&T 3 times in the last 12 months due to anxiety and stress caused from her job. Twice she was taken by ambulance from her office. She's decided that she wants to make PC her full-time career as it makes it her happy and it's so much less stress.
Here is where I am needing help. She is aggressively trying to promote to director. God bless her! She talks about our biz opportunity at every turn with every person she comes in contact with. It's cute and actually quite inspiring! I wish I had it in me to do that! Here lies the problem... she is getting discouraged because she's not getting the leads signed. I explained that 1 in 10 that she talks to will sign, etc. I've given her peptalks, coached her following the coaching guide and she's getting herself down. What the problem is is that she can't understand why people won't want to take advantage of this great biz and love it as much as she does. And she wants EVERYONE she talks to to sign. I've explained that NOT everyone she talks to will, but she's not getting that part.
Most of us deal with the situation of someone wanting to promote but they aren't asking enough. This is most certainly not the case with this lady!!!! She's asking SO much! I've explained that it's a numbers game and it's just a matter of time before she gets the yesses but she's still discouraged. I just not sure what to tell her... I don't want her to give up (obviously) and I know she won't... I just don't want her to exhaust herself in the process.
So with that... thoughts? Ideas? Suggestions?
PS: I'm starting a step-up class with her and another consultant next week. She's never been through that before so I'm hoping that will help.
Thanks for taking the time to read this!
Here's the situation: I have a consultant who is very much in love with her PC biz. She's amazing and is working her tail off. She has worked as an upper level manager at AT&T for about 15 years and was recently "surplussed." She was also on leave for AT&T 3 times in the last 12 months due to anxiety and stress caused from her job. Twice she was taken by ambulance from her office. She's decided that she wants to make PC her full-time career as it makes it her happy and it's so much less stress.
Here is where I am needing help. She is aggressively trying to promote to director. God bless her! She talks about our biz opportunity at every turn with every person she comes in contact with. It's cute and actually quite inspiring! I wish I had it in me to do that! Here lies the problem... she is getting discouraged because she's not getting the leads signed. I explained that 1 in 10 that she talks to will sign, etc. I've given her peptalks, coached her following the coaching guide and she's getting herself down. What the problem is is that she can't understand why people won't want to take advantage of this great biz and love it as much as she does. And she wants EVERYONE she talks to to sign. I've explained that NOT everyone she talks to will, but she's not getting that part.
Most of us deal with the situation of someone wanting to promote but they aren't asking enough. This is most certainly not the case with this lady!!!! She's asking SO much! I've explained that it's a numbers game and it's just a matter of time before she gets the yesses but she's still discouraged. I just not sure what to tell her... I don't want her to give up (obviously) and I know she won't... I just don't want her to exhaust herself in the process.
So with that... thoughts? Ideas? Suggestions?
PS: I'm starting a step-up class with her and another consultant next week. She's never been through that before so I'm hoping that will help.
Thanks for taking the time to read this!