Frustrated with My Team's Lack of Activity

[pcsharon1]

I have three girls on my team. Love them. They are great people. But they are simply working their business enough to stay active. Which means every other month, I only have one active person under me. This month I did nearly $2100 in sales myself but only one other person submitted, so I'm still not a Team Leader. It's very frustrating. I know I can only encourage them and help them reach the goals they want, but it's still frustrating that I can't reach my goals without them submitting.

Venting over......................hoping for another good personal sales month in May.

 

[Shelly Flanagan]

Re: Frustrating...........I have an active 4 memeber team, but they only do enough sales to be active every month. I am fine with that because that is what makes them happy. We need $2500 team sales to be a Team Leader and we can't get that. I work 60 hours a week right now at my full time job so I can't put myself out there as much as I want to to get the sales. So for now I will keep recruiting and hope together my team can eventually hit the goals needed for me to stay a team leader and eventually get to director.

 

[lt1jane]

Re: Frustrating...........how very frustrating and stressful for them!! I too at this point, try to stay active and not a lot more. Why do I say that every other month submission is stressful for them? Because while I will once in a while have an inactive month, I hate the stress of needing to submit by the last day of the month in order to keep my career sales. I try to be active every month to alleviate this stress.

All you can do is encourage them, but maybe remind them that if they make more of an effort to be active every month, they won't feel the stress of needing to submit sales by a certain date.

To Shelly:

My director has a team large enough to be an AD, but no directors under her. Her team is very wide, but not deep. When some of us finally promote to director though, she will not have to worry about losing her title. It takes more time, but in the end, a wide team is probably safter and better.

 

[gaddischef]

Re: Frustrating...........I have 13 people on my team and April was the first month I've had the 6 active recruits needed for directorship! Yay! Next month, I may go back to being paid as a team leader, but who knows?

 

[Sheila]

Re: Frustrating...........Think wide & deep ... WIDE & DEEP! When you have the cushion there to fall on, you'll find it much easier to hit your goals each month. You CAN do it!

 

[3girls]

Re: Frustrating...........I know the feeling...I have total 8 on my team....1 just gave up. last month, I was 1 person and $250 away from being a director ($5000)...This month, I said yep this is it. We had team sales of over $6500 with 3 people...what is going on....I know it happens and can't force people to run their business.....DEEP AND WIDE. I am hoping to recruit two this month (1 for sure) we r just waiting for the right time to get the longest days. I love what I do....Stress is never good related to your business, so I don't let it get to me. If money is a concern for you, just add up what you would have gotten and then it will take some stress off of you.

 

[GinaG623]

Re: Frustrating...........I really wanted to become a director, but I was ok with the time that it took. I really wanted a strong team rather than 6 people here and there. Key is to keep recruiting each month, even if it's just 1 new person. Not every one looks at the business the way you do. Right now I have 4 strong people with 2 that are hit or miss, but I do my best to help each of them every month. If they don't want to put the time in, then use that time to find more people to add to your team. Also...just be sure to keep up with them on their goals, encourage shows, or easy ways to put simply 1 show in. Selling 2 bakers will give them 1 show. 1 catalog show of their own. Remind them of the pc specials going on - 2 shows in a month, get a pc item. Make up your own specials for them...Go green by the 15th and receive pc dollars or an item of your choice. If you are unsure how to help your team, go to your upline, I'm sure they can help you to help them.