Is Your Team Meeting Sales Goals for January?

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The discussion highlights a widespread struggle among team leaders and consultants in achieving sales and maintaining team engagement during January, often considered a slow month. Many leaders report minimal team activity, with several consultants failing to submit any sales or communicate effectively. Despite these challenges, some individuals are experiencing personal success, achieving significant sales figures and recruiting new team members. There is a collective hope that the upcoming Spring Launch will motivate teams and improve results in February, with many leaders focusing on personal sales and team encouragement as strategies for improvement. Some express concerns about the implications of the "paid as" structure, particularly regarding title retention and eligibility for rewards. Overall, the sentiment reflects a mix of frustration and determination to turn around performance in the following month.
PampMomof3
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Hi guys! I'm curious my team is seriously MISSING!! There is not $1 that has been submitted by them at all. Most of them are not returning my phone calls or any email. I'll be lucky to b paid as a senior consultant this month. Well, what do ya do? :)

On the upside, I have over $3100 in so i earned the tote and rolling tote and scored some triple points so I'm almost at 6k for the month. Stoked about that! I also just signed my 2nd recruit in 3 days so that's exciting too!! And one of them is thinking about going to Spring Launch next week which that would make #6 for me going so 7 including me! :) Just wish they would turn something in!!

So, how is your team doing?
 
big fat $0 from my team as well. I do know that two of them have shows this weekend and my newest recruit (signed monday) has a show for Feb 5th. She can't go to Spring Launch cuz ours is full.
 
pampmomof3 said:
Hi guys! I'm curious my team is seriously MISSING!! There is not $1 that has been submitted by them at all. Most of them are not returning my phone calls or any email. I'll be lucky to b paid as a senior consultant this month. Well, what do ya do? :)

On the upside, I have over $3100 in so i earned the tote and rolling tote and scored some triple points so I'm almost at 6k for the month. Stoked about that! I also just signed my 2nd recruit in 3 days so that's exciting too!! And one of them is thinking about going to Spring Launch next week which that would make #6 for me going so 7 including me! :) Just wish they would turn something in!!

So, how is your team doing?

You know I thought you were taking about MY team at first!! Only 2 people have turned in anything and it looks like I will be beating my best with over $6000 in sales too! I talked to a few director around here and they are experienceing the same too. I REALLY hope that Feb turns around. I 'm excited about the spring launch and hope that lights a fire under a few hineys!!!;)
 
We are actually at $4k and I'm hoping one of my consultants (the one who didn't come through for me before) turns in another $20 to get to $150 and her consultant turns in her show she did last Friday so I get paid as a director. Personally I did okay and am looking forward to an awesome Feb!!!
 
I won't be paid as a Director this month. My sales suck and I haven't heard from my team. Only one gal has done anything. She's planning on promoting to Director. No one else has done a darn thing! They were supposed to ship the Spring products in January in which case I would be a Director, but if they ship in Feb then I wouldn't be. My concern is WILL I GET MY SPRING DIRECTOR PACKAGE or not?!!!
 
Chef Kearns said:
I won't be paid as a Director this month. My sales suck and I haven't heard from my team. Only one gal has done anything. She's planning on promoting to Director. No one else has done a darn thing! They were supposed to ship the Spring products in January in which case I would be a Director, but if they ship in Feb then I wouldn't be. My concern is WILL I GET MY SPRING DIRECTOR PACKAGE or not?!!!

I was under the impression that it is what our title is in January, not what we were paid as ... can someone confirm this?
 
My team was excited about the Kick off and then pretty much disappeared for a while. One has actually turned in a show, two have good shows to submit and a few are 'working on something' ... sigh ... I'm "working on" getting PAID for what I do! I love my team and I just don't know what I'm doing wrong but I don't like that they feel so comfortable taking the month off. My own month is near 3k now, NO WHERE near what I want. but I am working with my team to try really hard to at least be active this month. Some others in our cluster are experiencing the same things with their teams... any wisdom out there on this? Some long term people say they have never seen a January with such low activity. I'm pumping them all up for Feb and praying that the Spring Launch will really inspire the 6 on my team that are going and I hope it's infectious to the rest of the team!
 
My team is doing pretty well ($4700 so far), but I doubt I'll be paid as a Director. Only one SC line out of 3 is active and unless someone surprises me, I don't expect one of my other SC's to have either of her 2 consultants submit anything. But I could be surprised. We shall see!!

My sales will probably only be about $2000 so I'm bummed I didn't get that rolling tote. Oh well. You win some, you lose some!:)
 
If you are a director in TITLE in February, you get the spring product director benefit package.I'm at $3700 with more orders coming in and a few more live shows to close. I have one active, and her recruit will be active. I have another gal with half a catalog show (and she is going through a rough personal time, so this is AWESOME for her!) and I'm helping with a straggling order or two for her. Her recruit will probably have a catalog show submitted under her name by me. So, that gives me the two SC's. Have another gal working on collecting orders and my newest consultant's kick off show is Friday and she also has a catty going - both closing and submitting on Sunday. So, if everything goes to plan, I'll be paid as a director - WOOHOO! It's those darn 250 extra points that really makes it for me! That and the dots rolling case. Last week at this time I only had about $1600 in sales. Did three shows in a 17 hour period and got another $1800, so far! Even got a $1000 show from a 10am Saturday spot!
 
woohoo!! With the show I'm turning in tonight I'll surpass $3000 for the month, so I'll get the rolling tote!
 
I'll end up with over $4000 in personal sales and my Team should be around that, too.

However, I probably won't be paid as a Director this month (really wanted the extra pay -- we are getting ready for a $5k remodel in the kitchen!)....I added 1 indirect recruit and may have 1 signing with myself this month -- we have 2 coming on board next month, too.

Feeling like the tortoise and not the hare -- or the little engine that could...I think I can, I think I can...
 
Way to go, guys! I know, it's a bummer about this "paid as" thing because I've personally recruited 2 this month who have a very good chance of qualifying in 30 days and possibly another one will sign by the 31st, if not hopefully shortly into February. BUT I need some more SCs!! There's a couple potentials out there, so if they come on board, it'll at least start the year off on a good note!
 
My team is pretty much MIA too. Two people have turned in $2000 between them though. I won't be paid as director even though I have 4 SC's - none are working this month. Personally I have $2600 including one that is still open so far and 2 MIA hosts - one did the show but no one ordered yet and she isn't returning my calls. The other is a 1/31 show and she also is MIA - she's an hour away and I won't go if she doesn't pick up the phone - will we close that day anyway?! I am so bummed that I probably won't be getting the rolling tote. :cry: I wanted it so bad to relieve some of my carrying. Maybe my open show will surprise me and my show from last week will get orders and I'll still make it. Gotta have hope! :pray:
 
My team is MIA too! So frustrating :( On the bright side - 2 of my inactives are submitting shows - one in Jan and one in first week of Feb, so that makes me happy. I've pretty much decided January is a wash and I'm focusing on Feb now.
 
I know my NE has been sending out a LOT of "how to be active" stuff in the past week and has alluded to the fact that sales are down. Sounds like it is a company wide issue. Let's see what comes out of it. I have 26 people in my org going to spring launch and a lot of people working this month. So I should be paid as my title.
 
My director just sent me an email with the title "January sucks" LOLOLOLOLOL!!!!!!!!!
 
quiverfull7 said:
I was under the impression that it is what our title is in January, not what we were paid as ... can someone confirm this?

My director told me (and I'm not sure if this is correct or not since we all seem to hear different things) that you need to hold the title of D the month they are shipped in order to receive them. BUT, I think there was something in the weekly bites a while back about it being January because I remember thinking my D gave me contradictory info...

I guess that doesn't help much... maybe a call to HO would be best for clarification Sandra! :pray:
 
My Jan is lame too....lined up nicely, but too many resched's....I just submitted my 1st show of the month on Tues! :bugeye: I did not earn either of the totes, and my own personal sales will be a little over 2K.

I didn't think I'd be getting paid as D this month, but it looks like the team is submitting....it all started posting Monday....we'll be hitting the 4K, have 5 active lines...it's the SC requirements that kill me! :sick: On paper, I have 4 SC lines, but every month I find myself scrambling and encouraginG...trying to get 2 active lines!

One indirect just submitted a show, but her recruiter has not....she's supposedly submitting today....which means I'll still need another SC line to do so. One other indirect thinks she may be able to squeeze out a show! lol

So, fingers crossed!:pray:
 
YAY! Just got an e-mail from an inactive that she's got a show to turn in! Woot! :party:
 
Yup my team is MIA too!!!! I'll have well over $3K in sales but only 2 of my team members have anything to put in.....so frustrating!!!

I just signed a new recruit & of course that's not going to help @ the moment....I still need to SC.....sounds like we are all in the same boat!

we can do it for February :)
 
WOW, glad to know I'm not the only one with a team that is MIA. I sent messages, got a response from a few. Most said they had something near the end of the month. But as of today, I have 1 consultant who submitted a show.
My own sales are down this month. Had 2 shows cancel and a catalog host who won't return a call or email.
I guess we all just have to turn Feb. into a GREAT month.
 
I was seriously worrying that I had completely lost my mojo... and my team as well. Until last week... ZERO active consultants. We will qualify this month.. by the skin of our teeth... but what scares me right now is that my organization sales are at 10,000, and I know three more will be submitting sales, but I have 2 cooking shows this weekend that will possibly make all the difference.
My director said the same thing... most are in this boat ( she is an SED and has an extensive director team...)
Feb is looking good though. Arrrggghhhhhhhhhhhhh
 
my team sales are $976!!! BUT I have heard from them so that is good...seems like they are all waiting to submit...so there are at least 4 or 5 shows still be sent in from them....
 
finley1991 said:
YAY! Just got an e-mail from an inactive that she's got a show to turn in! Woot! :party:

Don't you just love those happy surprises? Great news!
 
At this point I am "green" but if a few more don't get their shows in, I will have my first month being paid as a Team Leader...not the direction I am looking to go in!!!:bugeye:

Since my mood is a bit on the poopie side, I am not going to spew any negativity!! But I can think it!!:D
 
LOL Ann....think and plot away!
 
Unless someone surprises me, I'm going to have to cheer on gal on just to be paid at TL. I had hoped that one other one was going to submit on Sun but she isn't so unless the above mentioned gal AND her recruit submit, I won't throw a show on the other line's line because it won't matter. sigh.... I[m afraid I'm right there with Ann E with the "sort of poopy" attitude today! I should get myself out of the way and just ask God to surprise me ... let me go do that! Right now! :)
 
Hmmm.....I wonder with all of us getting paid so like TL's this month (me included) how the uppers are doing? Anyone hear of Advanceds and Seniors losing their titles? It's scary!

Nothing we can't fix, though!
 
I had to cancel my shows tonight and tomorrow. One turned into a catalog... it is with a host whose normal group spends pretty good $$. We are wrapping it up tomorrow night. My other show rescheduled for February. That makes # 10 cooking so Feb should be a good month.
My organizational sales will be all right and TG I have enough active. But, like I said, my SED said there are a lot struggling this month. ugh.
 

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