My Fd Dillemma, Which I Am Sure......

[Christ Follower]

Are you able to not accept Directorship at 5? So it's not automatic? That's good to know if that's the case.

 

[Christ Follower]

As far as getting them qualified....

I heard a girl at conference talking about how her new recruits hold their own first show and when the show sales reach $600, she actually has them submit it as 4 separate shows of $150 so they can technically qualify afer one show. Has anyone tried this? It also helps them get more PC dollars too I guess. (although less show benefits).

 

[chefcat1]

As far as getting them qualified....

I heard a girl at conference talking about how her new recruits hold their own first show and when the show sales reach $600, she actually has them submit it as 4 separate shows of $150 so they can technically qualify afer one show. Has anyone tried this? It also helps them get more PC dollars too I guess. (although less show benefits).

With my last recruit, I asked her what was important to her. She wanted to qualify in her first month (July) but, more importantly, she wanted the SS saute pan. We split her one large show into 4 smaller shows with the approval of her host/best friend. She was able to accomplish both of her goals by doing it this way, however, if she couldn't do both, she wanted the SS saute pan more than the 50 PC bucks. I did check with my Director first before I spoke to my recruit.

I too have been on the Future Director hamster wheel since 2005. I've had several kitnappers and some that were so discouraged after their first show that they didn't try again. I do have 2 active that I've recruited and 1 active that one of my team members recruited. My goal was to walk in July but I didn't make it (so now I'm discouraged). My new goal is NC next year since I will not be going to Cincinatti.

 

[friday]

I love this thread! I am a long term FD myself. And I have had that thought about getting to Career Club in recruiting and not being a director. Currently I have a team of 5 including three that I can count on- none of these are big producers but I can count on 2-8 shows a month each. Then I have two girls who are walking barrels of excuses. They are time sucking, energy draining challenges for me. For the longest time I really felt like I MUST be doing something wrong in their training and THAT was why they just werent DOING anything. But many of you have reinforced for me that no- its not me- they are just not interested enough to do the work. I have to learn to be ok with that. I am sure there will be many more like that in the future.

 

[aried]

I am with all of you! One of my girls just went inactive because she didn't submit anything in July. She did in May and June and she didn't realize after she got the email from HO that she didn't have to submit anything in July. So I have recruit who just signed last week and I have another signing soon. The rest of my 3 other people are inactive! All of my inactive people are part timers who don't return my calls or emails!

So I need to recruit more!

Ann R.

 

[chefann]

My Director is out of town this week on her family vacation, and she put me in charge of the cluster meeting (this Friday - she'll be back that afternoon). I know that she's got a bunch of people in the cluster who are inactive and I'd love for them to reactivate, so my Director can have a more successful team. When I sent out the email invitation to the meeting, I included a bit to the effect of:
If you're inactive, fall is a great time to reactivate, as it is traditionally the strongest selling season of the year. Come to the meeting to learn about the new products and get tips to make some money this Fall. We'd love to see you there!

Make it about your team. If they get the idea that Fall is usually "easy", they'll be willing to give it another go.