Happy Memorial Day my friends! First, I want to take a moment to sincerely thank those of you who have someone close who has paid the ultimate price in service to our country. I know that you did not ask for this honor and that you’d do anything to trade that honor to have your loved one’s back. Just know that millions around the world are in debt to you and to the loved one who stood up when they could not. As it is said in John 15:13; “No one shows greater love than when he lays down his life for his friends.”
We are truly blessed for their sacrifices and it is they who have continued in the highest example given to us by our Savior, Jesus Christ, who stood up and took our place when we could not. So from the bottom om my heart…thank you and may we all remember the men and women who have stood up so that we may live in liberty, truth and free from fear. Remember them by holding tight to the truth of where our liberty and rights comes from. Remember them by reminding others that it does not come from man…it comes our Creator.
In this Magic Monday I want to talk about the priorities of a team leader. Because you know I think it’s so important, we constantly, constantly want to work at keeping a balance in our life. We know that in all phases of our life whether it’s spiritual or family – all phases, our careers – we want to keep a balance. I think one of the greatest frustrations, especially when we’re brand new as a leader – but not just new, I hear team leaders that are seasoned really get frustrated as to what our priorities should be. What do I need to be doing? What’s my work description?
I think first off, let me just remind you of this – we women have so many hats to wear. We need a balance in our homes, in our family life, so go back to that wheel of life and make sure you’ve got a balance in all areas.
Secondly, have your ideal week. I teach this all the time, I don’t know how people live without this – take a weekly plan sheet and map out your ideal week. We know that doesn’t mean every week goes that way, but have the ideal week and color code it, do it however you want to do it so you know when are your meetings, when do you do your newsletter, when is your classes, when is your family time, when is your structured spiritual time. Have it mapped out; that will help you so much in being able to take one hat off and put the other hat on. Now, I realize there are times when we’re so busy we don’t take them off, we stack them up. I think that’s an important part of being a good director, is we need to know how to do several things at one time, and that’s a crucial part of it to. But get your ideal week, be sure you have that.
Be sure you know what your goals are, both your long-term and your short-term goals. I don’t know how you think; I don’t know whether you think in terms of five years or ten years – I think in five-year segments, I really do, in my mind. If you’re a brand new director, I believe with all my heart that if you do what we train on and teach on today, I believe that you can be a national in five years. I truly believe that, and we’ll explain why as we go along. But it’s just a consistent effort, okay?
Again, let me remind you, these are things you need to be sure you have in place before we get into your priorities, is have that family on your side. You know, we’ve got directors at the top that did it in spite of their man, and we’ve got directors that did it without their man, but it’s so much sweeter, if you have a man in your life, that you do it with your man. It truly is. So getting your family behind you, and getting the kids – and ladies, we can win them over, we’re smart, and we can win them over regardless of what age. Of course, the younger they are, the more trainable they are, and so if you get started in your business when they’re young, they’re better trained. But even those wonderful teenagers…we can win them over. And bribery is sometimes necessary, but get them on your side, okay?
Alright, let’s talk about what I believe are the team leader’s priorities. Number one responsibility, leaders and directors, is to HOLD CLASSES! I know you don’t want to hear that, especially if you’re a seasoned director. But my friends, it’s crucial, because it is at those classes that you’re going to find, number one, those business associates that you want. And directors, you should always be the best recruiter in your unit, always. So you need to find those quality, professional women we just talked about. And you are going to find them at your classes, so you need to hold classes. I hate to put a number on it – you know, a lot of people like to say, okay, three a week until your unit is this size, then two a week until it’s this size, then one a week – I don’t really like to do that. I believe directors; you can hold three classes a week. I truly believe you can do that with the other duties and responsibilities that you have. I think we blow it out of proportion, and it doesn’t matter when you have them, you can work out your own schedule. It doesn’t matter if you do them all three on Saturday, or you do them scattered throughout the week, it doesn’t matter, but you need to hold them!
On your ideal weekly plan sheet, put your three spots wherever they’re going to be, and then triple book them, because in today’s marketplace you’ve got to triple book! As you know, people are so busy, and number two, their word is no longer their bond. Mary Kay taught us, double book, and that was back in the 60s and 70s. Well, today you’ve got to triple book – it’s a sign of the times. But if you have them in three slots, then of course you can always dovetail, and dovetail is something we don’t teach and train enough on anymore, but you can always dovetail to someone in your unit, and I made sure I always dovetailed to someone I knew would be great. I didn’t do much dovetailing to “bless her heart, she needs help” because odds are she wouldn’t do a good class. Those people that were sitting around waiting on a dovetail – that used to happen but I don’t even hear of that anymore. People used to sit around and wait on a dovetail, and they were not the ones I’d dovetail to. I’d dovetail to my sharpest, most active, productive people, because I want to help them move on up and because they deserve it.
Well, I don’t want to take up you whole Monday so, what about you? Are you a candidate for re-prioritization? Do you know anyone who needs to read this post? Please share them down below so we can all share ideas and help each another develop a strong foundation for our most successful year yet! So please share this post with your friends and followers on Twitter, Facebook, and others. This is important information that EVERY team leader and Director should be exposed to! If there are any suggestions or ideas you’d like to contribute for my blog this year, please do so!
We’ll talk more on this subject next Monday! Until then…
May You and Your Family Be Blessed!
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