“In Life: Don’t follow the masses – if you’re walking down the street of life, the crowd turns left at the corner…you better make a right, fast!
Don’t get caught up in the sheeple people mentality – sometimes you have to swim upstream in order to achieve greatness!! “~ Lisa Kitter

Have you ever considered what it takes to be an exceptional leader?

Does the idea of being your own boss, making your own hours, and your own business decisions sound incredibly attractive to you?

I’m going to go out on a limb here and just assume, you wouldn’t even be here on this page if you didn’t answer this questions with a resounding ‘YES’

At this point, there is one very important factor to keep in mind…being self-employed is a voluntary position. In other words, this isn’t a job or a corporate position; you’re not the “manager,” you are the LEADER!

I have noticed that as many people achieve higher levels of success in direct sales or network marketing, they have a tendency to begin to take on this, “I’m the boss” attitude and basically insinuate that their team members are nothing more than lackeys or paid servants.

This is a business of FREE ENTERPRISE and people are here by choice and they can choose to leave and take their entire organizations with them if they feel they’re being treated unfairly.

Having a high level of respect for your team, your business opportunity and for each of your partners individually will carry you farther along, than will a self righteous attitude that we typically find in the corporate world.

People make a conscious choice to be entrepreneurs and most have chosen to leave the, often times, ruthlessness of the corporate environment – far behind them.

Remember to “lead by example” and begin early in your relationships to establish yourself as the, “guide” or “the leader.” You move and your team partners move with you, you keep moving forward and if they don’t move…go find someone who will!

Explain to your team members that you are just one person and therefore, the responsibility is on them to show to you how committed they are to their business and they can do this by phoning or emailing you daily with questions or updates.

You don’t have time to chase around your team members when your team is rapidly growing and multiplying like little bunnies. You are busy and successful!  Teach your partners to be independent and to use the system your company has in place, expect more from them!

You are not in the business of “doing it for them” because you are a leader and you are in a position to guide and assist the members of your team, to stay on track and to create success for themselves.

Teaching personal empowerment and individual responsibility is much more effective than enabling people.

Have you made the switch from trying to be the boss of your team members to being a leader of great team partners? Please share your various experiences with leadership within your business below. I look forward to sharing with you again very soon.

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Until we meet again – I believe in you!