Chapter 20

Sponsoring New People and Leading Teams

IN THIS CHAPTER

Bullet Helping new team members create healthy business habits

Bullet Assisting your new recruit with a launch event

Bullet Understanding what it means to be a leader

Sponsoring a new team member and becoming a leader shouldn’t be scary or overwhelming. It’s an exciting time; you have your first recruit! That’s awesome! When you joined the business, do you remember how you were trained? What types of things did your upline leader do to help you get started in your business?

Tip A good way to ease into leadership and training is to think about how you were trained and start there. I help you fine-tune the rest.

Often I see representatives wait to start really leading their teams because, they say, “My team isn’t big enough” or “I don’t know how to lead.”

This chapter focuses on the areas that you, the sponsor, can focus on while working with new recruits to help them create habits that will bring them success from the very beginning of their business.

This chapter is a learning process. You’ll make mistakes along the way and that’s okay. ...

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