One of the team building skills I’m learning is how to properly network. According to the dictionary the word network means – a group of people who exchange information, contacts and experience for professional or social purposes.
Empowered People & Team Building Skills
I recently attending a training session by Trent Warner from Empowered People. Trent is a professional business recruiter who has decided to start his own business helping people find jobs. Trent’s years of experience has taught him what companies are looking for and how the jobs are actually filled. Trent and his partner Bill Scherpenberg have designed a system to teach people how to us networking to land their next job.
Team Building Skills and Job Search Facts
The training I attended was only 30 minutes, yet I learned some amazing team building skills. One of which is a skill I’m focusing on right now – networking. I also learned how jobs in today’s world are actually filled.
Here is are some interesting facts I found out. Fifty percent (50%) of the open jobs in today’s market are filled from within companies. Thirty-five percent (35%) of the jobs are filled through a person already in the company recommending some one they know, like and trust to the person who does the hiring in their company (networking). Fifteen percent (15%) are filled with Monster or Career Builder and three (3%) are filled using professional recruiters.
Network Marketing and Team Building Skills
What I believe is in order for you to create a really good part-time income in network marketing or a full-time one you need to have team building skills. One of the first skills you need is networking.
Just think about how much value you could add to the world by learning how to properly network. Not everyone you share you business opportunity with is going to want to join you.
By being willing to share your team building skills of networking with those who do not join your opportunity, you can add value to their life. By teaching them a new skill and maybe helping them get a more full filling job.
Learning how to properly network can even help your team members who have not built up their network marketing income to a level of being able to leave their job find a better job.
Here is a video of the team building skills I learned:
Your goal with this networking and team building skill is to:
- meet the person
- make a good impression and
- get the appointment to talk later to help each other.
This is what I would call a win, win situation. Let your team building skills allow you to make yourself more valuable.
Till next time…..
Debi Talbert
How much do you like it when someone calls up to sell you something? Most people put up their salesmen approaching alarm. That’s how just about how every one feels when you mention the words home based business or network marketing. Nobody wants some pushy, aggressive salesman using techniques to close them into their affiliate program. Knowing how most people feel about pushy, aggressive techniques, you sure as heck would never want to do that yourself.
So why would you ever think you could build an MLM business by selling? That is still the business-building and marketing technique that most MLM gurus teach – sell and close. You know how nobody wants to sell or be sold to, so how will you ever make money or have success getting others to take a look at your opportunity that way?
In my experience, what works is investing the time to talk with people. Find out why they are seeking a business opportunity. What their
dreams are. Do they want to travel? What are their cash flow and money frustrations? It’s important to really listen so you learn what really motivates a person, and what they see as the stumbling blocks. Then talk to them about how you can work together as a team to solve that problem. Focus on building a close relationship with the person, which you will never do if you try to sell them. Then you have a team building system.
You probably already know the failure rate is high in most businesses and your MLM opportunity is no different. If you can avoid sounding like a pushy, aggressive salesman and build relationships, then you have a real chance to make a long-term living from network marketing, maybe even achieve the “retirement” dream.
Just the other day a friend of mine asked me “What was the worst thing you ever spent your money on?” I have to admit it was the thousands of dollars I spent on training from one of those “gurus” and buying leads from their lead generating company. I spent so much, that I’ve never admitted the total to my husband. Do not make my same mistake. Not one person joined me in my business from all the leads I called using their “closing” techniques. Take a few moments of your time and read the book Success in 10 Steps. It’s definitely a book worth reading. The money I never spent! It’s free.
Your power likes in taking action. I encourage you to enjoy a mug of root-beer and take action on something your read here today that inspired you.
Expect Success – Debi Talbert
There is an old saying that repetition is the key to success. I believe that repetition without a goal does not mean anything. I like to ask myself some simple questions when setting up my action plan.
First I ask myself “What are Your Goals”? What I am referring to here is my mid to shot term goals. For example, my mid term goal is to have my network marketing income equal my current income at my job.
Second, I give myself a time frame to reach that goal. When would I like to accomplish the goal. Back to my example of having my network marketing income be equal my income from my job. My time frame for this is by the end of 2012.
From this point I can start to break the goal down. I begin with the end in mind. What steps am I going to have to take TODAY to build toward my goal.
I first find out what it is going to take to reach my goal. I check with people who have already achieved the goal to get some ideas on what actions I’ll need to take. In the example of matching my income, I know I am going to need to add at least one new personal a month to my team. Either one customer that is on the refill program or one new business partner.
Next I ask myself, How many hours am I willing to dedicate to reaching my goal? For example, I know that the minimum number of hours I need to dedicate to my network marketing income is 10 hours a week.
Now I find out what activities I need to do during those 10 hours to reach my desired outcome. From this point I can apply the repetition that will bring me success.
I like to choose 3 activities that I will do ever single day. Once I have set the goal with the time frame, I leave it alone. I no longer think of it. Yes, the goal is in my subconscious; however now I keep my focus on the daily activities that I will do to reach my goal.
What is going to keep me consistent with these activities is my overall burning desire, the drive and purpose behind the original goal. Everybody knows that life can get crazy. So in order for me to not let life get in my way, my purpose must be stronger than the pull of life’s craziness.
Your power lies in taking action. I encourage you to empower yourself and take action on something you read here today. What can I do to help you?
Expect Success – Debi Talbert
When a circus elephant is a baby, small and weak, one leg is tied with a rope to a wooden stake. In the beginning this baby tries to break free of the rope; however the rope is too strong. So the baby is convinced and trained that breaking free is impossible. Years later, when the elephant is grown, big and strong, the elephant is easily constrained by a rope. The limitations have been ingrained from the time the elephant was a baby; therefore the elephant does not even try to break free. The elephant believes that what was once was true will always be true. The elephant is imprisoned in the limiting belief that the rope is too strong, even though a fully grown elephant could easily and effortless break free from the bond to it’s leg.
About three years ago, I was like the Circus elephant; bond to my limiting beliefs. Convinced and trained that what was once true, would always be true. That is about the time I found the book Success in Ten Steps. Through the book I found Mentoring for Free and through Mentoring for Free I found “The Tribe”.
My life changed in a moment.
Since that time, I have been reborn. In his book Think and Grow Rich, Napoleon Hill describes using imaginary council meetings to achieve his voluntary rebirth. When I downloaded that book, I came across a real live voluntary counsel. This counsel was the beginning of my network marketing education. By keeping myself in consistent touch with this counsel, my limiting beliefs have disappeared one, by one.
“The Tribe” has helped me learn to use autosuggestion in the form of self talk to make new impressions on my subconscious mind. I stay connected to the knowledge that is shared each week and continue to learn how to build my network marketing relationships. I’ve also learned how to pass on what I’ve been learning to others. This sharing has helped me to reinforce my new skills. My progress at times seemed slow; however now I am in possession of the power that enables me to throw off discouragement, ignore fear, overcome procrastination and freely act upon inspiration that comes to me. These days in my head there is no longer negative chatter. What actually goes on in my head are amazing ideas, thoughts; inspirations. I act on them and miracles are happening.
Some moments in life you know right away are life changing; birth of a child, marriage, death, graduation, divorce. Others take a little longer to realize that the act was a life changing moment.
The Elephant is free…..
Remember, there is no such thing as failure; only feedback. – Debi Talbert
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