Leaders who want to develop more leaders are very aware of the power of inspiration. Please don’t underestimate the power of your voice to inspire others to achieve more in their business.  Here four ways you can incorporate inspiration for leadership advancement in your direct selling team.

  1. Celebrate advancement. Encourage promotions up the career path, and reward the achievements of others publicly or in private.  At every meeting, plan a time for celebrating promotions on your team.
  2. Who is next?  Add an expectation that you will be promoting someone at every meeting and ask, “Who is next?” You will begin to set an expectation that it is a natural progression to keep moving up in your business, and you will inspire others to be part of the leadership circle. Celebrating every part of the career path will keep promotion visible to everyone on your team. Expecting others to be “next in line” makes career advancement part of the fabric of your team.
  3. Create Incentives. Moving up the career path is rewarding in and of itself because of all the perks and bonuses your company offers. To make it fun, or create synergy, offer occasional incentives to your team to reward people for career advancement, like “Put Your Best Foot Forward,” which rewards all promoting and promoted Leaders fun flip flops to bring to National Conference. Or you may want to put in place an annual recognition for those who have developed the most leaders on a team.
  4. Share Stories of Success.  Personal stories of the journey of leadership will inspire others to see themselves promoting. Consider adding the personal story of each new leader in your newsletter. Highlight leaders from various walks of life and personality styles in a “Spotlight” at your meetings.

These are just a few ways to inspire.  We would love to hear from you!  How do you inspire others to advance to leadership roles in your organization?

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