Often times we need to create a team to get a certain task accomplished. If you are still working alone thinking that things get done quicker by doing it yourself; you have not seen what it means to divide the work and double the effectiveness through a dedicated team. Your income and productivity is really tied to your ability to create and work in a high performance team. Ignore this law at your peril!

Creating an effective team can sometimes be a difficult task. This is due to the fact that people are very dynamic in character and getting that many differences to work together for a common goal is in itself challenging.

Below are three steps to creating a successful team that will be focused, committed and achieve the desired results.

1. Define the Expectations

If a team is created without expectations, the team will inevitably fail. Expectations need to be in place and clearly defined.

My Personal Tips:

- Give a solid background on why the team was created. The team members need to know their purpose.
- Let them know the importance of their role. Team members that understand that higher management will be waiting for the outcome is always motivation to get the job done well. Even in a top company like Genetech, janitors know that they have to do a good job so that the rest of the company can focus on developing life saving drugs that will make a difference!
- Support the team. Make resources available to the team if they request them. You cannot expect a team to produce the desired results if they do not have the right tools.
- Give the team perspective: the company needs to communicate to the team how their role in the team will help the company. Show them how the outcome will directly impact and affect the company and the initiatives they have laid out. Knowing how something will fit helps in building a puzzle. Essentially, this is what you are asking your team to do.

2. Commitment and Ability

These are both important factors when building a team. Select team members that are committed in accomplishing tasks. A personality trait that goes far with a team is the willingness to accept challenges with drive. Find a good variety of distinct attributes to create a successful team.

3. Central Control

There should be one person that is distinguished as the person who “coordinates” the group. It is important to note that this person does not contribute to the group thoughts and processes all the time. This person only intervenes to keep the group on track with goals set by the team.

Utilizing these three points will be a great start to accomplishing your team goals. Always be sure to set aside time to review these points with your team. The consequences of not allowing enough time is to backtrack, which takes even more time. So… ready to create your ‘A’ Team now?

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During our Personal Development Night (the first wed of the month), we listened to Jim Rohn’s Teachings about Personal Development. He shares how learning about sales and marketing has changed his life and earned him a lot of money. People pay a lot of money to listen to him, but I got access to his materials for the price of a cup of coffee a day!

Here are some important principles that apply to your business and life that Jim Rohn shares:

1. Profits are better than wages. Wages make you a living, but profits make you a fortune!

2. Use stories to share with your friends. They are impactful and touches the hearts of people. Personal stories are great because people usually remember stories.

3. The Magic of Part-Time is a great recruiting tool for MLMers. Eg, I earn xxx from this part time job. or This vacation was paid for by my part time job. If you earn another $1000 from a full time job, nobody wants to know about it, but if you earn $1000 from a part time job, everyone wants a piece of it!

4. Its not what happens that determines your life future, its what you do that determines your life future.

5. Opportunity is always mixed with Difficulty.

6. For things to change, I have to change.

7. Don’t wish it was easiler, wish you were better.
Don’t wish for less challenges, wish you were wiser

8. If you do something enough, a ratio will appear- The law of averages always appear. (Useful for sales people to know)

9. I make up for numbers for what I lack in skill.

10. To Achieve Greatness- Service to Many leads to Greatness.

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Have you ever made your staff, the Rock Stars of your company? People idolise stars for their accomplishments and talents, so why not highlight your staff and make them the centre of attention?

Here’s how Intel made one of their staff into a Rock Star! A simple gesture, but it goes a long way in staff recognition, excitement within the staff, and knowledge that their company is doing something great! All this at a little cost and creativity.

Here are some Themes that I suggest you can try out: Print posters on certain people you want to highlight and make them into…

• Super Heros! (Have you watched the series: Heros?) Eg, Melissa, aka Storm, she can tune down the storms in peoples’ lives.
• Boy Bands (Yes, form your own band with the males)
• Star Trek Characters

So.. when are you going to celebrate your staff?

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This man inspired millions to want to pursue their dreams and take the challenges that hit them hard in life. Winning to him is not about how hard you hit but it’s about how hard you get hit and still keep moving forward.

His name is Rocky Balboa.

Let me tell you something you already know; the world ain’t all sunshine and rainbows.
It’s a very mean and nasty place.
And I don’t care how tough you are, it will beat you to your knees and keep you there permanently if you let it.
You, me, nobody…is gonna hit as hard as life.
But it ain’t about how hard you hit; it’s about how hard you can Get hit, and keep moving forward;
how much you can take, and keep moving forward.
That’s how winning is done.
Now if you know what you’re worth, go out and get what you’re worth.
But you got to be willing to take the hits, and not pointing fingers saying you ain’t where you wanna be because of him, or her, or anybody.
Cowards do that, and that ain’t you!
You’re better than that!
Until you start believing in yourself, you ain’t gonna have a life.
- Rocky, “Rocky Balboa”

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