Effective leaders are flexible and teachable.
In regards to your question “What do successful Leaders in SFI know and do?” I observed the successful leaders in my upline are those who have worked this model of Follow, Walk Along Side and Lead. Basically, they followed the recommended Duplication of SFI. They seek ways to understand/learn about their affiliates whom they work with and maintain communication with their downline and are accessible to them. They continue to lead, instead of sitting back and expecting their downline to bring them residual income.
I believe effective leaders know when to follow, when to walk along side and when to lead. This is true for SFI leaders. Majority of successful business leaders followed this model through the building of their careers and establishment of their businesses. Ask a successful business leader if they did it all by themselves and majority will tell you they had a mentor and often others whom they consulted with, before they learned to walk on their own.
Follow: Another way to view this step is to call it Learn. Everyone has to learn in order to become a leader. Ineffective have been the leaders throughout history who have attempted to lead nations without learning the needs of their people. Often when national leaders have not learned and addressed the needs of their people it led to civil unrest and wars resulted. Effective leaders take time to learn about their people, what their needs are, what systems will benefit their people and how they can implement those systems for the benefit of their people. They do this knowing by building their people, they are building themselves.
Walk Along Side: This step can be viewed as the building phase. Beginning with our infancy, we have needed someone to walk along side us as we learned. Once we achieved learning our lessons, we became teachers to others, whether by being examples or literally taking the time to teach another. The most effective way of teaching has always been walking along side the learner. This allows the learner to feel secure in exploring the world around them, while encouraging them to advance in their learning.
Lead: An effective leader will lead with counsel, never force. They recognize the individualism of each person and respect them for who they are. They adjust their teaching/leading style to the needs of their followers, understanding everyone learns in a different way. They allow those who require little guidance to advance as they want, with little interference, while providing necessary assistance to those who request more assistance. Ineffective leaders often will do the work for others or tell them what they are to do. They tend to think for their people and not allow their people the opportunity to explore their own skills and growth. Sadly, this route often stifles the growth of new ideas and therefore, stifles the growth of a business.
These steps are exactly what SFI teaches: Learn about SFI (Follow), and then help other affiliates build their business (Walk Along Side/Lead), which in turn builds your business (Lead). SFI calls this system Duplication.
I broke the steps up in this explanation, but an effective leader will flow through these steps as needed. He or she may be a follower with one affiliate, while walking along side with another affiliate, while leading another affiliate all in the same day. Basically, an effective leader is flexible and teachable.
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Effective leaders are flexible and teachable.
In regards to your question “What do successful Leaders in SFI know and do?” I observed the successful leaders in my upline are those who have worked this model of Follow, Walk Along Side and Lead. Basically, they followed the recommended Duplication of SFI. They seek ways to understand/learn about their affiliates whom they work with and maintain communication with their downline and are accessible to them. They continue to lead, instead
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