Affiliate since: 12/31/1969, Power Rank: 99999999

Very good question that has a very fortunate answer. You do not need to be a born leader to be a leader in SFI.

One of the beauties of SFI is it's mainly an online business (although you can market offline as well). What this means is you can be the most introverted, non-social butterfly on the planet, and you can still be that leader.

Here's why:

It is not difficult getting to Leader status in SFI. Just do your daily tasks, get involved in TripleClicks and PriceBenders, Standing Order, go through the training and many other activities you should be doing as a leader anyway.

In addition, guide your affiliates to the resources SFI has; guide them in what you have done and continue to do, send weekly messages to your PSA's and CSA's for training and motivation (no high pressure upgrade pitches) and those that "get it" will follow in your footsteps. Those that don't, won't.

All the above can be done while you hide behind your computer screen, in a bathrobe, wearing your nerdy glasses, in your parents basement without a friend in the world outside of SFI, and still be an awesome leader, because you don't have to see or talk to anyone.

The entire SFI system allows you to be duplicable and a leader at the same time without "Born Leadership" skills.

I hope all this help you. :-)



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Very good question that has a very fortunate answer. You do not need to be a born leader to be a leader in SFI.

One of the beauties of SFI is it's mainly an online business (although you can market offline as well). What this means is you can be the most introverted, non-social butterfly on the planet, and you can still be that leader.

Here's why:

It is not difficult getting to Leader status in SFI. Just do your daily tasks, get involved in TripleClicks and PriceBenders,
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Affiliate since: 04/21/2014, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Stephanie's 12 other Ask SC answers

A "leader" is defined as "a guiding or directing head" (dictionary.com) and also at dictionary.com, "leadership" is defined as "ability to lead" with the following example "As early as sixth grade, she displayed remarkable leadership potential". My point here is that I do not believe people are necessarily “born” a leader. Instead, I believe that it is a skill that we all can learn or acquire.

In any new position including leadership positions, it is perfectly normal to feel somewhat uncomfortable and perhaps unsure of yourself. This is normal. To become more comfortable or secure in the new role that is causing you to feel apprehensive, my advice is to LEARN as much as you can until you feel more assured and comfortable.

How or where? SFI provides a wealth of information and teaches us a great deal of skills we may not have had. In addition, the marketplace at SFI also has wonderful vendors that sell a number of e-Books that are extremely helpful and useful.

Outside of SFI, there are two online sites that provide courses that anyone can take online as follows:
Coursera - www.coursera.org – This site offers FREE online classes from over 80 top Universities and organizations.

Udemy – www.udemy.com – similar to Coursera, Udemy offers online classes and some are free, some have a very low fee and still others cost $50 or more.

In fact, after checking Udemy for leadership courses, the following is noteworthy:

https://www.udemy.com/learn-the-leadership-secrets-of-top-income-earners/?dtcode=vazbmaq9

The above is called “Leadership – The #1 Key to Guaranteed Business Success” and is offered for free.

To be a good leader does require that you care about your team. This may seem rather simplistic but believe it or not, I had a boss who treated our team as annoying. NOT a good leader at all!

In my opinion, just the fact that you are concerned with the ability to be a leader suggests that you care and therefore, you already sound way more effective than the so called leader in the example I just gave.

Also, a good leader doesn't need to have all the answers to be effective, if they know where to potentially find the answers is just as effective.

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A "leader" is defined as "a guiding or directing head" (dictionary.com) and also at dictionary.com, "leadership" is defined as "ability to lead" with the following example "As early as sixth grade, she displayed remarkable leadership potential". My point here is that I do not believe people are necessarily “born” a leader. Instead, I believe that it is a skill that we all can learn or acquire.

In any new position including leadership
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Affiliate since: 12/31/1969, Power Rank: 99999999

SFI is an impulsive platform that provides you with best techniques to enhance your leadership skills. If you are not a born leader then also you can become a SFI team leader.
Becoming a SFI Team Leader is just simple as a schoolboy's logic. You just have to follow these guidelines:

->Make an active downline.
->Weekly send a mail to your downline members.
->Keep track of your team members who are doing well and reward them.
->Guide your downline members to EA status.
->Make them realise the power of duplication.

For the above guidelines to be followed, first of all your downline members must be active.
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SFI is an impulsive platform that provides you with best techniques to enhance your leadership skills. If you are not a born leader then also you can become a SFI team leader.
Becoming a SFI Team Leader is just simple as a schoolboy's logic. You just have to follow these guidelines:

->Make an active downline.
->Weekly send a mail to your downline members.
->Keep track of your team members who are doing well and reward them.
->Guide your downline members
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Affiliate since: 04/23/2014, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read REJHAN's 9 other Ask SC answers

Hey, everyone can be a SFI Team Leader.
1. Make Time to Interact with Your People

While it's true that management involves a certain amount of direction and problem-solving, top managers realize a significant part their role also involves coaching their employees and facilitating better performance. It seems simple enough, but it's not always easy to pull off. It requires a sincere commitment to on-going interaction with your people, and this takes time. Interact with your people--become familiar with your employees' talents and limitations and give them the tools and encouragement they need to succeed. Listen to them. Encourage them, provide them with guidance, respect their efforts and ask questions to get a feeling for what motivates them.
2. Trust Your Common Sense

There is no end to the lists, tools, and resources you can find to help you improve as an entrepreneur. But you already have within you the most important tool you need to be a remarkably effective leader: your own common sense. Listen to your inner voice when your sensibilities are challenged, and let your sense of fairness be your guide whenever possible.
3. Acknowledge Performance, But Reward with Discretion

Everyone likes rewards. People feel that their efforts are appreciated when they are rewarded. You should clearly communicate want you want employees to achieve, and always acknowledge their efforts. But consider rewarding them only when they consistently exceed your expectations.
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Hey, everyone can be a SFI Team Leader.
1. Make Time to Interact with Your People

While it's true that management involves a certain amount of direction and problem-solving, top managers realize a significant part their role also involves coaching their employees and facilitating better performance. It seems simple enough, but it's not always easy to pull off. It requires a sincere commitment to on-going interaction with your people, and this takes time. Interact with your people--become
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Affiliate since: 12/31/1969, Power Rank: 99999999

Remember, a leader is not always the loudest or most visible person in a room. As a matter of fact - a real leader don't have to be loud and visible in that way. It is also not possible for you to be a leader in every aspect in life - why? because you do not know everything about everything.
In SFI your knowledge and enthusiasm will determine what kind of leader you will be. It becomes almost inevitable that you will lead more and more as you gain knowledge and experience.
Become visible to your team by supporting them the way you would like to be supported.
Become your team's leader by improving yourself - your own knowledge, your own experience and your own enthusiasm. Become the expert they will trust to give them the right advice when they need it.
Do not pretend to know it all and suck answers out of your thumb - if you do not know an answer - find it from another source.
Do not spoon feed your team - but teach them to help themselves (Give a man a fish and feed him for a day, teach him to fish and feed him for a lifetime)
Lead by example and remember the very old but still very true saying - if you want to change the world start with the man in the mirror.
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Remember, a leader is not always the loudest or most visible person in a room. As a matter of fact - a real leader don't have to be loud and visible in that way. It is also not possible for you to be a leader in every aspect in life - why? because you do not know everything about everything.
In SFI your knowledge and enthusiasm will determine what kind of leader you will be. It becomes almost inevitable that you will lead more and more as you gain knowledge and experience.
Become visible
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Affiliate since: 04/23/2014, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Peter's 5 other Ask SC answers

I believe there are three types of leaders. Those that are born to lead, those that develop leadership skills, and those that are born leaders, but are reluctant to lead.

Most of us fall into one of these categories. The largest group are those that develop leadership skills. SFI is a great resource for this. Between Launchpad, the articles, ASK SC and the forum, you have many sources to help you.

The most important aspect of leadership is to lead by example. It is hard to ask others to do that which we are not willing to do. This is also the first part of duplication. First YOU do it, then you teach them how to do it. If you do, then you are leading without really realizing that you are.

The second most imprtant aspect of leadership is mentoring. getting on the forums, answering questions in ASK SC, and personally helping your downline are the key elements of mentoring in SFI. In order to effectively mentor others, we must know what to do ourselves. This requires learning and putting these concepts into action in a kind of hands on learning environment. This leads you back to aspect number one.

So, learn, lead by example, and mentor. If you do these three things you will be a great leader and it won't matter whether you were born to it or not.

Hope this helps.

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I believe there are three types of leaders. Those that are born to lead, those that develop leadership skills, and those that are born leaders, but are reluctant to lead.

Most of us fall into one of these categories. The largest group are those that develop leadership skills. SFI is a great resource for this. Between Launchpad, the articles, ASK SC and the forum, you have many sources to help you.

The most important aspect of leadership is to lead by example. It is hard
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Affiliate since: 04/23/2013, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Rosafilipina's 109 other Ask SC answers

Everyone got the leadership characteristic which is built it oneself. However, you have to discover and nurture the same.

The nature of business in SFI is networking or team building. Business starts with you. You need to read, review, understand and carefully follow instructions to earn VersaPoints which are awarded after you have completed simple actions; learn how the system works and to earn more take-home commissions while learning. Equip yourself the knowledge since being a team leader does not stop at just recruiting individuals you have to pass-on your experience duplicating your sponsor for them to know what duplication is all about to lubricate your and their income at the same time. It requires you to take the responsibility to mentor your recruits. How will you able to mentor your down line if you yourself do not know how the system works.

Every affiliate is required to build his own team. Utilize the marketing techniques and aids through advertising campaign with free advertising post hosts and use your personal blogsite as well. Furthermore, you are required you to mentor your personal recruit by answering their questions and give your full support the best you can.

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Everyone got the leadership characteristic which is built it oneself. However, you have to discover and nurture the same.

The nature of business in SFI is networking or team building. Business starts with you. You need to read, review, understand and carefully follow instructions to earn VersaPoints which are awarded after you have completed simple actions; learn how the system works and to earn more take-home commissions while learning. Equip yourself the knowledge since being a
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Affiliate since: 10/04/2013, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Ronelle's 268 other Ask SC answers

I hope this answer to your excellent question is helpful, Gabriela...

Utilize ALL the training from SFI to its, and your, maximum potential. The training here is so thorough, and easy to understand/follow, that leading the team you create should come almost naturally.

Take the time to truly understand what you study, follow the steps, ask for advice in the Forum and from your upline if you have questions you cannot find an answer for.

Once you arm yourself with knowledge, use all the communication methods available, and "talk" to your downlines just as you would to your friends! Monitor their progress through VP Ledger, give suggestions to help them get VPs they may have missed, always answer their contacts with you as quickly as possible, be friendly and courteous.

And do keep in mind: you can only lead them to the water, you cannot make them drink!! So long as you know you have done your best to lead, do not fret over those who do not follow! That is their choice, and more rather than less will only "kick tires"!

Be your best self, you CAN be an excellent leader, whether you are born to it or not!:)...

Good luck!!:)


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I hope this answer to your excellent question is helpful, Gabriela...

Utilize ALL the training from SFI to its, and your, maximum potential. The training here is so thorough, and easy to understand/follow, that leading the team you create should come almost naturally.

Take the time to truly understand what you study, follow the steps, ask for advice in the Forum and from your upline if you have questions you cannot find an answer for.

Once you arm yourself with knowledge,
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Affiliate since: 10/01/2013, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Nimo's 381 other Ask SC answers

An effective Team Leader in SFI is an Awesome Sponsor.

A 'Leader' is in reality a servant of the people he/she leads. It’s a service position. A politician is looked upon as a leader but his role is to serve the people of his constituent/country. SFI Team Leaders are the same.

We do not have to be born leaders, we just need the will to serve others, to help others be successful in the business.

We may not have the abilities to make long speeches and stir up people emotionally to do what we want. We don't have to do those things anyway. We all joined SFI because we want financial success. We therefore need to bear in mind the fact that if our team members are successful we ourselves achieve financial success. Let this be a motivating factor for us to be good team leaders.

As SFI Team Leaders we should focus on their success.

How do we go about doing this?

SFI has provided a lot of tools to be good leaders. Have a look at the information on how to be an awesome sponsor -https://www.sfimg.com/Support/Solution?id=191295&referrer=search, the Launchpad lessons, mail/communication systems, the Support Team, the Internet Income Course- https://www.sfimg.com/Training/InternetIncome and many more.

If we want to be good Team Leaders, we need to take advantage of all these tools and resources, learn as much about the business both within and outside SFI, and be awesome sponsors to our teams. We do not need to be ‘born leaders’ (there is no such thing)

Blessings

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An effective Team Leader in SFI is an Awesome Sponsor.

A 'Leader' is in reality a servant of the people he/she leads. It’s a service position. A politician is looked upon as a leader but his role is to serve the people of his constituent/country. SFI Team Leaders are the same.

We do not have to be born leaders, we just need the will to serve others, to help others be successful in the business.

We may not have the abilities to make long speeches and stir up
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Affiliate since: 10/26/2010, Power Rank: 345 | Read Kay's 289 other Ask SC answers

A born leader is someone whom the people around him or her look to for guidance. They will follow a leader. The leader must have that draw that assures people that he knows what he is doing. In a room full of people it is easy to pick out the leaders.

On the computer we have an easier job to convince our downlines that we are leaders. They can't see our lack of physical fitness and we can overcome our lack of mental agility. We don't have to look them in the eye. But in order to do that, we must ourselves be followers and duplicate what our own active Team Leaders are doing, and at the same time be guiding our own followers to duplicate us.

By studying the ToDo List and other training materials, joining in on Forum discussions, and participating with others in the ASK SC, we equip ourselves to have the knowledge for being an SFI Team Leader.

Do not be a micro-manager who drives his team into action, but like a gentle, but firm shepherd who leads his team, nudging them back on the path to success when they go astray.
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A born leader is someone whom the people around him or her look to for guidance. They will follow a leader. The leader must have that draw that assures people that he knows what he is doing. In a room full of people it is easy to pick out the leaders.

On the computer we have an easier job to convince our downlines that we are leaders. They can't see our lack of physical fitness and we can overcome our lack of mental agility. We don't have to look them in the eye. But in order to do that,
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