Community

John Maxwell, in his book Talent is Not Enough, lists the qualities of effective teams.

One is this concept of community. Strong and successful teams have a community. The people enjoy each other. They meet socially. They understand one another, and even care for on another. They get together even when they are not at work.

The worn-out cliche "there is no I in team" comes into play. Successful teams create magic, they move mountains, because every member has submerged his personal interests, to the objectives of the whole team. The effective team is a community that has one or two higher goals, to which the members pull together to reach.

Teams are more creative. They draw on the strenghts and talents of all the members. Where one member is weak, the others rise up and mitigate the weakness.

So - how do you create one single objective for a team of people working in Network Marketing? This is hard to do, since most people are by definition in competition with one another.

You must form communities of people in Network Marketing, and get them into smaller groups where they can develop overall goals for the group, and then action plans that will enable the team to achive its goal (just saying, "we will make every member of the team a millionaire" is not good enough. This is not a team goal.)

And I am convinced that people working together toward a common goal, can first define a goal, and then are creative enough to develop an action plan so that the goal is achieved.

Oh yes, one final thing mentioned by John Maxwell, is that members of a team must trust each other, and be trustworthy. The Network Marketing group that accomplishes a high level of trust will make the cover of Business Week.