MLM Leadership and People

Leading an effective team requires a range of skills. A great leader creates and sustains a vision of the what the future could be. A great leader transforms followers. A great leader adapts to situations and relationships in order to move all participants forward toward his/her goals. Leaders initiate group structure, norms and roles. Leaders support followers in the successes and failures. We have gathered here our favorite articles on what it means to be an effective leader.

October 8, 2014

Training on Diversity

When direct selling companies move into foreign markets, companies learn about cultural differences and similarities. However, an important component of every company, domestic or international, is diversity within the company as well as the distributors they serve nationally. We often want to treat the Unite... Read more ›
October 6, 2014

Training Tips from an Expert

MLM.com interviews comedian/trainer Jeff Birk

I recently had the great privilege of interviewing Jeff Birk. The long-time stand-up comedian turned professional training executive has opened for Jay Leno, Bill Cosby, and Martin Short. He’s also appeared in several movies filmed in Utah including: The Singles Ward 1 & 2, The Home Teachers, and Saints... Read more ›
October 2, 2014

See, hear, and do

Training for all learning styles

Training has a very important role in the direct selling industry. As a distributor, you train your teams, receive training from your company, learn how to run your business from your team leader, catch up on the latest and greatest trends and media outlets, find out how to use new products, and so on. When y... Read more ›
June 24, 2014

Leverage Your Business into Major Growth

A few things are given that we all understand about the network marketing industry: recruiting is one of the key elements in the success of any business; you (as a business owner) must understand the gifts recruits bring to the company; you must be sure that as many recruits as possible have the staying power... Read more ›
June 7, 2014

MLM Leadership: What’s Your Style?

“If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.” -John Quincy Adams This thought applies well to network marketing; if someone strives to be a leader and can inspire others to be successful, he/she will accomplish much. There are four different c... Read more ›
May 15, 2014

It All Begins with the Right Story

I started out in the industry with one of the granddaddy companies, and I’ve found that it’s fascinating to hear the story of a company—how they started and how they have changed direction. Even back then it got me thinking about how the story of a company’s foundation is critical to share with tho... Read more ›
December 18, 2013

What is My MLM Leadership Style?

Individual personalities play a major role in how we communicate, fall in love, function as teams, develop as leaders, and many other aspects of personal and interpersonal dynamics. And so it should be no surprise that personalities are front and center in the people business of direct selling. Whether a d... Read more ›