Lisa Torres "The Social Butterfly"

One thing that I have always said and is…“In order to be a leader, you must first follow a leader….then become one”. This can’t be further from the truth!

However, not everyone is cut out to be a leader. These are the types of people that continue to be followers and would rather build their network marketing business by the guidance of someone else (i.e. Mentors, Coaches, etc.) and there is nothing wrong with that. But understand that when you position yourself as a leader, people will start to look up to you & respect you and they will be attracted to you and ultimately they will want to join you in your business.

In order to be a successful Leader in the Network Marketing industry, there are certain traits that you must posses. They are as follows:

1. Will & Drive - You must be willing to step out of your comfort zone to learn and educate yourself on what it takes to be a true leader. However, without having the drive to want to succeed, you will fail. You have to be able to tough it out when the going gets tough and be willing to embrace the challenges and have the drive to overcome them no matter what.

2. Trustworthy – Integrity and honesty, when it comes to building a team in your network marketing business, is crucial. You have to win the trust of others to be a true leader. A good leader practices what he/she preaches, earning the right to lead others and have responsibility for them. Trustworthiness is the source of the real authority based on the trust of other people.

3. Confidence - A true leader must exude confidence in his/her role and position towards others. The team members will be highly motivated to do a good job when the leader is confident in his/her powers and theirs, at the same time.

4. Ambitious - A true leader will always strive for excellence in every aspect of his/her journey. You have to keep on doing the things that work and then you have to persistently teach these things to your business partners. If you have a great system in place, plug your business partners into that system and teach them the ropes so that they can be successful as well. But, never feel as if you can’t share your knowledge of fear that your business partners will be better at it. True leaders don’t worry about things like that anyway!

5. Patience – Without it, you will lose! There will be times when someone joins you in your business and challenging times may arise. This is where you have to set a good example and be extremely patient, especially with people new to this industry. Your job, as a leader, is to be there to mentor and coach your new business partners. Your job is to answer any and all questions that they have and to keep them motivated because the more you keep them motivated, the more you will stay motivated to do so, especially when you see that they are starting to generate leads.

6. Vision – Leadership can be thought of as a capacity to define oneself to others in a way that clarifies and expands a vision of the future. Your business partners look up to you. You have to see the vision in your head and you have to be able to explain and instill that vision into your downline. Leadership can be thought of as a capacity to define oneself to others in a way that clarifies and expands a vision of the future. When you do this, and your downline does this as well, you will all work on the same mission and can then make your team much more cohesive and focused. Do this and your MLM business success will skyrocket.

Remember…a great leader's courage to fulfill his vision comes from passion, not position. You have to be compassionate. Compassion is a great human trait and if you can show compassion and empathy to your business partners, you will earn their trust and together you will both be able to work towards your common goals easier.

To Your Success…

Lisa Torres “The Social Butterfly”

Online Business & Network Marketing Coach/Mentor

Tel: 347.920.3733

Skype: missltorres

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