How do I become an influential leader in my organization? Well, what is influence? Influence really is very connected with leadership. Influence really means that we can get people to do things that are probably really good for them. It’s just that sometimes people are increasingly out of their comfort zone, and therefore they have fear around taking action or doing things or actually learning new things. Becoming influential, to me, really means that we’re increasingly being able to empower people to get better.
How we can do that is, number one, walking the talk. It’s very important that we’re actually doing what we’re asking other people to do. Especially in network marketing, it’s all about being a leader rather than being a manager. It’s not about telling people what to do. It’s about actually being a leader and walking the talk and doing what you’re preaching. I think the first step about being influential is actually doing what you’re preaching.
The second step is, of course, getting results at it. If you’re just starting out in your network marketing business, perhaps right now you don’t have huge amounts of results to show. That’s okay, because often people will not join us because of our results, they will join us because of our obsessive commitment to those results. Because they can see the path that we’re walking on. Because there’s an energy around us of really wanting to do something and being committed to our personal success journey. So number one, get committed. Get obsessed with that personal journey. Number two, continue to take steps forward. Walk the talk.
Three, if you’re doing that, I know results will show up. As results show up, your influence just exponentially increases. Guess what? When are you influential? From the very first day. Just remember you have influence even when you have just joined your team. People that are joining your team will actually look up to you for advice, for mentorship, for guidance, and so on.
Now if you already have a large organization and you feel like you want to have more influence, you want to actually help people to do more, empower more, I think it’s all about actually uniting people. I think influence, is a lot of the times, creating communities that breed results. It’s a lot about creating the culture inside your team that will be centred around taking massive action, creating results, and also around clarity. I think you can have a lot more influence when you have clarity around what needs to happen for a specific person or your organization to get results.
There you are. If you want to be influential, first, walk the talk. Get massively obsessed about your results. Get out of your comfort zone. Take action, get on the path, then get results. If you’re really already a multiple six figure earner going to seven, then I think a part of your influence is going to be uniting your team, uniting your organization, and creating a community where people achieve together.
