FEATURE ARTICLE
Essential Advice
THE
OF
COLLABORATION
Are you interested in forming
or joining a collaborative group
yourself? Here are some tips!
■ Collaborate with those who share
your values.
“Find people you really connect
with personally and share the
same basic values and desires
for their business.”
–Amanda Beach
■
Allow your communication to fit
your schedule.
“We mastermind online, which means
we make our conversations fit our
schedules instead of needing to meet
up at a specific time and location.”
–Ashley Norville (@essentially_joilful)
■ Build a real connection first.
“Let yourself be a friend, and
don’t feel bad if you need to meet
and engage with several people
before you find those you want to
collaborate with.”
–Farrah Collver (@flourishessentials)
■ Keep it positive.
“We all have moments of
discouragement, but there’s no
focus on negativity.”
–Aimee Crouch
Working with your upline and downline
comes naturally for most builders,
but how often do you work with
someone completely outside of your
team? Collaborating with those in
your crossline and even outside of
that can bring new perspectives and
ideas that can benefit your business—
not to mention new friendships! We
talked to a group of seven dōTERRA
leaders who came together through
social media about how and why
they work together.
How It Started
were a good fit to work together.” brought to the group by the others. a group of people who will pray or
Because this group is focused on –Carrie Setian (@high.tide.essentials) They exchange business ideas, push celebrate with me. This group helps me
expanding their dōTERRA business “I met Ashley through Instagram about each other in their goals, support brainstorm ways to take better care of
strategy to include Instagram, they a year ago; I direct messaged her and each other through challenges, and my downline and communicate with my
connected bit by bit via Instagram as shared that I loved her Instagram profile encourage each other to be their best— upline more effectively.” –Amanda Beach
they noticed each other’s accounts. and admired what she was doing. We professionally and personally. (@naturally.healthy.living)
Some of the group members are part of kept talking and exchanging ideas. She “Everyone in this group is encouraging, “You may be building your business in
one another’s upline or downline, some said we should collaborate with others, supportive, and positive. Everyone comes a unique way that your upline has not
are crossline, and some are connected and so she invited me to her group.” from different backgrounds, skillsets, and dived into yet. Finding others on a similar
only through this group. The key was –Sara Worth (@oil_ohana) experiences, which brings a freshness journey can help provide you with the
reaching out! and opportunity for innovation.” –Aimee support you need.” –Kayla Monson
“We all connected on Instagram in one The Benefits Crouch (@beautifully_natural_oils) (@mywelloiledlife)
As they have worked together, each “I love that I can be honest about my group member has seen the strengths struggles and my wins, and I have
way or another. We were all attracted
to one another’s accounts and knew we
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■
Don’t be nervous to work
with others.
“Don’t be afraid of people on other
teams and of other ranks. The
community and heart of dōTERRA
are fully reflected in a group of
leaders who come together to
encourage and support each other.”
–Ashley Norville
■ Invite others to collaborate.
“You may have to flat out ask people.
Some people may want to join you
but might be too shy to ask.”
–Carrie Setian
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