A huge congratulations to Rebecca Hayward for becoming our first Senior Executive Sales Leader for the Western Australia region .
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A huge congratulations to Rebecca Hayward for becoming our first Senior Executive Sales Leader for the Western Australia region .
The first Senior Executive Sales Leader in Western Australia is a huge achievement . What does that mean to you ?
I never thought I would be the first Senior Executive Sales Leader in W . A . I mean – I only work part-time ! But … I ’ m a little competitive ( it ’ s a strength AND a weakness of mine !) so when it started to look like a possibility , it was what drove me ! And of course the idea of getting to stay at the Palazzo Versace ; so it HAD to happen in May ! But I love that my Team have been really excited by this too . I hope it will bring greater opportunities for my development so that , in turn , I can be better at helping them to develop their businesses too .
You are attending our June Senior Leader Retreat at the Palazzo Versace Hotel on the Gold Coast . What are you most looking forward to ?
I always say this about every Norwex trip … time away from the kids ! Haha don ’ t get me wrong – I love them to bits . But for a few days , I only have to feed MYSELF , clean up after MYSELF and put MYSELF to bed ! It refreshes me . It recharges my batteries so I can come back and be a better mum !
But the next thing is being amongst all those inspirational ladies that I have looked up to for so long – never imagining that I could one day be a Senior Leader myself . The friends I have made from every conference are priceless and I know the Senior Leaders Retreat will be the same ! A few of those friends , who I met at my first conference , who have supported me along the way , will be there ! So of course there may ( definitely ) be some celebration bubbles with them !
How has the last month been for you ? What strategies did you put in place to make this happen ?
May was insane ! My Team only ever had about 70-80 % of the required numbers to promote in engaged or active recruits ( about 60 either engaged or active ). However after hearing Delores VanDenBoogaard ( Canadian Norwex superstar ) talk at Leadership Conference in February and say that 80 % activity is the time to try , I figured why not . If we don ’ t get there , it will only make us stronger as a Team ! I needed 75 to all submit a $ 250 Subtotal A order – all in the same month !
So I let my Leaders , and prospective Leaders know my plan in April . I had a cash draw . If anyone engaged in May , they got an entry . If they engaged before the 20th , they got 2 entries into the draw . I also ran a Facebook Mega Party to help my non-partying Consultants share Norwex with their family and friends and gather a party order . I was also on the phone , email and messenger a LOT offering assistance and encouraging people to engage in May .
On the 23rd of May we weren ’ t even half way there ! It didn ’ t look like it was going to happen but I pushed on as there were several other prospective promotions in the Team so if I could help with those I was happy .
With 3 days to go , I still had 18 to engage . Hubby was doubtful it would happen and was trying to prepare me for the prospect that it wouldn ’ t , but by then I had seen the support from my Team and knew deep down it was going to happen . Stressful though ! Why does everyone have to leave it till the last minute !! I was busy trying to prepare HIM that it probably would – which would mean I would be going to the Gold Coast in 2 weeks and MAYBE the huge month will also mean I will earn Dallas … Which I did ! Amazing !!
The support from my Team absolutely blew me away ! They were on fire and I of course couldn ’ t have done it without them !
Tell us about your family , and how they have supported you in your journey ?
It was my husband in the beginning that actually encouraged me to give parties a go ( I just joined for the discount !)! Up until this week , my husband has worked FIFO ( Fly-in Fly-Out ). I had a 2 year old when I first started and gave birth to my youngest nearly a year into my Norwex journey . Norwex has slotted in perfectly with them – it has given me something to think about other than changing nappies and cooking dinner and cleaning ( my own house anyway !). I started off with 6-8 parties a month and slowed to about 1-2 parties
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