Which type likes following a system?

There is quite a bit of buzz out there these days regarding a recruiting and retaining system that people can follow. Some people just love having one and others like the idea of lots of options and can't see how having a system to follow would benefit their business.

Why?

Well, the more Indirect a person is, the more they want externally imposed structure. You will notice that the Thinking Professor and the Relating Angel like detail. The more Direct types, the Captain and the Entertainer, have a greater sense of self reliance and are more prone to doing their own thing. The Captain want to have everyone follow him and will direct a system and the Entertainer thinks that talking and schmoozing with people is so easy, they can't understand why anyone would even need a system.

"After all," they think, "people just sign themselves up. What's the big deal?"

So, if you are of the opinion that a system is valid and a company should have one that they follow and not have numerous options, then you are probably not an Entertainer.

I have been following the Creating Our Futures system's development over the past six months and can see how simple it is to follow, once a person is willing to learn it. The inception of anything requires effort to learn. Once you learn it, then you can teach it, which is the basic precept of network marketing--Teach to Teach to Teach.

If you have people in your group who are not interested in following a system, don't try to force them into it. Find the ones that will follow you, instead.

I recently heard a terrific analogy for this: Think of a mother duck and the baby ducks. You will never see that mother duck looking around and chasing her babies. If the babies want to survive, they are going to follow the mother. That's it!

Remember---be the Leader YOU would follow.