Doug Parker
Business For Home defines a leader and a professional networker in Direct Sales as follows:
"A leader and professional networker is the one who has the ability to guide and at the same time is able to motivate team members, inspire respect and confidence and explain the power of the compensation plan".
But they should also have:
- Effective communication: They must transmit the needed information suitably. It’s fundamental for leading.
- Vision: A leader needs to have a vision, which means not only thinking in a short term, but trying to see a bigger picture.
- Balance: Give importance to team members’ opinions.
- Art of Feedback: In order to produce good feedback it’s important to keep it impartial and objective. Criticism must bring solutions and improvement.
Doug is a true leader with the wisdom to guide his team to reach higher levels. One of his greatest skills is to help you raise your own thinking of what is possible in sales and income. Doug never puts other down, but rather walks alongside you. He does give you that nudge to not allow your own excuses to get in the way of what your goal was. There's a fine line between pushing someone to reach their goals and understanding that the person must first "believe" that they can achieve it themselves. Doug has helped me tremendously in this way. Doug is also a big time company team player. He has a unique ability to see trends and patterns that can help shape the trajectory of the future. He puts integrity first in all situations. He also NEVER takes "no" for an answer. Buckle up, because working with Doug will always be a challenge but never a burden. I consider myself incredibly blessed by knowing and getting to work with Doug.