Travis and Summer Flaherty
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.
I’ve known Travis and Summer for well over a decade now and have had the pleasure of working with them on several occasions. Outstanding leaders in this industry who are some of the absolute best when it comes to leading by example. They are servant leaders with HUGE HEARTS and go above and beyond for their teams in every way they can. From my experience in this industry, when leaders hit pinnacle ranks and start making money they tend to forget who got them there… This is definitely NOT the case for Travis and Summer, they work with their team like its Day 1 every day, its very admirable to see that in this industry…
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I love the product, the people and the leadership! Just like you don't buy your insurance from a company, you buy it from an agent that you like and trust, Rick and I feel the same way about Travis and Summer! We have known them for several years, and have been blessed to partner with them in business, but more importantly, they are some of our best friends! They are two of the most selfless leaders that we know! You will never find anyone who works harder than they do, and you will never be asked to do anything that they won't do first! As I have said so many times, all they ask of you to help you succeed, is that you work hard, be teachable, and be loyal through the good times and the challenging times! APLGO is the most innovative company to come along in a while, that offers a way to feel better and at the same time, has created a financial opportunity that gives the "Little Guy" as chance to have an unbelievable future, and at the same time realize their dreams and goals!