The Strength of BNI Renaissance Lies in a Strong Tripod (Part 3 of 3)
June 16, 2009 by Phoon Kok Hwa
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Welcome to Part 3 of “The Strength of BNI Renaissance Lies in a Strong Tripod”. In this final instalment, I would like to cover the final leg of the 3-legged tripod supporting a strong BNI chapter – People. While this leg is as important as the other 2 legs- Leadership and System- in building a strong BNI chapter, you will probably realise that without this final leg, the first 2 legs could not have even existed.
When the seeds for BNI Renaissance were first planted way back in October 2006, we set ourselves a simple vision to find and attract good people, which is “To be a magnetic chapter whereby talented and committed people were naturally attracted to be part of us”. The first step is choosing the right team members and getting them to play
together. Attracting talents is important because it is a powerful way to continuously raise the bar and motivate one another to push for our best. As such, talents have to be applauded. But having talented but not committed members will only result in a chapter with very short lifespan. It takes strong commitment from every member to achieve outstanding attendance, punctuality, high referral rate, high visitor rate, etc. In a big chapter, it is easy for the mentality of “it’s ok if I am not around this week because my absence will not be felt anyway” or “it’s ok not to invite visitors this week because other members will bring anyway? to seep in. Judging by the historical
experience of other BNI chapters, once commitment in the chapter starts to take a backseat, it is guaranteed that the chapter will begin on the path of decline.
With talented and committed members, the battle is only half-won. The leader’s job is to harmonise the members. The star shines even brighter in a team than in the individual. Just imagine BNI Renaissance as the Dream Team in US basketball. Each member can be fantastic star, but they also operate very seamlessly as a team. The moment members in our chapter do not play as team and allow individual agendas to set us apart, we will start to fall apart too. Therefore, it is also of utmost importance to build trust among members, especially during a period of fast growth, because at the end of day, we want to be “building ties that bind” (by the way, this is BNI Renaissance slogan).
In conclusion, let us recap again; if you imagine a BNI Renaissance sitting on top of a tripod, our chapter has to be supported by 3 very strong legs, namely: Leadership, System and People. The 3 legs are interdependent and a weakness in any one of the legs will result in the chapter “sliding down”. Last but not the least, a winning chapter will attract winners, thereby further strengthening the chapter.
What Changed Jim Rohn’s life?
May 19, 2009 by Kenneth Kwan
Filed under BNI Education
During our Personal Development Night (the first wed of the month), we listened to Jim Rohn’s Teachings about Personal Development. He shares how learning about sales and marketing has changed his life and earned him a lot of money. People pay a lot of money to listen to him, but I got access to his materials for the price of a cup of coffee a day!
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1. Profits are better than wages. Wages make you a living, but profits make you a fortune!
2. Use stories to share with your friends. They are impactful and touches the hearts of people. Personal stories are great because people usually remember stories.
3. The Magic of Part-Time is a great recruiting tool for MLMers. Eg, I earn xxx from this part time job. or This vacation was paid for by my part time job. If you earn another $1000 from a full time job, nobody wants to know about it, but if you earn $1000 from a part time job, everyone wants a piece of it!
4. Its not what happens that determines your life future, its what you do that determines your life future.
5. Opportunity is always mixed with Difficulty.
6. For things to change, I have to change.
7. Don’t wish it was easiler, wish you were better.
Don’t wish for less challenges, wish you were wiser
8. If you do something enough, a ratio will appear- The law of averages always appear. (Useful for sales people to know)
9. I make up for numbers for what I lack in skill.
10. To Achieve Greatness- Service to Many leads to Greatness.
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The Strength of a BNI Chapter Lies in A Strong Tripod (Part 2 of 3)
May 15, 2009 by Phoon Kok Hwa
Filed under BNI Education
1. Learn
2. Do
3. Teach
It is thus the responsibility of every member to learn and know the system, then do what is expected and finally be able to teach the next member on what he has internalised. Along the way, it is also important to continue to innovate so that collectively we build a dynamic system and not a static system.