Need help with a very unmotivated consultant

[Nanisu]

:indifferent0016:I have a consultant who I don't think is exactly a kitnapper, but she is not organized and I think just lazy. She signed in October, and has done NOTHING.Not even during the holidays! Not even one sale or show. I don't think she's a kitnapper, because she has almost everything in the catalog already. She has every excuse in the book "my kids keep me busy" is her main one--(tell me, who's kids DON'T keep them busy?), came to one cluster meeting, no others, no response to any of my emails, I sent out a goals packet to everyone on my team and asked them to respond by email or snail mail by yesterday, did an email reminder and a post calls reminder and a voice mail reminder--she never answers her phone--I really want to either get her moving or pick up her kit from her. Does anyone have a diplomatic letter or words I could use to kick her in the hiney or get her to admit she's not going to do this? I've had kitnappers before, but this one is really irritating me, but I don't want to blow up all over her.

[bethcooks4u]

I think you just need to bless and release. Send her one last email or better yet write her a letter and mail it. Say that you think she would make a great consultant and you are here to help her but that you need to focus your attentions on those that are responding to your efforts. Match effort with effort.

I have one that I had to do the same with just last month. No response, ever. ...well ONCE - she sent me an email saying she was still excited but couldn't get bookings. I emailed lots of ideas and stressed that we should talk and that I was here to help her. No further communication after that.

[Nanisu]

I have no problem with blessing and releasing, but I really want to at least gently know that what she's doing is not acceptable. Here's the deal--you signed a contract. You agreed to do 4 shows or $1250--this woman has plenty of money and a lot of friends, she could probaby qualify with 1 show in her home. I feel very strongly that signing a contract is a committment and what she is doing is morally wrong. I would never say that because it's not my place to publicly judge someone, but this is something that she could do with very little effort on her part. I need to write her a letter or get her on the phone (very difficult) to let her know that she's not fulfilling her end of the bargain-once she qualifies I don't care what she does.

[finley1991]

We understand how you feel... we've all been there at one time or another.

The bottom line is that she did sign a contract... but it was a contract between her and PC... not her and you. It's not about you and it's not your job to "enforce" anything or to judge her morals for that matter (you mentioned that you would never say that, but you did in your post). And honestly, you don't really know if it would be very little effort on her part. We can never know what others experiences are.

You've done your job... you've shared the opportunity and offered to train her. The rest is up to her. She's not doing it so it's no one's problem but hers. Focus your energies looking for your next great consultant. If she's going to do anything, she'll do it in her own time.

[bethcooks4u]

We understand how you feel... we've all been there at one time or another.

The bottom line is that she did sign a contract... but it was a contract between her and PC... not her and you. It's not about you and it's not your job to "enforce" anything or to judge her morals for that matter (you mentioned that you would never say that, but you did in your post). And honestly, you don't really know if it would be very little effort on her part. We can never know what others experiences are.

You've done your job... you've shared the opportunity and offered to train her. The rest is up to her. She's not doing it so it's no one's problem but hers. Focus your energies looking for your next great consultant. If she's going to do anything, she'll do it in her own time.

Excellent answer Colleen!

I would add that it does not say in the agreement that they MUST hold any shows or have any amount of sales. They have to do that to QUALIFY but it doesn't say they are agreeing to do that to keep the kit. If they offer to return it PC does take it back but they aren't asking for them back if someone doesn't do shows.

I think PC does it that way so they don't have to go after all those that just take the kit and run - it's probably more costly to go after them than the kit is worth.