Summary: Synopsis<br> Today 13-year BNI member <a href="http://bniwcf.com/memberdetails.php?memberId=771100&t=a2a1eb2c5abb1fb7bf2100c8a829a718a55f997a247e450ab91b7ec2cc0fb83d&name=Shawn%20Yesner">Shawn Yesner</a> joins Dr. Misner to talk about Leadership Team training and why every member of your chapter should attend. Shawn recommends that anyone going to training do so with three goals in mind.<br> <br> * Learn the position you’re going to serve in and learn the position you want to be in next.<br> * Connect with members of other chapters across the region. Find referral partners, substitutes, members of your contact sphere.<br> * Apply what you learn at the training to make your business more successful.<br> <br> Having more people attend leadership team training helps the BNI chapter as a whole by ensuring that all the members are using the same playbook. Not only that, but members who attend leadership training dramatically increase referrals passed and thank-you-for-close-of-business.<br> Holding a leadership position boosts your own business. Visitor hosts learns sales skills. Education coordinators learn how to create a continuing education plan to get to the top of their industry.<br> Shawn’s Leadership Training Presentation<br> Listen to the <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/yesner-law-podcast/id1056217582?mt=2">Yesner Law Podcast</a> to hear more from Shawn.<br> Brought to you by the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCavppwZDxSx_PbqWoG9leXw">Networking for Success YouTube Channel</a>.<br> Complete Transcript of Episode 494 –<br> Priscilla:<br><br> Hello everybody and welcome back to the Official BNI Podcast, brought to you by the Networking for Success Channel on YouTube, featuring Dr. Ivan Miser and many other networking experts. I am Priscilla Rice, and I am coming to you from Live Oak Recording Studio in Berkeley, California. I am joined on the phone today by the Founder and the Chief Visionary Officer of BNI, Dr. Ivan Misner. Hello, Ivan. How are you today?<br> Ivan:<br><br> I am doing great, Priscilla, thank you very much. I have a guest here on today’s show, Shawn Yesner. Shawn is an attorney. He has been an attorney for 13 years and he has been a member of BNI for 13 years. He has served in every single position on the Leadership Team and what totally and completely blew me away in the pre-interview discussion with him is he said he loved being VP. He loved being VP! So I definitely want to talk about that. Shawn’s goal is that 100% of the members in his chapter attend the Leadership Team training.<br> So Shawn, welcome to the BNI Podcast. It’s great to have it on. I appreciate it.<br> Shawn:<br><br> Thank you. I appreciate the opportunity and I have been a loyal listener of the podcast all the way back to episode number one. So I am really excited about being on the podcast. Thank you.<br> Ivan:<br><br> Episode number one. I am truly impressed with someone who listened to every single podcast. Those of you listening today, you know you can get it at BNIpodcast.com. It is also available on iTunes. Shawn, I know you have a show as well on iTunes. We will make sure to share it at the end.<br> So people can pick it up on iTunes and on BNIpodcast.com.<br> Shawn, you have listened to every episode and your goal is to have 100% of your members going to Leadership Team training. I have talked about Leadership Team training. Why in the world do you think everyone in a chapter- I love the idea but explain to the listeners, explain to BNI members why you think everyone should go to Leadership Team training.<br> Shawn:<br><br> I think it is the whole concept of we are all rowing the boat in the same direction. We are all doing the same things. We are all speaking the same language. When I talk to members about why they should go to training, I try to tell them to go with three goals in mind. First,
