LEADERSHIP Through the Years EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS 7 Michel & Gile Beaudoin O N T A R I O
“Don’t look at Melaleuca as a job. See it as an opportunity,” Michel says. “If you focus on the long term, you won’t be discouraged by the bumps in the road. And there’s nothing like the feeling of helping others find success.”
Enrollment Date: February 1995 Lifetime Earnings: $4,009,988.54 Personal Enrollees’ Earnings: $4,279,898
Monthly Repeat Income: $9,986 Members in Organization: 1,954 Directors in Organization: 76 Earnings and income are shown in Canadian dollars.
This Is a Business of Hope It’s important to Gile and Michel that the same principles and values that first attracted them to Melaleuca in 1995
“Our whole approach has changed,” Michel adds. “We started out doing this for ourselves—so we could get out of debt. Now it’s not about us at all. Our mission is to offer hope to others that Melaleuca has given to us.” After nearly three decades of building their Melaleuca business, the Beaudoins have some great pieces of advice. One of the most important is this: “Don’t look at Melaleuca as a job. See it as an opportunity,” Michel says. “If you focus on the long term, you won’t be discouraged by the bumps in the road. And there’s nothing like the feeling of helping others find success.” “Melaleuca offers all the tools you need to succeed,” Gile adds. “You just have to grab it and run with it. It isn’t easy, and you have to put in the time and the effort, but if you do, success will come.”
But one of the biggest changes the Beaudoins have seen is in themselves. “We’ve become better people,” Gile explains. “It’s like Melaleuca has been paying me for personal development for 27 years. When I first started sharing Melaleuca, my voice would crack and I would sound like I was going to cry. A Melaleuca business rewards us for getting out and serving others, so I’ve had to learn how to meet people and communicate with them, making so many friends in the process. I went from never leaving my four walls to learning that I love meeting new people.” Michel has seen a similar change. While he was never shy about talking with others, he’s softened his approach. “He used to be very much the contractor,” Gile explains. “Now he’s got such a friendly mannerism in his Overviews. I think he’s far better than I am now.”
are still guiding the company today. “Melaleuca had a solid 10-year track record when we first enrolled,” Michel explains. “And a lot of things have changed over the years, but the principles have stayed the same. The mission has stayed the same. All the decisions that have been made over the last 27 years have always been made in the best interests of the Marketing Executives and the customers.” And while Melaleuca’s dedication to enhancing lives has remained unchanged, the Beaudoins are quick to point out one big difference: “It’s simpler now,” Gile says. “I love the new Melaleuca: An Overview . It does such a great job of explaining why we love to shop here. It’s much more like the customer’s story rather than a corporate slide deck.”
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