Last week we held our annual Dailey Method owners retreat at our new flagship Studio in Fairfax California. This is truly one of my favorite weeks of the year - getting together with an amazing group of smart, motivated and inspiring women (and a couple men) that are all passionate about the class and the culture and want to keep us evolving and expanding. We took the town by storm: 65 spandex clad women (and a few men NOT in spandex) teaching, sharing, learning from each other and holding up the salad bar line at Good Earth!
When I polled the owners about their biggest 'Dailey Takeaway', one
of the most common ones as a whole was the “YOU” and
the “WE” in our Dailey community vs. the “I” and
how important this is for our company’s expansion and evolvement - the opportunity to pull from the amazing
talent we have together to continually grow upward. I want to share with you what a few of the
Dailey Method owners shared with me:
“Every year we come together and I'm
reminded that together we are better, together we are Dailey Strong! We are a
collection of incredibly smart, hard working, passionate (for better or worse), creative, patient, eager, kind and fun women. And when I say strong, I mean
in heart, in physical strength, in compassion and openness.”
“One thing that stuck out to me was
that there was no feeling of competition. Rather than a room full of people
competing to have the best performing studio, and awards given to highest sales,
everyone is genuinely interested in the common good of the brand and sharing is
promoted by awards given for innovation and following our core values. We have so much talent in our organization
and everyone is generous with the sharing of that talent.”
“An amazing AH HA in relation to our
Alignment Principles: Our primary
Alignment Principles (Align/Engage/Move) not only apply on a micro-level to
our bodies and our practice,
but also on a macro level to our studios, larger community and TDM brand. Our
owners' retreats are amazing opportunities to Re-Align; Re-Engage; and then
Move. To enjoy and appreciate where we
are and evolve! Align/Engage/Move again
and again. I think we did this at Owners Retreat & we do it all the time."
“1) Community and 2) Experience. We are
part of something so much bigger than just us, than just the single class we
take at our specific home studio. We are a strong, diverse, inspirational
community that spans the World. Every TDM student belongs to something bigger-
an international community and we are all connected by our desire to live life
happily. That is why we are all attracted to the Dailey experience. It is more
than just a workout that gives us great results. It is a fulfilling
spiritual/mind/body experience. We know that our target market wants the mental
and emotional benefits from their workout even more than the desire to get a "bikini-body ready." The reason we continue to grow in numbers and
strength is our ability to provide the entire experience they are searching
for.”
“I'm always amazed at the power of
having so many motivated and hard working people in one room. I love every
conversation whether it is about business strategy or a particular exercise.
Getting insight into the way the minds of others work really helps me to expand
my own thinking and look at my business, our class and life in general from
different perspectives. I feel like this is the major benefit to being part of
a group as opposed to being out there on your own.”
“A main takeaway was 'humility'. No matter how long TDM owners have been in business, I felt like we were
all one, there were no rankings. Everyone was kind, helpful, inspiring and motivating... you guys are all truly amazing. And you Jill, you created
this method and this community - you have these gifts, talents and abilities to
offer, yet you don't declare them as such. You are authentic and
truly...#tdmcommunity #tdmlove.”
I know I can speak for everyone that we are excited to bring our
new learnings, teachings and inspirations home to you, our TDM students and
community!
With Dailey Love,
-- Jill
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