Leadership Magazines doTERRA Issue 36 Dani and Ryan Smith | Page 10

NEW dōTERRA DIAMONDS
Elin Hemnes & Per Thomsen
DENMARK
NORDIC PIONEERS
“The inner work of leadership has been the most powerful
shift in our lives and our business.” —Elin Hemnes
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n electrician and a health food This obstacle was a hard trek for Elin singing school in Copenhagen, and
store manager were on two and Per, as well as their team. But like naturally shared oils and socialized
different dōTERRA teams when they true pioneers, they didn’t sit around like she does best.
met. At their first European convention, waiting. Instead, they let the hitch lead Elin and Per fell in love and decided them down a trail of self-discovery. to get together—and forge a path for Elin got exhausted from leading in the
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their business in Norway.
Being pioneers wasn’t easy. Elin
quit her job in Stavanger, Norway,
and moved to Oslo to be with Per
and work with their team full time.
Soon Per quit his job to join Elin and
focus on their business. But some
when her strengths lay elsewhere,
and Per was hiding behind the scenes
not maximizing his potential. Elin says
Per is a “well-structured, focused, big
picture kind of guy,” while Per is eager
to point out that Elin is an “empathetic,
vision" of what they wanted to become
together. “As soon as we got clear
on our purpose for Diamond, things
started happening that we couldn’t
have imagined,” says Elin. “We took
responsibility for our own company,
our own future, and made necessary
changes in ourselves.”
calm, compassionate, and graceful After trekking through hardship, these
avant-garde dreams. developer.” Once they recognized their trailblazers reached their dream
destination. Elin and Per got married
All was going well, and their Norwegian individual strengths, they found new leverage in their business roles. and settled down in Per’s hometown of
Per stepped into his power as a for the future and to see many of
daunting challenges tested their
leaders were gaining momentum—
until suddenly they ran into a few
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front and trying to hold the big picture
They gained “new energy, creativity and
Aalborg, Denmark. “We are so excited
issues with product orders. Elin leader and owned his business like remembers, “That was a trying time for never before. He went through a dreams, like we have reached ours. The
our team, and for us. But we week-long training in Prague that freedom to choose your own day and
kept going: we kept a positive mindset gave him amazing tools and confidence work with something meaningful was
and encouraged our leaders to do to move forward with the business. what we dreamed of five years ago—
the same.” Elin took five months off to attend and now we live it every day!”
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our leaders reaching and living their
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