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How to Start Your Coach Mastermind Group

October 13, 2009 By Jeffrey T. Sooey 2 Comments

Coach Training on The Steps to Getting Started With Your Coach Mastermind Group

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Getting started with your coach mastermind can be the hardest part, so put forth some serious effort during this segment of your coach mastermind journey. Before you begin, remember that most of the members should have already been through some amount of coach training, and that leadership for the coach mastermind already should have been selected (the strong leaders are a key to having this mastermind be successful).

Here is some basic coach training on the steps that the leadership in the mastermind should take to get the mastermind off on the right foot:

1.  Have the coach mastermind group organizer confirm a first call time with ALL COACHES and get everyone’s commitment that they’ll be at the first call.  (If anyone misses the first call, they will probably never make it after that, because they won’t have a say as to when the next meeting is and therefore no one will be able to accommodate their schedule).

2.  Then, the group organizer should go to www.freeconferencecall.com and get an account.  Make sure you learn how to record and moderate calls, as well as the other call commands.

3.  The organizer will then send the confirmed coach mastermind meeting time and the conference line number to everyone in your mastermind.

4.  The coach mastermind leader should prepare the agenda for the first call (see below).

5.  Finally, the organizer should send the proper reminders (day before and day of).

Coach Training on A Basic First Call For a Coach Mastermind

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1.  The group organizer will take role and CALL anyone who is not there within the first five minutes (no mastermind member left behind!).

2.  Then, the organizer should begin the recording function on the conference line for posterity.

HERE THE MASTERMIND LEADER WILL TAKE OVER AND GUIDE THE GROUP:

3.  You should spend about 2 Minutes for each coach to share basic info about themselves (i.e. -name -where they live -day job -how long they’ve coached -why they joined the mastermind group)

4.  You should work out a time when EVERYONE can meet (preferably the same time every week to make it easy to remember).

5.  The leader of the coach mastermind will then set up a long term structure for the group (i.e. when each coach is going to get the mastermind’s focus/help, scheduling, rules/expectations)

6.  Then take 3 Minutes for each coach to share top 1-2 goals (hopefully coaching goals)

7.  Finally, the organizer will end call and remind when next call is.

If you have the foresight and leadership commitment to get a coach mastermind started after you go through coach training, then you have a much better chance of making things work for your coaching practice.  Take these steps to get your coach mastermind started powerfully, so that your coach training will not have been in vain!

Jeffrey T. Sooey
CEO, JTS Advisors
Founder, Coaches Training Blog community

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Coach Training on How to Run a Coach Mastermind Group

October 12, 2009 By Jeffrey T. Sooey 1 Comment

Here is a little coach training on how to run a successful coach mastermind.  When you have a coach mastermind that runs well, you’ll feel totally secure in your coaching business, not to mention that you’ll have the support and answers you need to take the next step in your coaching business success.  Coach training (as mentioned in other articles on this same subject) has its limitations, and these methods for running your coach mastermind will help you break free from any limits that hold you back.

Coach Mastermind: Top Keys to Getting the Most Coach Training Benefits

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  • Get the group on the calls!  Most coach masterminds fail before they ever get started because nobody shows up!
  • Keep everyone involved!  When you leave people out, you’ll tend to lose them.
  • Make sure there’s lots of VALUE! If everyone is offering great coach training to each other, then everyone wins.
  • Hold an air of DISCIPLINE & ACCOUNTABILITY!  This will keep people’s attention, keep them coming back, and keep them in action.

Leadership Roles in Your Coach Mastermind:  Use Your Coach Training to Find Them

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The Group Leader

Choose a group leader for your coach mastermind.  Your group leader should be comfortable taking charge, offering great coach training, and making results happen.  They should be the type of person that says, “Ok, let’s get on with it!”  Look for that no-nonsense DRIVER type of personality.  That will make a good leader in your coach mastermind group.

Your group leader should do the following:

  • Manage the ‘big picture’ and be the one responsible for the mastermind’s success.  THE BUCK STOPS HERE!
  • Keep the conversations going that you’ve learned in your coach training, and keep the coaches participating.  Push people when needed.  Ask lots of questions to prompt answers.
  • Make decisions when the group can’t come to an answer.  If there’s an impasse, then break it and just move forward.
  • Keep the discipline and accountability going.  Make sure people follow through on their promises and don’t settle for less.

The Group Organizer

Choose a group organizer.  Your group organizer should be comfortable keeping all the coach mastermind’s ducks in a row, going over all the details that other people miss, and just handling any organizational tasks that are required of the group.  They should be the type of person that says, “Wait! We missed something that we need to cover.  Let’s slow down and make sure we have all the details handled first!”  That will make a good organizer in your coach mastermind group.

Your group organizer should do the following:

  • Email a reminder of the call (the day before and the day of).
  • Make sure that the calls are scheduled at times that most everyone in the group can make.  Check with people via email and phone if needed.
  • Keep notes on accountabilities and any other coach training info that’s needed (keep things in order).
  • Make an audio recording of each call for the coaches that miss the call and for anyone that wants to review the results.

Following these steps for running a coach mastermind group will help you and your members get the most out of this dynamic coach training.

Jeffrey T. Sooey
CEO, JTS Advisors
Founder, Coaches Training Blog community

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Coach Mastermind Saved Me: Coach Training For Lost Coaches

October 11, 2009 By Jeffrey T. Sooey 2 Comments

How the Coach Mastermind Gave Me Coach Training For Success

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Coach training wise, I was lucky from the start, I think. Even before I thought I was ever going to use coach training I had a coach mastermind that helped me get started as a life coach. My coach mastermind had given me coach training with some very powerful beliefs, values, and habits. I had learned a few things from my coach mastermind. Those beliefs got me started in my coaching business.

No Coach Training and No Coach Mastermind? Try to Start a Coaching Business

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I started my coaching business with $7,347.00 in savings, and one client (that I was doing pro-bono coaching for). I actually started my coaching business in a TRAILER, not much more than 100 square feet (on someone else’s property no less). I could only afford the $400 / month rent the owner charged me.

I was failing as a coach

I tried hanging out my shingle as a coach hoping that the world would come beating on my door . . . . It didn’t happen. With no coach training and no coach mastermind, it wasn’t going to happen, but I didn’t realize that at the time.

I would have gone broke my first month in coaching if I didn’t have that $7,347.00 in savings.

I knew I needed a water-tight FORMULA for success in this business, but I really didn’t know where to start. Finally, I knew there was one ‘magic bullet’ that would give me the extra edge that I needed to succeed…

I Finally Formed a Coach Mastermind

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I found a coach mastermind of other successful coaching business owners and we had regular mastermind calls. Because I was studying with my coach mastermind group, a few key strategies I learned from them helped me to get my coaching business rolling forward again. I realized that I couldn’t afford not to gain the coach training that was a result of this amazing coach mastermind team’s business experience.

Coach Mastermind and Coach Training: Finding a Formula for Success in the Coaching Business

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Clients, money, and freedom were now coming to me in my practice. The second 6 months in my coaching practice, I enrolled 25 new coaching clients. I could now look at my calendar and see my coaching days FULLY BOOKED with back to back coaching sessions.

I can remember my surprise and disbelief watching my bank balances increase, finally reaching $31,437 income in just ONE MONTH in my business. I began to wake up excited every day because I knew I was my own boss, and I loved what I did for a living

Celebrating My Success with a Coach Mastermind Group

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One time each year, my coach mastermind takes a weekend to reflect and plan our visions for the year. Some of the places we have gone in years past include: Palm Springs, Sedona, and the Bahamas. Now I feel very lucky that I’ve got the freedom to take those little vacations with my coach mastermind and create the next successful growth year in my coaching business.

I can barely imagine that it was not more than 6 1/2 years ago that I was slaving year-round in that little 100 square foot trailer, (without any fancy vacations). If it had not been for my coach mastermind, I never would have gotten the coach training I needed to arrive at this level of success.

Jeffrey T. Sooey
CEO, JTS Advisors
Founder, Coaches Training Blog community

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