What's The Ideal Size Of A Successful Mastermind Group?
If you've ever seriously investigated becoming a member of a mastermind group you already know it can be a most effective platform for achievement
. In part, maybe because, successful business owners, legendary leaders, and professionals agree that the best are those made in collaboration with people others.
Putting together a mastermind group of people we trust and whose opinions we respect, shouldn't we make the group as big as possible to get the most from as many people as we can? Not necessarily. In fact when it comes to the size of your mastermind group, smaller is always better than larger.
In terms of group size, we have found 6 to be the ideal. 6 provides a good range of perspective, experience and insight. It makes dividing into teams of two possible with nobody getting left out. Should your group be smaller, no problem, it is all valuable. We recommend you strive for 6 members.
Meetings that follow a structured format are more likely to produce consistent results. Meetings that lack structure can easily turn into chit-chat in which the more vocal members dominate. Here is what we've found works:
Each meeting has a facilitator and a time-keeper. The facilitator is the host for the meeting. The facilitator's role is to welcome the members to the call, keep the meeting on track, and to close the meeting.
The timekeeper's role is to track time and notify the facilitator when it is time to transition to the next item or member.The roles of facilitator and timekeeper are rotated each meeting and it is the responsibility of each member to participate in these roles.
Each meeting will have a standard format, officially starting when all the members are present, or 5 minutes after the agreed upon time. When the meeting officially begins, there are 5 minutes of group updates or business by the facilitator.
Then, the meeting moves to the members, who, one-by-one, will each have 15 minutes to discuss his or her situation and get feedback and comments. After all the members have spoken, there is five minutes at the end to cover any additional group business and to assign the roles for the next meeting.
Meetings must end on time. Should one or more members desire to remain on the line or in the room and continue to speak, they may do so. But the meeting is officially closed at the agreed upon time.
Facilitation is something that gets better with practice. The facilitator's role is to keep the meeting on track in a respectful and professional way. A good facilitator is there when needed, then out of the way when the discussions are flowing.
It is the role of the facilitator to manage the discussions so that all group members are able to speak their mind if they so choose to. Every group will have a mixture of people; some more talkative, some more reserved. The facilitator needs to be sensitive to this so that all members feel included. This is a delicate and intuitive process when done properly.
There may be times when a member is in a crisis situation. During such times, the members of the group may collectively volunteer to devote the full session to the member in need.
This decision would be led by the facilitator and the group as a whole needs to be in full agreement. Should another member also need time, then the facilitator needs to be sensitive to meet that particular member's need as well.
by: Wayne Messick
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