Yes, but Masterminds are a very different creature than one-to-one or group coaching. You are holding the space for the brilliance of the entire group to come out and help each member. Each client shares information and has to feel both heard and valued – and from your side, has to come in on time and with something useful to add. You must be ready to step in and manage the time, content and re-position anything not entirely helpful. Even experienced coaches baulk at running a Mastermind. That’s why big name coaches like Jonathan Fields, Tim Brownson and Kathy Caprino have me run their Mastermind Programs for them. It’s a special skill and it can be taught – but it is different from the other skills you’ve already acquired.

Well that might not be a problem.

Mastermind coaching isn’t for everyone, but it does fit a wide array of people. If you regularly give advice to your clients, have a history of leading teams, teaching or supporting people through change – odds are you’ll do an excellent job at Masterminding.

This course will give you the skills to know when to hold back, when to push and when to ask a questions likely to dig deeper. You’ll learn how to deal with tears and how to keep everyone to time. All that, that is coaching. And it’s totally teachable.

Well no. In a workshop you’re broadcasting information and then facilitating clients implementing or at least experimenting with the work. In a Mastermind you’re drawing brilliance out of clients – effective they coach and support each other. Sure you’re there to add your words of wisdom, but it’s the love and community of the group that is producing the brilliant results. Building a community quickly – developing trust so there’s a safe space – converting any mis-spoken comment into a more positive one – watching like a hawk for who might be being deeply affected but saying nothing – these are the skills of Mastermind Coaching.  And that’s after you’ve recruited team players, blended them in fabulous, balance groups and assuaged their fears before they even start. Masterminding is an amazing tool – but it can so easily be done badly. If you run amazing workshops, you’ll pick up Masterminding very quickly. Do please take the time to ensure that your clients experience the real value of a well run Mastermind team!

Great – then you are going to do just dandy. You’ll know how to keep everyone to time, keep the team spirit up, be assertive and warm with the group, bring it on time and create a space for transformation easily every time. I wish you every success and can’t wait to hear all about your success. Lets stay in touch – you’re obviously on your way to the top.

That’s brilliant – but were you creating Masterminds for these clients? They’re a different beastie Deceptively simple in process, really freaking hard to do right on the day. I’ve heard of very well known coaches dropping the ball on their Mastermind groups (often clients come to me in bits afterwards, really feeling they’ve wasted their money with these people – and bad mouthing them. No-one wants that kind of word-of-mouth). Obviously there are some brilliant Masterminds out there. But there are also some terrible ones. How does it happen? Perhaps they believe that having done so much in other areas of coaching this one will be fine with no work. But Masterminds are different, and do need extra care to create community and keep them running to time and well.

Well, yes… but that’s like asking isn’t coaching one-to-one just a conversation? Yes, in essence they are. But it’s also so much more than that. It’s not one to many, it’s a group of minds working together. There’s a container for the team to work in unison – like a hive producing beautiful honey and creative output. We’ve all suffered through terrible meetings, that ramble on and achieve nothing. Masterminds can be like that if the lead coach doesn’t know what they’re doing, or have a really close handle on the shape of the whole program. There’s an arc to the progress of the clients, and part of the Mastermind Coaches job is to hold that vision for the whole group as well as for each member.

And what happens when it’s full and you don’t actually know how to deliver it? I’ve had plenty of panicked calls at that point – even from some well known people who’ll remain nameless! – saying basically, ‘what the hell do I do now? Tell me how to make this really good, Liz’. And I do. And I can help you in the same way too.

Then this probably isn’t for you. Although there is a module on language to use in selling your Masterminds, that’s not the main thrust here. There’re lots of other specialist marketing, copy and how to fill your program courses – this is the only program solely focused on creating and running Mastermind programs. And that makes it particularly special.

This will help you create a program so good that word of mouth on it will be astounding, your clients will rave and it’ll sell itself… once you’ve run a few of them. That’s how most of my programs fill. Although, despite being not specifically about marketing – being really clear on the content of your Mastermind and the exact ways it will help your clients will make it easier to share that in your copy and your sales calls.

And – although this isn’t the main thrust of the group if you have branding questions, I have worked in marketing and branding for a long time. During 10 years working in post-production for commercials, I worked with all of the top 50 ad agencies in the world, putting together many strong brands.

After that, I spent the next 10 years in film – and worked with world famous directors and creatives doing much award winning work. My work has been seen by millions worldwide and it’s won armfuls of international awards. I’ve been flown to Milan for the afternoon just to be at a meeting with Ogilvy. I’ve sat down to lunch to run through the nitty gritty at such big names as Saatchis, McCann Erikson and Grey – I’ve even been the only in house graphics expert at specialist Branding agencies and talked creative with the best in the business. And last but not least in the last two years, I’ve been very quietly writing copy for a select few of my premium clients… mostly for sales, and often for their Mastermind campaigns.

So no, this isn’t a marketing course – but if you want to take the conversation in that direction I can give you input. Though I’d also rather you fell as deeply in love with Masterminding as I have and learn the process from the ground up. Truly your clients will thank you for it.

OK. So this is really important. I want you to feel great about your investment here, so there is a refund if you come to the training on the 21 June – stay through the first two sessions and find there is nothing of value at all for you there, I’ll refund 100% of your fees. But you must show up and I need to see that you’re engaged and paying attention.

If having done that, it’s still of no use to you – apart from being very surprised, I’ll give you a full refund and release you from the above terms and conditions if you’re signed up for further Masterminds and levels of training. You just need to ask me as we close out the second session and I’ll make arrangements then.

I’m utterly confident that the training is so good and so engaging that you’ll be totally satisfied. But I want you to feel great as you go into this – so this guarantee is so you are totally covered.

But… once you’re through that part (so after the first Level 2 Mastermind and the first module of the Day 1 on Level 1) then please read this very carefully.

Make sure you read these terms and conditions

They’re very simple.

No refunds for the Masterminds or International Mastermind Certificate

Yes, that seems harsh. But Mastermind groups work because the team are committed to achieving their goals and we’re all in it for the long haul. Be certain this is for you and we will be here for you through hell or high water as you create your course.

If you’re wishy washy – then think again.

Obviously I understand life happens – and big things can sometimes get in the way. So if something major comes up in your life, talk to me and we can probably work round it.  And by work round it, I mean, potentially slot you into the next Mastering Mastermind Program in 2016. However, if it’s simply you’re not sure – or you’ve changed your mind –  then this Mastermind Training Program isn’t for you.

But if you are bold and brave and you really want to change things in your business, then step up and commit and this – right here, right now – is where you take the next big step to actually making that happen.

Yes! Mastermind suit all industries (or all industries I’ve ever encountered). Such as:

• Weight lost
• Health and lifestyle changes
• Health support as clients recover from illness, trauma or loss
• Grief work
• Entrepreneurial growth
• Installation of new systems into companies
• Absolutely anything that has regular staged goals
• Writing groups are actually masterminds
• House building

No! You’ll get out of this course, just like every course, what you put in. If you want fast answers and no setup work, then this isn’t for you – once you’ve been through the training you’ll have all the tools you need to make fabulous choices for your groups and feel confident running brill meetings – but you’ll still need to do well and coach your heart out. If it all sounds too time consuming – please look at my Mastermind Concierge service. I’ll happily run your Mastermind for you – I’ll do everything from setting them up and interviewing clients, to running them so they’re smooth as silk. I do that for my high end clients like Jonathan Fields and Kathy Caprino. Prices start at $7,500k

All the sessions are recorded – both Masterminds and Training sessions. I would encourage you to not miss anything. Don’t be wishy washy on this – go full in and your Masterminds will be amazing – turn up half ass to the training?! Well it doesn’t bode well for how your actual groups are going to be! So if you miss something, you can listen to the recordings at your leisure. However, it’s not the same, and obviously you’ll not be able to ask questions then and there or ask for immediate clarification on things. I very much encourage you not to miss any Masterminds, as this is where you’ll be seeing the process of building the group first hand. This is where the magic is – and also as it is a Mastermind, it’s also where all the support and cheerleading of an ace group will be found as well. And to be really clear there are no refunds for missed sessions – that’s to encourage you not to miss anything. Regular attendance is how you get the most benefit from the Mastermind and from the training

Well assuming hideous tech monsters don’t attack us mid session (and just once I was running a group in a building that was hit by lightening mid call – so tech errors can be fairly random). But assuming that doesn’t happen, I share the audio file after the Mastermind session – sometimes the video file too, if there’s a lot of screen sharing (or I’m on particularly fast wifi!) The audio file is pleasingly small so you can load onto your mp3 player or phone and listen to anywhere you fancy – in the car or on your commute are obviously ideal, but the washing up seems a popular choice

Yes! Please see The Mastermind Concierge Service here – prices start at $7500k for set up of Masterminds and then a minimum of $1000 per month, per 5 clients. Me and my team will interview your clients, put them into groups that work beautifully and we’ll even run the monthly groups for you. You can have as much or as little client contact as you desire. Some of my clients make monthly guest appearances with their Mastermind groups, some not at all for the whole program. It’s entirely up to you.