What happens in a business mastermind meeting?
Even though what happens in a mastermind meeting is confidential, it does not have to be a mystery how the agenda in a CEO peer group is structured.
In a true peer group meeting, the structure of the agenda will traditionally contain the following format:
First: Beginning of the meeting
A check-in asking the members how they are doing personally and professionally
Get updates from the last meeting
Hold members accountable to commitments made
Ask who has questions for the group that day on insights to help solve a problem, a challenge they have, or check their thinking or gain experiences in evaluating opportunities or ideas.
Second: Learning component
Have guest speakers talk on a topic of interest to the group
A roundtable discussion on common topics
Third: Member deep dives
Member presentations on their business
Process member questions that have them that day for the group's help
Fourth: Wrap up
To gain learnings for the day
Set a new commitment
Sometimes, groups have members share their financials when giving presentations, and some share their strategic plans or a version of the initiatives they are focusing on. These in-depth presentations typically happen annually for each of the members.
Also, as part of the member experience, many groups will elect to have annual retreats and get together socially separate from the meeting.
The other key to the agenda is whether your group has a professional moderator to lead the meeting or if it's self-moderated. If self-moderated, that is usually rotated each month, or in some cases, one member volunteers for some time.
Consider whether being part of a self-moderated group is a good fit for you based on your willingness to hold this role at some point and if the other members are effective at moderating.
