๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ONE OF MY MASTERMIND DINNERS
Thursday, August 11th, I hosted a signature 8 Woman Mastermind Dinner in Montreal.
๐๐จ๐ฐ ๐๐จ ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ ๐ ๐ญ๐๐๐ฅ๐ ๐จ๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ง๐ข๐จ๐ซ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ฆ๐๐ง ๐ฅ๐๐๐๐๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐ ๐ญ๐จ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ ๐ก๐๐ฏ๐ ๐ง๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ ๐๐๐๐ง?
This was my second Mastermind dinner in Montreal. Now I have members of the Womenโs Leadership Lab in the city. I relied on their recommendations and introductions as well as direct messaging on LinkedIn to select the 8 senior business leaders who would sit at the table. Oftentimes, members from New York will use this as an opportunity to travel to a new city and join as well.
I host a very specific kind of conversation design, so the dinner is either in a private dining room of a restaurant in each city or, in the case of Montreal, in a private home with a private chef. Otherwise, its tough to compete with the ambient noise of a loud restaurant.
I also create a landing page with the photos and LinkedIn profiles of each attendee. This way, the networking can begin long before the dinner.
๐๐ก๐ฒ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ข๐ญ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐ โ๐ ๐๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ข๐ง๐ง๐๐ซ?โ
Each day, in the lede up to the dinner, I also publish lengthier profiles of each attendee so the dinner is less โdiscoveryโ and more of a true discussion once we are at the table.
Upon registration in the ticketing link Eventbrite, each attendee fills out a self-audit, with questions such as โWhat is a goal right now? What does success look like? What is a challenge?โ
The answer to the last question becomes the fodder for discussion. The attendee gets to crowdsource an answer to her challenge fro all the smart brains in the room.
๐๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ก๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐ฌ ๐๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ข๐ง๐ง๐๐ซ?
In a round robin fashion, Iโll ask each attendee to introduce herself with an ice breaker question. This year, Iโve been asking โWhat has been your biggest discovery during the last 18 months?โ
Then I move into questions such as โWhy do we need more women leaders?โ What is the significant barrier to women entering into leadership?โ
THEN โ we get to the challenges. By this point, everyone is warmed up. My goal is to crowdsource real tactical answers to each personโs challenges. Anyone with a possible solution can weigh in.
To close the dinner I ask everyone, in a round robin fashion, to acknowledge both the idea and the person who shared a piece of advice that will stay with them long after the dinner.
๐๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ก๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐ฌ ๐๐๐ญ๐๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ข๐ง๐ง๐๐ซ?
I host Mastermind calls with my members 4x a week. Itโs a recurring brain-date to crowdsource answers to the challenges that come up weekly.
Entrepreneurs who work in a silo, like the sounding board. Corporate women like the idea of an independent sounding board to work out leadership challenges.
