{"id":982,"date":"2015-06-29T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-06-29T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/georgeandtracey.com\/why-should-solo-hr-practitioners-join-mastermind-groups\/"},"modified":"2015-06-29T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2015-06-29T00:00:00","slug":"why-should-solo-hr-practitioners-join-mastermind-groups","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/georgeandtracey.com\/why-should-solo-hr-practitioners-join-mastermind-groups\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Should Solo HR Practitioners Join Mastermind Groups?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.leadership-discovery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/mastermind.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-413 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.leadership-discovery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/mastermind-300x142.png\" alt=\"mastermind\" width=\"300\" height=\"142\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">HR leaders in departments of one (or even those in departments of 2-3) are generally juggling work that is 20% strategic, organizational development work and 80% administrative and transactional work.\u00a0 With that type of imbalance it is difficult to take time to think, develop, grow, and focus on organizational effectiveness, or your own career.<\/p>\n<p>Mastermind groups can cultivate business relationship with like-minded professionals who are struggling and succeeding in this role. Choosing business relationships with care, and cultivating them into trusting and supportive groups that also hold you accountble has the ability to impact your personal and professional life in profound ways.<\/p>\n<p>A small group of people who we allow to see our most vulnerable and our most triumphant selves can directly impact what we ultimately achieve in our careers. This is\u00a0the power behind a mastermind group.<\/p>\n<p>This group of\u00a0colleagues, friends, and confidantes can push us to stretch beyond\u00a0our comfort zone, work harder, think larger, support\u00a0us when we feel like quitting, hold\u00a0us accountable in a way that inspires us to achieve\u00a0our goals.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What happens in a mastermind group?<br \/>\n<\/strong><br \/>\nThe group is generally small \u2013 as few as 6 or 8 members, and up to 15 or 20 members is ideal.\u00a0 In larger groups the best thing to do is break the group into smaller circles of 4 to 8 members who work together during the masterminding session.\u00a0Most importantly, the group must form a solid and confidential connection, and must have a structured method for sharing accomplishments, challenges, goals, projects, and struggles.<\/p>\n<p>The group then acts as an advisory board for each other by brainstorming ideas, sharing suggestions, making recommendations and providing advice.\u00a0 It is important that everyone in the group is able to give and receive feedback and advice openly and authentically.\u00a0 If someone resists listening to or acting on the advice then they are not ready for the growth and development that can be achieved by masterminding.\u00a0 Similarly, if someone always gives advice as the \u201cexpert\u201d yet is never willing to listen to the advice of others then that person is not a good fit for the mastermind group. Only a group in which everyone is equally able to give and receive advice, and both trust the other group members and gain the trust of the other members will the amazing power of masterminding unfold.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HR leaders in departments of one (or even those in departments of 2-3) are generally juggling work that is 20% strategic, organizational development work and 80% administrative and transactional work.\u00a0 With that type of imbalance it is difficult to take time to think, develop, grow, and focus on organizational effectiveness, or your own career. Mastermind [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[24,25,1],"tags":[26,27,23],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Why Should Solo HR Practitioners Join Mastermind Groups? - The Official Web-Home of George and Tracey<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/georgeandtracey.com\/why-should-solo-hr-practitioners-join-mastermind-groups\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Why Should Solo HR Practitioners Join Mastermind Groups? - The Official Web-Home of George and Tracey\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"HR leaders in departments of one (or even those in departments of 2-3) are generally juggling work that is 20% strategic, organizational development work and 80% administrative and transactional work.\u00a0 With that type of imbalance it is difficult to take time to think, develop, grow, and focus on organizational effectiveness, or your own career. Mastermind [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/georgeandtracey.com\/why-should-solo-hr-practitioners-join-mastermind-groups\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"The Official Web-Home of George and Tracey\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2015-06-29T00:00:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/www.leadership-discovery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/mastermind-300x142.png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"George\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"George\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/georgeandtracey.com\/why-should-solo-hr-practitioners-join-mastermind-groups\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/georgeandtracey.com\/why-should-solo-hr-practitioners-join-mastermind-groups\/\",\"name\":\"Why Should Solo HR Practitioners Join Mastermind Groups? - The Official Web-Home of George and Tracey\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/georgeandtracey.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/georgeandtracey.com\/why-should-solo-hr-practitioners-join-mastermind-groups\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/georgeandtracey.com\/why-should-solo-hr-practitioners-join-mastermind-groups\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\/\/www.leadership-discovery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/mastermind-300x142.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2015-06-29T00:00:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2015-06-29T00:00:00+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/georgeandtracey.com\/#\/schema\/person\/5b61ddcca7a5a126969174881be4244c\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/georgeandtracey.com\/why-should-solo-hr-practitioners-join-mastermind-groups\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/georgeandtracey.com\/why-should-solo-hr-practitioners-join-mastermind-groups\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/georgeandtracey.com\/why-should-solo-hr-practitioners-join-mastermind-groups\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/www.leadership-discovery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/mastermind-300x142.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"http:\/\/www.leadership-discovery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/mastermind-300x142.png\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/georgeandtracey.com\/why-should-solo-hr-practitioners-join-mastermind-groups\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/georgeandtracey.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Why Should Solo HR Practitioners Join Mastermind Groups?\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/georgeandtracey.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/georgeandtracey.com\/\",\"name\":\"The Official Web-Home of George and Tracey\",\"description\":\"Your Home for Exploring Conscious Communication, Leadership and Spiritual Growth\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/georgeandtracey.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/georgeandtracey.com\/#\/schema\/person\/5b61ddcca7a5a126969174881be4244c\",\"name\":\"George\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/georgeandtracey.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/35e6b726fdea24150cc4dbcb1544f938?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/35e6b726fdea24150cc4dbcb1544f938?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"George\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/georgeandtracey.com\/author\/gpk\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Why Should Solo HR Practitioners Join Mastermind Groups? - The Official Web-Home of George and Tracey","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/georgeandtracey.com\/why-should-solo-hr-practitioners-join-mastermind-groups\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Why Should Solo HR Practitioners Join Mastermind Groups? - The Official Web-Home of George and Tracey","og_description":"HR leaders in departments of one (or even those in departments of 2-3) are generally juggling work that is 20% strategic, organizational development work and 80% administrative and transactional work.\u00a0 With that type of imbalance it is difficult to take time to think, develop, grow, and focus on organizational effectiveness, or your own career. Mastermind [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/georgeandtracey.com\/why-should-solo-hr-practitioners-join-mastermind-groups\/","og_site_name":"The Official Web-Home of George and Tracey","article_published_time":"2015-06-29T00:00:00+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.leadership-discovery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/mastermind-300x142.png"}],"author":"George","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"George","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/georgeandtracey.com\/why-should-solo-hr-practitioners-join-mastermind-groups\/","url":"https:\/\/georgeandtracey.com\/why-should-solo-hr-practitioners-join-mastermind-groups\/","name":"Why Should Solo HR Practitioners Join Mastermind Groups? - The Official Web-Home of George and Tracey","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/georgeandtracey.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/georgeandtracey.com\/why-should-solo-hr-practitioners-join-mastermind-groups\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/georgeandtracey.com\/why-should-solo-hr-practitioners-join-mastermind-groups\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/www.leadership-discovery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/mastermind-300x142.png","datePublished":"2015-06-29T00:00:00+00:00","dateModified":"2015-06-29T00:00:00+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/georgeandtracey.com\/#\/schema\/person\/5b61ddcca7a5a126969174881be4244c"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/georgeandtracey.com\/why-should-solo-hr-practitioners-join-mastermind-groups\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/georgeandtracey.com\/why-should-solo-hr-practitioners-join-mastermind-groups\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/georgeandtracey.com\/why-should-solo-hr-practitioners-join-mastermind-groups\/#primaryimage","url":"http:\/\/www.leadership-discovery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/mastermind-300x142.png","contentUrl":"http:\/\/www.leadership-discovery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/mastermind-300x142.png"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/georgeandtracey.com\/why-should-solo-hr-practitioners-join-mastermind-groups\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/georgeandtracey.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Why Should Solo HR Practitioners Join Mastermind Groups?"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/georgeandtracey.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/georgeandtracey.com\/","name":"The Official Web-Home of George and Tracey","description":"Your Home for Exploring Conscious Communication, Leadership and Spiritual Growth","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/georgeandtracey.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/georgeandtracey.com\/#\/schema\/person\/5b61ddcca7a5a126969174881be4244c","name":"George","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/georgeandtracey.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/35e6b726fdea24150cc4dbcb1544f938?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/35e6b726fdea24150cc4dbcb1544f938?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"George"},"url":"https:\/\/georgeandtracey.com\/author\/gpk\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/georgeandtracey.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/982"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/georgeandtracey.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/georgeandtracey.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/georgeandtracey.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/georgeandtracey.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=982"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/georgeandtracey.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/982\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/georgeandtracey.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=982"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/georgeandtracey.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=982"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/georgeandtracey.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=982"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}