Oftentimes, coaching and mentoring relationships do not get established because there is no standardized process which can guide the coach or mentor and client along the journey. Absent of a process, the coach or mentor and clients are left up to their own, ad hoc approach, with varying degrees of success and failure.

In our roles as Transformational Mentors, we use a few different processes depending on the needs and desired outcomes of the client.  Our core process, called Master Plan, focuses on establishing a “master plan” for someone’s life, then coaching them to achieve that plan.

Our Master Plan program covers 5 areas:

1.   Your unique strengths: Your gifts, skills and interests that are uniquely yours.  And, what types of careers and ministries might be good fits for your makeup.

2.   Your unique roadblocks: Those internal and external areas that keep you from success.  Identifying them and having a process to overcome them is key to your success.

3.   Your life perspective:  An inventory of your current life and past history that provides you a full 3600 view of your life.  This is the optimum launch point for developing your strategic plan.

4.   Your personal mission:  A defining statement on why you exist – your life purpose.

5.   Your vision and plan:  A picture of and plan for your life 3-5 years from now.

The Master Plan program defines the baseline of the coach / mentor relationship.  On-going sessions then help the client attain goals, overcome roadblocks and walk in their mission.  As mentioned in the title of this newsletter, it’s about “turning your potential into reality”.

Some questions for you to consider:

·     Do you have a plan guiding your life (think “Development Plan” from your work-life vocabulary, then expand it to encompass all the domains of your life)? 

·     Do you have someone who can partner with you to help you reach your plan’s goals?

·     Do you see anyone who is living a focused life?  If so, what do you like about that?  Dislike?