What Happens At A Meeting? - Industry Leaders Roundtable

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What Happens At A Meeting?

Here are some comments from our current members after their first meeting:

“Nothing like I have ever experienced!”
“That was so different to what I expected. And different in an amazing way.”
“The candor and genuine caring in the room, blew me away.”
“After the first meeting, I feel privileged to join these owners.”
“I’ve got enough to do’s from just one meeting. This is just what I need.”

Pre-Meeting Work

Members have the opportunity to help shape the agenda for their meeting by sending through what they would like to discuss. Items are categorized into 3:

Success to Share. Your peers can learn from what you have done and this is where you’ll get the rare pat on the back for an owner. It is your turn to shine.

Question. Using the collaborative method to determine your direction, you can pose a question to the members who will share their answers. With a group of different thinkers, you sometimes have 10 varying answers or a unanimous solution.

Idea To Run Up The Flag Pole. Sometimes we have an idea in our business and we need to talk it out with people who understand the situation, to gain greater clarity. Sometime we have a weird and wacky idea that we want to see if people think will fly. And sometimes we are bereft of ideas, so being in an incubator of ideas is the best thing to stimulate your next ‘oak tree’.

Members can also ask for specific education topics. This could lead a presentation, a guest speaker, handouts, website links or discussion in the group.

The result of what members have ask for is the meeting agenda.

Meeting Work

Each Roundtable have their own idiosyncrasies. Common elements of every Roundtable:

How Full Is Your Fuel Tank. In small business, so much of the business energy comes from the driver – you. This is a self-evaluation exercise to identify what level your tank is and what you need to re-fill it. We don’t just look at your business fuel tank either!
What Are You Reading Or Listening To. This is sharing the names of books or podcasts that you have gained value from. It’s not just sharing the book name, it is also sharing the value or learning.
Winningest Strategy. You look back and analyse everything you have done since we last met and identify the best thing you have done! It could be in regard to the business or it could be personal. In essence you answer: what did you do; what did it cost you; what did you get in return; and would you change anything next time.
Innovations. Sharing any new apps, websites, software or any other technology to help the efficiencies of the business.
Chew The Thin Time. Sometimes we just split into duos or trios and have time to just talk. No agenda, just a time frame to talk through business and personal issues.
Numbers.Numbers. Numbers. Every meeting we look at numbers in the business. One of the best ways to learn from each other is comparing what the best performers in specific numbers are doing in their business. We can compare numbers, rank performance and annalyse what needs to be done to improve.

One of the most exciting and unique aspects of the Industry Leaders Roundtableis at meetings we have The Hot Seat. This is where we dedicate meeting time to help one specific member. The Hot Seat experience involves:

Site inspection (if appropriate)
Mystery shopping – online and offline
Website and social media reviews
Meeting with staff
Meeting with members
Analysis of the business and marketing plan
Analyzing the profit and loss
And most importantly meeting the brief the owner of the business gives the group.

The Hot Seat for many is the most exciting, nerve racking, confronting and strength building exercise that takes place. We learn how to accept feedback and how to deliver feedback.

Some meetings include activities in the agenda. Not surprising one such activityis working out in the facility–often several times to get a different feel. Other activities may include visits to other businesses to learn from them, team building activities, and other leisure activities. These are designed for fun and are generally optional.

Post Meeting Work

After a meeting, you are asked to identify your focus between meetings:

What 2 projects are you working on to achieve your strategic plan?
What 2 numbers are you working on to achieve your numbers?
What 2 personal goals do you have to keep yourself fueled to work at your highest level?

Between Meetings Work

Our main method of communication between meetings is our closed Facebook group. This is a powerful forum exclusive to your Industry Leaders Roundtable where you bounce operational based questions around and have answers within 24 hours. This will save you time, energy and resources.

We also work in duos or trios between meetings to help with accountability and momentum. With a regular call, email or touch base with your colleagues you will stay on track and achieve more. It is a proven formula.

WHAT OUR CLIENTS SAY

Being on a Roundtable is like having a board of directors for your business. They hold you accountable and question your numbers. This has kept my business on track and helped me transition from working 50 hours a week to 20 hours a week whilst having 3 kids. Getting out of my business 3 times a year for Roundtable meetings provides so much clarity around running my business, and the leadership, knowledge and guidance that Justin Tamsett provides is incredible. For anyone contemplating joining a Roundtable, just do it! It is the single BEST thing I've ever done in my business.
- Amber, Gym owner. Member of Club Owners Roundtable 2007 - present
I have been a member of the Roundtable for almost 2 years now. In that time I have opened my own gym, increased my income and have some better systems in place in my business. I always knew the value of personal and professional development however it can be hard to keep consistent in this area. The roundtable keeps me accountable because we set goals at each meeting which are checked up on at the following meeting.
- David, PT Studio Owner, Member of NSW PT Roundtable 2016 – present
Networking with a group of like-minded business owners who I can review ideas and exchange supplier details with. When you're a solo operator without a franchise head office the roundtable helps to keep you ahead of the game.
Adam, PT Studio Owner, Member of NSW PT Roundtable 2014 –
It helps me to be better at my business. It gives me ideas I wouldn't have thought of. It also teaches me not to reinvent the wheel. If other owners have tried it and it wasn't successful no matter how much I want to try, I don't do it.
Tracie, Anytime Fitness Franchise Owner, Member of US Anytime Fitness MCO Roundtable 2015-16
Spending time with people I trust and respect to share thoughts, ideas, experiences. Having them challenge me and my ideas and keep me accountable. JT and my Roundtable group not only give me ideas on how to improve my business and personal life but they help me do it.
Greg, PT Studio Owner. Member of Victorian PT Roundtable 2015 – present
Stepping away and truly looking at your business with the benefit of peer interaction is such a strong force in driving my business forward.
Troy Morgan, Health Club Managing Director. Member 2013 – present
Being a small business owner, I had very limited opportunities to discuss business with other owners in similar positions. The Roundtable gives me this chance, its an opportunity to step out of my business and work on it, which i find extremely valuable. I have gained such great exposure and visions of progression by seeing other business in action and what is working for them. My business now has more systems in place and greater structure as a results of being on the Roundtable.
Matt Fletcher, PT Business Owner, Member of NSW PT Roundtable 2016 - present
Independent business can be a lonely place. One mistake can mean the difference between thriving or not surviving. The Industry Leaders Roundtable puts you in a team of like minded PT owners who collaborate to share the best ideas so that everybody's business wins. JT pulls it all together by providing the latest winning strategies from inside and outside the fitness industry, to keep you ahead of the curve in a highly competitive game. It's the best value coaching you'll get. As no competitors are on the same Roundtable, get on board now, or risk one of your competitors doing it first.
Mark Richardson PT Studio Owner, Member of NSW PT Roundtable 2014-15
To summarise my feelings for the Roundtable, it is the best business decision I have ever made. Intense at times, it was thoroughly rewarding in every aspect. If you want to move out of your comfort zone and to the next level in business development I recommend it highly.
Conn, Gym Managing Director. Member of Club Owners Roundtable 1992 - 2002