Mission Reports

To complete a lesson, you must file a report.

Some mission reports will have specific directions, others will simply ask for your observations. The purpose is to provide the RMA coaches with the information they need to guide you and to help you use the RMA community in two ways:

1) As a social laboratory for you to safely practice what you’re learning with others who are doing the same. You will accelerate your proficiency in the skills needed to enlist the support of a diverse group of accomplished people,

and

2) As a real social network with expertise, information, and connections that can have an immediate impact on your bottom line.

Actual Reports from Pilot Participants:

Course 1, Lesson 1
Mission: Create your vision for RMA

Participant #16
I will become the niche specialist who will write a best-belling book within the next year. I will have rebranded all my marketing materials and my website resulting in consistently being known as the niche specialist. I will have a publish date from a major publisher that will contribute to the book being a best-seller. I will have 2000+ subscribers to my newsletter who are raving fans and can't wait to purchase the products I create.

Participant #21
I will embrace my own wild success by becoming a more successful entrepreneur who will grow my business by 50% within the next year.  This is going to happen  as I find new and better ways to market and deliver my unique knowledge, skills and value as an executive coach and leadership development facilitator to leaders who know, like and trust me to be of service to their dreams -- and are ready and able to pay for me to accompany them on their journey. 

Course 1, Lesson 2

Mission: Give Honest, Sincere Appreciation

Participant #32
I expect some parts of this program to be difficult, but this one isn't -- sincere appreciation is easy to express. I think I have the knack of really enjoying whatever is great about others and expressing it without being tainted by envy or competitiveness.

Participant #38
When reading the mission I thought that I was always considerate and genuine in my interactions, but putting real thought into my actions highlighted how many times I didn't seriously consider others unselfishly.

Participant #49
By paying attention I was able to see ways that I could help, make an offer of generosity. Found that individuals lit up with they felt noticed and heard. Also, very appreciative of my sincere offer of help...with nothing expected in return.

Participant #50
It is amazing how quickly barriers are broken down and willingness to enter a relationship can begin with a simple gesture of appreciation. In the most visible example of admiration at work, I made a small comment to a woman sitting at the table next to me and my wife at a restaurant this week. Turns out the woman is hosting a large charity event raising money for schools. The event is being attended by several notable celebrities and politicians and we have been invited to attend as guests of the host.

Course 1, Lesson 3
Mission: Get Fresh Perspective with a Four-Way View, Identify Key Stakeholders

Participant #31
In my case I made up my mind to start doing some of these things on my own after reading "Never Eat Alone" when it first came out. These exercises now are making me look at it more systematically than I was and have forced me to fill a couple of gaps that I was dodging…

Participant #37
By narrowing my perspective, I've identified stakeholders that can help me be more satisfied in my work domain NOW, pretty much allowing me to MAINTAIN what I already have going in the rest of my life…

Participant #5
When you take relationships for granted they have a way of ending unexpectedly, when you're not looking. So I've reached out to two key stakeholders to schedule coffees. Long overdue, great idea, very excited about it.

Course 1, Lesson 4
Mission: Centralize Existing Network Data, Map Your Network to Identify Strengths and Weaknesses

Participant #1
I found that I know alot more people than I thought. I also discovered that I don't network well. I have not introduced my group of people to other people. I need to do more dinner parties and get people together more. I also discovered that I don't do much with my friends outside of work, most of my superconnectors are from my work. Eye opening exercise.

Participant #18
I actually enjoy introducing people to one another...it can be an interesting spectator sport sometimes!  I just had a meeting like that earlier today, involving two good friends in my Community domain who did not know each other.  I thought they needed to be acquainted because they had a lot of interests in common, but interestingly different approaches to same.  A good time (and a couple of beers...it was in the guise of a happy hour) was had by all, with promised further invitations and introductions between the two of them to influential people each of them knew that the other did not.

Participant #35
I did not realize how many superconnectors I have in my network. I found that I know a lot of people in various positions in companies, but that my network is a little light when it comes to senior managers and executives. I found myself needing to include more of those connections in my network, and I have access to them through various channels that I have yet to reach out to. This was a very empowering exercise to realize how many contacts I really have.

Course 1, Lesson #5
Mission: Create A Safe Space

Participant #10
I recently went off site to have lunch with a new contact and the setting definitely made the conversation more casual and informal. Topics of discussion ranged from business and networking but also health, living situations, etc. I found it was much easier to connect and have more immediate intimacy in this setting.

Participant #25
I met with the head of a non-profit foundation that I volunteer for. I had been trying to figure out how to introduce an idea I've had that would help the foundation and could possibly provide me with a consulting contract. It never seemed to be the appropriate time. For the mission in Lesson 3, I invited the director out for coffee and the rhythm of the conversation totally changed. We quickly got into a discussion of what she thought needed to happen to improve the work of the foundation which led very naturally to an opening for me to introduce my idea. By the time we had finished coffee the director had invited me to develop an executive level summary of what I would propose.