Making Vision A Reality

Today was the first of a series of quarterly workshops we are producing for entrepreneurs in Rwanda. The workshop is called Making Vision A Reality, and it's focused on using the experiences of American entrepreneurs and a set of specialized entrepreneurial tools to help Rwandan business owners build their business, leadership, and technical skills.

We struck a very generous agreement with The Strategic Coach and its owners, Dan Sullivan and Babs Smith to use several of their most important strategic planning tools in our workshop. It was amazing to watch these Rwandan entrepreneurs experience the same personal and professional breakthroughs that their counterparts in the Strategic Coach Program experience in the US.

The seven American entrepreneurs that we brought to the country were scattered among the 25 Rwandan entrepreneurs in attendance. By the end of the afternoon, the entire room was electric, and you could tell by the stories and the faces that this group of entrepreneurs had succeeded not only in putting together a detailed three year strategic plan, but they had achieved a new level of confidence in their ability to reach their goals.

Out of this incredible bonding experience, the Rwandan entrepreneurs will be organized into small groups of seven that will meet monthly to hold each other accountable. The level of intimacy and willingness to be accountable to one another that was achieved today was wonderful to behold.