The Finding Your Second Service (FYSS) Program is an online executive coaching program for military-connected aspiring entrepreneurs, small business owners, and nonprofit leaders who want help finding their second service.
The Finding Your Second Service (FYSS) Program is an online executive coaching program for military-connected aspiring entrepreneurs, small business owners, and nonprofit leaders who want help finding their second service.
The Finding Your Second Service program is four hours of curated content from our team of executive coaches. During the curriculum, you will be expected to take the CliftonStrengths® assessment or a comparable free test. Armed with your personal results, you will be able to tailor the recorded information that our executive coaches give, and apply their advice in your professional (and even personal) life. You will learn how to lean into your unique Strengths, how to leverage them for your success, and how to hone them to best be a leader. You will also have access to a private online community with other military entrepreneurs going through the course, allowing you to stand on each other’s knowledge and expertise.
This is an online program, so it goes wherever you are! There are no physical meet-ups for this course, so geography is not a concern for Participants.
The education provided in this career-coaching program is free, as well as the virtual community space. For the first 50 Participants in the 2024 cohort, the CliftonStrengths® Top Five Assessment is free. Participants after this offer has expired can purchase their Top Five Assessment on the Gallup website for $19.99. Additional fees apply to receive the Full 34 CliftonStrengths® report.
With the aim of ensuring no financial strain on Participants, we have also carefully chosen a cost-free Assessment option that delivers equivalent value, the “Stand Out Assessment” created by Marcus Buckingham.
Purchase is not required, but an assessment is critical to fully benefit from this program.
Absolutely! This program is for entrepreneurs of all stages. We encourage anyone who is interested in applying — our content will meet you wherever you are in your entrepreneurial journey. However, applicants who are in the ideation or beginning stages of entrepreneurship will be priority as the program best benefits those who need help finding their next steps.
There are four hours of videos throughout the program, which is self-paced.
Matt and Corie Weathers are nationally accredited coaches, clinicians, and Gallup Certified Strengths Advisors.
Learn more about the application and program standards for the Finding Your Second Service Program.
You can apply to Finding Your Second Service here. We are currently accepting applications. Participants will be accepted into the program in small groups of 15 – 20 to optimize your experience.
In order to provide the best experience possible, we limit the number of participants working through the Finding Your Second Service Program at a time.
You can view a sample of the FYSS program here. Once you apply and are accepted, you will receive a confirmation email with additional information on how to log into the full program in Second Service Foundation’s Mighty Network Learning Community.
Please refer to the Mighty Network Help Center: Why I can’t Login page for support with login information and resetting your password.
Please refer to the Mighty Network Help Center: How do I Set Up My Member Profile page.
The Finding Your Second Service Program course materials and assignments are located in our exclusive Second Service Foundation Mighty Network. You must apply for FYSS and be accepted to receive an invitation to join the community.
Please refer to the Mighty Network Help Center for more information on How to Navigate Your Feed. For a full tour of the Second Service Foundation’s Mighty Network, click here.
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Hashtags can contain letters, numbers, and the underscore character but they can’t contain other special characters (e.g., “&” or “$”) or extra spaces.
As you are typing the hashtag, we’ll show you a dropdown to surface existing available hashtags. The first 10 that show will be the highlighted hashtags. If you want to create your own, simply keep typing to create a new hashtag.
There are five different types of notifications that you can receive from the Second Service Foundation Mighty Network Community. To change what you’re notified about as well as how you’re notified, after you log into SSF Community, click on your profile picture and go to Personal Settings > Notifications. For more detailed information, visit the Mighty Network Help Center: What Kind of Notifications Will I Receive.
To start a chat with one or more members inside the Second Service Foundation Mighty Network Community, click the chat icon in the upper right corner and click “+” to start a new chat. Then search for the names of the members you want to add. Select the names, and click “Start Chat.” Once a chat has been created, you cannot add new members to it; you will need to start a new chat.
Please refer to Mighty Network Help Center for information on blocking another member, and report them to our FYSS host/Coaching Success Manager.
Yes! You can download the Mighty Network app from your app store, and you will be able to view Finding Your Second Service Program on the app. Here are step by step directions to downloading the app.
Yes. After you complete the course, you will still have access to the Second Service Foundation Community and the Finding Your Second Service program.
If you decide that you are no longer interested in being a part of the Second Service Foundation Community, you can find instructions to leave here.
If you are experiencing technical difficulties with the Second Service Foundation’s Mighty Network, please use the following ways to receive support: check out the Mighty Network Technical Support Page, read the FAQs, search posts in the community forum for similar Participant issues, and/or email hello@secondservicefoundation.org.
If you need assistance while logged into the SSF Mighty Network Community, you can also click on the “Need Help” button in the bottom right corner. This links you to Mighty Co-Host™ AI-supported chat assistance from the Mighty Network.
Assignments are located within each lesson and are designated with “Do.” For example: “Do: Reflective Questions.” All assignments are also available to download as individual PDFs at the end of each lesson in the Lesson Resources section. All assignments are included as part of the FYSS Workbook. You can download the FYSS Workbook in the Program Overview inside the Finding Your Second Service Program on our Second Service Foundation Mighty Network.
No, the FYSS program does not require any assignments to be submitted. We highly encourage you to complete the assignments in the order they are presented throughout the video modules. The assignments are a valuable tool.
This is self-paced, so there are no due dates required.
If you are part of the Finding Your Second Service Community, you can utilize the Community Lounge to post your question to fellow participants and the Coaching Success Manager. If you need additional assistance, please email hello@secondservicefoundation.org.
Yes, the Community Lounge is available to all participants as a place to discuss the program, network, and ask questions as you work through the program.
If you are experiencing technical difficulties, please use the following ways to receive support: Check FAQ, search posts in the community forum for similar participant issues, and/or email hello@secondservicefoundation.org
Please check the device and system requirements here. We recommend having an up-to-date browser as well as a stable Internet connection to best complete the FYSS program. You can also check out the Mighty Network Technical Support page for additional information.
CliftonStrengths® Assessment: Gallup CliftonStrengths Help Center
Second Service Foundation Mighty Network: Mighty Network Technical Support page
Additional Questions: Email the Coaching Success Manager at hello@secondservicefoundation.org
