How the Learning Programme Works

How the Learning Programme Works

This Learning Guide prepares you to guide a rapid (100-day) project team and support the leaders who commission it. You are stepping into a proven appraoch designed to solve strategic issues requiring fresh thinking, collaboration, and speed.

The Model: You are joining a global community of coaches using the 100-Day Challenge (formerly Rapid Results Initiatives). Leaders in government, mining, and non-profits worldwide use this approach to achieve breakthrough improvements.

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The 100-Day Challenge Relay Race - 6 Modules

The 100-Day Challenge Learning Journey follows the relay race.  You will be learning and implementing at the same time.

Module 1:  Preparing the Track (Weeks Minus 5 to Week Minus 3): You (The Coach) support the Challenge Strategist to recruit the team and get them to the starting gate.

Module 2:  Getting out of the Starting blocks (Week minus 2 – Day 0 – Week 1): Final preparations for the race and at the Start-Up Workshop, you hand the baton to the Team Leader.

During the Sprint (Days 1–100) you run alongside the track, coaching and guiding the Team Leader and the Team.

Module 3: First 50 Days – Setting the Implementation Pace (Week 2 – 5)

Module 4: Halfway hydration (Week 6 – 8)

Module 5: Final Surge to the Finish Line (Week 9 – 11)

Module 6: Passing the baton to the next Challenge at the the finish line (Scale-Up)  Day 100 and beyond. After the sprint, the Team Leader hands the baton back to the Challenge Strategist to scale up the results and sustain the momentum (Week 12 – 15)

Note on Conventions: To keep our examples clear throughout this course, we use female pronouns for the Challenge Strategist and Team Leader, and male pronouns for the Team Coach.

Your Support System

The Communication Channel (WhatsApp)

You will be added to two specific WhatsApp groups:

  1. Broadcast Group: Receive weekly Guidance Notes and Deep Dives from the World of Impact team.
  2. Community Group: Ask questions, share successes, and network with fellow coaches.
The Weekly Rhythm

Each week, you will receive a Guidance Note containing:

  • Specific Tasks: What you need to do that week.
  • Learning Deep Dives: Strategic context to help you execute those tasks.
  • Self Assessments: Short exercises (5–15 minutes) based on the Deep Dives, help you gauge your understanding of the materials shared. 
  • Assignments: At the end of each of the 6 modules, you will receive an assignment that we will ask you to share with the World of Impact team. This will be related to your real-time project work. The WOI team will give you feedback on these assignments. 
Online Resources
  • Online learning programme at www.theworldofimpact.org
  • Phone app with the learning calendar,  videos and podcasts of the learning material.
Coaching Webinars

We host four live Zoom sessions to prep you for major milestones:

  1. 2 weeks after the Kick-off Training
  2. Pre-Start-Up Workshop
  3. Pre-Refresh Workshop (Mid-point)
  4. Pre-Scale-Up Workshop (End-point)
Leadership Feedback

One week after each major workshop, provincial leaders will host a Zoom call to receive progress updates directly from the teams.

Certification Track

North-West University Certification 

This program is recognised as a “Short Course” by the North-West University School of Industrial Psychology and Human Resource Management (Faculty of Economic Management Science).

  • The Reward: Complete the 6 assignments professionally to earn a Certificate of Participation.  It will stand out on your CV over and above the impact-making skills you will gain.

  • The Value: The certificate counts toward further management qualifications at NWU. Exit-level outcomes are aligned with NQF Level 5.

  • The Cost: R250. (Note: The rest of the tuition fee is covered by the Ford Foundation or your Entity.

Want to enrol? Email info@theworldofimpact.org to register for the Certification Track.

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