How the Learning Programme Works

How the Learning Programme Works

This Learning Programme prepares you to shape and guide a rapid (100-day) project team. You are using a proven model designed to solve strategic issues requiring fresh thinking, collaboration, and speed.

You are joining a global community of leaders using 100-Day Challenges (formerly Rapid Results Initiatives) to achieve extraordinary results. 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 Challenge Strategist) will recruit a 100-Day Challenge Coach, and together, you will mobilise a 100-Day Team and get them to the starting gate of their 100-Day Sprint.

Module 2:  Getting out of the Starting blocks (Week minus 2 – Day 0 – Week 1): You will hand over the baton to the Coach to do the final preparations for the Start-up Workshop and the 100-Day Sprint. At At the Start-Up Workshop, the Coach will help the Team set a 100-Day Goal, develop a 100-Day Plan, and elect a Team Leader. The Coach will hand over the baton to the Team Leader at the end of the Start-Up Workshop.

During the Sprint (Days 1–100) you jog alongside the track, ready to support the Coach 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: You will get the baton back from the Team Leader at the finish line (Scale-Up Workshop)  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. 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 (guru hours)

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

  1. Two 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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