Reflection and report

To get your organisation ready for its GBVF maturity 30-Day Challenge, you will need three things:

1. Designated team of 4-10 people, selected carefully based on the particular issue you are planning to focus on
2. Someone in the organization who can guide this team about the 30-Day Challenge Process
3. Buy-in from your colleagues in leadership positions about the value of investing some organisational resources in the topic (GBVF) and the process (30-Day Challenges.  

Here are the steps to do this.

Step 1.  Review the results of the Health Check Survey, and decide on a short list of “areas of improvement” to focus on. This should not exceed 5 areas, each corresponding to a behavior, practice, or policy in the Survey. 

Step 2.  Convene your peers in the organisation (other leaders), and brief them about the idea of the GBVF 30-Day Challenge. You can show them the videos in the introduction section.  Once you have answered questions they may have, decide with them on three things:

• Decision 1: Which of the short list areas for improvement to focus on?
  • There is no right answer here, but it would be good to engage other leaders in making this decision. This will create buy-in.
  • If there is no general agreement on one area, resort to voting (giving each leader 2 or 3 votes to cast)
• Decision 2: Based on the above, who should be on the team?
  • Remember, keep this small (4-10 team members).
  • You will find here some guidance on attributes of team members (download – or click through)
• Decision 3: Who to designate as a coach to support the team? See here attributes of the 30-Day Challenge coach.
  • Once you have made this decision, you can customize the attached note and send it to the coach. (ALRIEN – WILL CREATE DRAFT OF LETTER FROM HEAD OF ORG TO COACH)
  • The Coach will complete their own online 30-Day Challenge training Course to prepare them for supporting the team. 
• Decision 4: Lift-Off date of the 30-Day Team.
  • This needs to be a one-day workshop where all team members, and the Coach, are available and fully focused on the 30-Day Challenge.  
  • Ideally, this should be scheduled as soon after Step 2 as possible, but no later than 3 weeks after it.  

Step 3. Send a Challenge Note to the team members, inviting them to be on the team and to participate in the Lift-Off Workshop.

• See here for a template that you can customize and build on.