Guidance on Coaching 100-Day Challenge teams
The purpose of this guide is to prepare you to coach a rapid (100-day) project team that aims to significantly improve a strategic issue that requires fresh thinking and collaboration across departments and/or organisations.
The approach you will learn about is called the 100-Day Challenge. Leaders and Challenge coaches in the private sector, in Government and non-profit organisations have used it to make breakthrough improvements on a multitude of issues and in dozens of countries worldwide. So, you will join a community of global coaches who have achieved remarkable results by empowering and enabling others in their organisations and communities.
Below are some of these leaders and coaches describing the results they were able to inspire through 100-Day Challenges.
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Our Challenge: Tackling Gender-Based Violence and Femicide (GBVF) in South Africa
You are in a senior position in your organisation, court, municipality, or TVET. Your role is support leaders and coach and inspire a cross-organisational team to progress significantly on an important GBVF issue.
You and the team you coach will be joining a movement of activists who are taking the initiative and actually doing something about GBVF in our country rather than waiting for instructions and guidance from outside and above.
This Learning Program is organised into several “Guidance Notes”. The first four notes provide background related to GBVF and helpful context. These second group of Notes relate more generally to the 100-Day Challenge approach and specifically to the work you will do to coach and support a 100-Day Challenge team.
Here is an overview of the Guidance Notes in this learning programme.
GBVF related Guidance Notes
A. Strategic Context: National Strategic Plan to end GBVF and the End GBVF Collective
B. Building on Success: Gallery of Ending GBVF 100-Day Challenges in South Africa over the past three years
C. Ending GBVF Dashboard: The compass we use to know the scope and scale of our impact
D. Do No Harm: Practical guidance on working with GBV survivors.
100-Day Challenge Guidance Notes
Onramp – Getting the team to the starting gate: What must you do in the next 2-3 weeks to support the leaders and to give the team a good start to its 100-day race?
Coaching guidance for the 14-week race: The online guide is organised into weekly lessons designed to help you Coach the team working on the Challenge on a just-in-time basis.
Oframp
Getting Ready for the Marathon: How can you ensure the team’s impact during the 100 days is sustained and amplified?
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By the end of this program, you will have gained and practised new skills that will be valuable for you and your organisation. It will be an intense onramp and fourteen weeks, so buckle up!
North-West University Certification
The management department at North-West University has adopted this program as one of its mini-courses on leadership and project management. You will be eligible to receive a certificate of participation from the University if you complete the assignments at the end of each guidance note.
The mini-course certificate can be used for credit towards a master’s degree in management from the University. A registration fee of ____ is required to enrol in the certification program. Please reach out to us at info@theworldofimpact.org if you’d like to enrol.
Where can I get help?
Tools and people are available if you need guidance or a second opinion. Follow the links or email us to connect.
