pro-bono coaching opportunity
pro-bono Leadership coaching opportunity
Register your interest in being notified when applications open for Cohort 2.
(Opening August 3, 2020)
Are you an intrapreneur, advancing women’s leadership or equity, diversity and inclusion in the global development sector? Are you a registered participant of the 2020 Women in Global Development Leadership Forum?
Are you a social entrepreneur advancing women’s leadership or equity, diversity and inclusion in the global development sector? (Open to all.)
You are invited to apply to receive six months of pro-bono leadership coaching around your most pressing organizational, team and professional challenges. The value of this six month engagement is $8,000 to $12,000 based on typical rates of highly experienced coaches involved in this project.
Up to 30 professional leadership coaches will be paired with social innovators.
Applications welcome from people anywhere around the globe. Fluent English required.
Successful Applicants will receive the following six-month coaching package at no cost
Initial 90-minute meeting to identify key issues and establish coaching guidelines and focus
6 months of coaching appointments 50 minutes each, twice per month (12 sessions)
Final – 90-minute wrap up meeting to summarize accomplishments and agree on strategies going forward.
Sessions will be focused around the applicant’s most pressing organizational, team, and professional issues.
Benefits of Participation in the Coaching Project
Improved focus on key priorities
Increased impact, measurable improvement on key operational, financial and social impact variables
Increased confidence in leadership and decision making
Improved team dynamics
Improved quality of life, reduced stress and anxiety, and improved strategies for facing difficult challenges
Organizations behind this Initiative
WILD (Women Innovators and Leadership Development Network) supports women leaders to scale the impact of their work, and to thrive. We organize the Women in Global Development Leadership Forum, a movement to advance women’s leadership as well as equity, diversity and inclusion in the global development sector.
EthicalCoach is a movement, building bridges that connect executive coaching to the leaders of organizations addressing the greatest humanitarian and environmental challenges of our time as outlined in the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Recognizing that these global challenges affect us all, EthicalCoach reaches around the world to engage coaches and non-profit, social impact and other related organizations.
Purpose
WILD and EthicalCoach believe that leadership coaching is a key component for social innovators to achieve their maximum social impact, without burning out. We’re on a mission to put data behind that belief. To that end, leaders and coaches are asked to participate in the action research that will run in parallel to the coaching.
applicant criteria
Applicant Investment and Commitment
Applicants selected for coaching are expected to do the following to gain full value from the effort.
Attend every session, fully present, free of other distractions, and prepared to participate and engage with their coach.
Follow through to the best of their ability on agreed decisions and action steps, and report progress on those actions.
Action Research Project Participation
Agree to be included in the project survey results (both personally and organizationally).
Agree to have comments and testimonials used in presentation of the project data
Provide information on the organization goals and objectives, personal concerns and constraints, and areas of focus for coaching.
Work with the coach to share or craft impact measures related to the specific constraints and areas of focus, for the purpose of measuring the coaching impact.
application
Applicants are invited to complete the online application form for one of these cohorts.
social Entrepreneurs
Founders and leaders of social enterprises
Open to social enterprises who meet our criteria. You can be for-profit, not-for-profit or hybrid, we’re agnostic about your tax status. Must be a WILD Network Member.
15 coaches will be paired with female founders and leaders of social enterprises (for-profit, not-for-profit or hybrid, we’re agnostic about your tax status)
WHAT ARE THE CRITERIA FOR APPLICANTS?
Registered company that has been operating for at least two years.
For the past two years, have had an annual budget of at least USD 25k.
Are ready to make personal leadership coaching a priority. Will show up to scheduled coaching sessions on time, ready to work and are open to making behavioral changes in their professional and personal lives.
Are willing to participate in the research project running alongside this initiative.
HOW DO I APPLY? (APPLICATIONS OPEN MARCH 16 TO APRIL 19, 2020)
Apply: Complete the online application form.
Successful applicants will be provided with 2-3 coaches for consideration and best effort will be made to match with preferences.
What is the initiative to advance women’s leadership, equity, diversity of inclusion that you are leading or plan to lead? Please share the goal and status of the initiative now (i.e. conceptual, start up, in progress, executed). If the initiative is still “in progress”, provide key steps to reaching that goal. If the initiative is “executed”, briefly share your outputs and outcomes (i.e. # people reached and/or other accomplishments).
WHEN DO I KNOW IF I HAVE BEEN SELECTED?
Social entrepreneurs will be notified on May 15, 2020.
Intrapreneurs
Employees of global development organizations who are advancing equity, diversity and inclusion in the global development sector.
Open to employees of for-profit, not-for-profit, or government who are registered participants of the 2020 Women in Global Development Leadership Forum
15 coaches will be paired with intrapreneurs, advancing women’s leadership, equity, diversity or inclusion within their organization.
For example, someone who is advancing Equity, Diversity & Inclusion in the global development sector could be leading an Employee Resource Group to advance women’s leadership, or be formally advocating to their senior leadership team for their company to implement a gender equity assessment. Please see www.WILDleadershipforum.org/agenda for more examples of relevant activities.
WHAT ARE THE CRITERIA FOR APPLICANTS?
Registered participants of the 2020 Women in Global Development Leadership Forum.
Have been in the workforce for at least two years.
Employed in the global development sector.
Engaged or plan to be engaged in an activity to advance women’s leadership in the global development sector, and or to advance equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI) in the global development sector.*
Have the support of supervisor to engage in a coaching activity.
Are ready to make personal leadership coaching a priority. Will show up to scheduled coaching sessions on time, ready to work and are open to making behavioral changes in their professional and personal lives.
HOW DO I APPLY? (APPLICATIONS OPEN MARCH 16 TO APRIL 19, 2020)
Apply: Complete the online application form.
Successful applicants will be provided with 2-3 coaches for consideration and best effort will be made to match with preferences.
What is the initiative to advance women’s leadership, equity, diversity of inclusion that you are leading or plan to lead? Please share the goal and status of the initiative now (i.e. conceptual, start up, in progress, executed). If the initiative is still “in progress”, provide key steps to reaching that goal. If the initiative is “executed”, briefly share your outputs and outcomes (i.e. # people reached and/or other accomplishments).
WHEN DO I KNOW IF I HAVE BEEN SELECTED?
Intrapreneurs will be announced on May 6, 2020.
Not yet registered for the 2020 Women in Global Development Leadership Forum? Click here.
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