Apply Donate

Programme

WYSE Global Change Makers

Leadership coaching for the Sustainable Development Goals

Meet the changemakers Explore the coaching journey
Duration
9 months
Format
1-to-1 coaching
Location
Online
Age range
18 – 35
Cost
Free

Applications closed

Your vision. Your leadership. Your impact.

WYSE Global Change Makers: Leadership Coaching for the Sustainable Development Goals is an exciting and unique opportunity to enhance your leadership skills in service of your community. Successful applicants will participate in a free, bespoke, coaching programme with a world-class leadership professional. Your leadership coach will support you as you lead a project which positively benefits your community.

Over the course of nine months you will attend an onboarding session, receive eight one-on-one coaching sessions and attend a celebration event. WYSE will also provide eight five-minute videos (one per month) with worksheets and provocations and a diary form for you to complete prior to your coaching sessions. Our coaches are all experienced coaches and work either as a leadership coach or as a leader who has integrated coaching in their leadership style. Many of them have been working with WYSE for many years as an alumni, faculty member or as a coach. In addition to the coaching sessions, you will have access our global community.

During the programme your coach will support you to reflect on your project, identify and work towards goals, create learning that benefits you and your project. You will be supported to set goals, identify and work through challenges, manage your time and increase your overall effectiveness, influence and impact. The programme will help you to stay connected to your sense of purpose and motivation, as you navigate the real world challenges necessary to turn your vision into reality.

Two participants laughing together
Participants gathered around a flip chart
A participant writing notes while sitting on a cushion
changemakers
128
countries
49
Sustainable Development Goals
7
one-to-one coaching sessions
8

Coaching

What will I get from the programme?

Over the course of a year, you will have a monthly one-to-one coaching session with a professional leadership coach. Our coaches are all experienced coaches and work either as a leadership coach or as a leader who has integrated coaching in their leadership style. Many of them have been working with WYSE for many years as an alumni, faculty member or as a coach.

In addition to the coaching sessions, you take part in 10 leadership workshops and access our global community. During the programme your coach will support you to reflect on your project, identify and work towards goals, create learning that benefits you and your project.

Growth

Your project is underway, but you want to develop its effectiveness and sustainability.

We will help you to reflect on the early successes and development areas of your project so far, (re)align with your sense of purpose and vision, set goals, identify and overcome obstacles and develop the skills and confidence needed to take your project to the next level.

Expansion

You have an established project, but you want to expand its reach, scope or effectiveness.

We will help you to evaluate your project’s impact so far, reflect on the context in which your project exists and what needs you are seeking to address, connect with your sense of vision and purpose, identify and overcome barriers and enhance the resourcefulness, resilience and self-awareness needed to expand your project.

Your coaching journey

Eight themes to support you

The programme offers resources around eight suggested themes. Use the areas that fit your needs; you can discuss other topics and goals with your coach.

  1. Starting your coaching journey

    Get to know coaching, introduce your project and make space for what you want to explore.

  2. Your vision and purpose

    Connect with what matters to you and describe the change you want to see.

  3. Your project and stakeholders

    Clarify your project’s scope and understand the people whose voices matter.

  4. Turning vision into action

    Shape your next steps, consider risks and review how coaching is supporting you.

  5. Building support and resources

    Explore the people, partnerships and resources that can help your project thrive.

  6. Progress and resilience

    Notice what you are learning and look after the energy that keeps you going.

  7. Leading and working with others

    Understand your leadership and create the conditions for good collaboration.

  8. Sustaining and growing impact

    Recognise your growth and consider how your project can continue beyond coaching.

In each meeting, you choose the focus of the conversation. Your coach listens, asks questions and offers observations to help you see choices and become clearer about your next steps.

Participants

Meet the changemakers

Choose a Sustainable Development Goal or search by name, country or project, then open a story to read more.

“My vision for the project I’m working on has grown, it has grown beyond me. Before it was just centred around me but now it is beyond me, there are people who are also passionate about the vision and are running it as best they can. This wouldn’t have been possible if I did not have the sessions I’ve had with my coach.”

Alumni experiences

Impact

Programme impact

were satisfied with the programme
100%
achieved what they had hoped
93%
of participants in our first programme were under 35
96%
of our participants had never been coached before
75%+
female, 50% male and 4% non binary in our first programme
46%

Participants report a significant increase in:

  • Confidence in ability to achieve their goals
  • Skills and knowledge to achieve their goals
  • Motivation to be of service to their community
  • Having a clear vision and goals
  • Connecting to their values in sense of purpose
  • Clear understanding of what motivates me to be of service

“One thing I know for sure is that I would not have gained a clearer understanding of my project goals if I hadn’t participated in this WYSE programme, I am truly appreciative.”

“What you guys provide for free, is what people pay hundreds of dollars for and here we are having it free of payment . . . it is a great thing you guys are doing, I really, really appreciate it. You are building a new world and the impact is going to be well utilised.”

“I get to interact with someone from a different background and solve common challenges, I think this has been the best thing. It has given me different exposure”

“The last session that I had made me feel like I’ve reached a lot of the milestones in my project so far, my coach was able to recognise that as well, we were able to reflect on how much the ideas and project have developed over the last four or five months. Being able to see that progress has been really rewarding in such a short amount of time. It gives you the motivation and energy to keep going.”

“It has been a mind changing event, I am just so excited to have been part of the programme. In the last year, there has been progress and growth, I can see it and it is visible.”

Learn more about our impact →

Who can apply

Join us

WYSE has worked with thousands of emerging leaders from over 115 different countries. WYSE Global Change Makers is open to people who are:

  • 18 - 35 years old.
  • Committed to making a positive contribution in their community.
  • Have a project, or an idea for a project, which contributes towards the UN’s 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

The programme is open to people 18 - 35 years old, committed to making a positive contribution in their community and have a project, or an idea for a project, which contributes towards these UN’s 2030 Sustainable Development Goals. We support people working on all Sustainable Development Goals.

Image credits: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11

How do I apply?

Applications for WYSE Global Change Makers are currently closed.

Meet the changemakers Contact us Support our work