Coaching The Global Village – Empowering local citizens
By Patrick Williams, EdD, MCC
Many corporations are using coaching in the global arena to assist with cultural diversity, international offices and transfer of employees, and an everchanging global business environment. At the same time, there are many efforts, sometimes supported by corporate partners or by social enterprise, to bring the benefits and power of coaching to the underserved,
resource-poor citizens and communities around the globe.
In 2005, I was inspired to write a thought paper on the idea that became Coaching the Global Village. These are some of the ideas contained in that vision:
Purpose: Coaching the Global Village, Inc. (CGV) was created in 2005 to partner with world-change leaders, non-profits, and Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) in using professional
coaching techniques to bring about sustainable social change in local communities throughout
the world.
Mission: Coaching the Global Village utilizes professional coaching
techniques to empower communities around the world to develop sustainable solutions for pressing human and societal needs.
Vision: Coaching collaborations drive sustainable social change worldwide.
Values: The wisdom, knowledge, solutions and energy for creating sustainable change already reside within the leadership of local communities. CGV partners with NGOs and nonprofits to draw on the wisdom and motivation of their clients and employees by leveraging coaching techniques into their work to reach targeted outcomes. This human capital is the source of leadership that
will sustain change efforts long after the project cycle has completed. CGV’s partners across the globe are using coaching to generate innovative and long lasting solutions in partnership with the communities they serve. Mutual learning, utilizing a coaching approach, comes in the form of empowering conversations using inquiry, powerful questions, and a future-focused vision for change by evoking wisdom from the people who desire social change.
Program: Through individual and group coaching, CGV utilizes a team of successful and visionary coaches throughout the world to provide community leaders with consultation in strategic planning, cross-sector partnerships, team building, leadership development, and building a network of NGOs.
