Rapid Change Consultancy provides pro-bono coaching worldwide

First published in I0D News, May 2014

As part of last year's International Coaching Week, Anne Dargan of Rapid Change Consultancy offered pro-bono coaching to Concern Worldwide, the organisation that engages in long term development work, responds to emergency situations, and seeks to address the root cause of poverty through work with advocacy and development education.

A programme was subsequently developed whereby Concern's senior managers overseas would get access to professionally accredited coaches free of charge.

Concern's Country Directors and Assistant Country Directors manage local teams of up to 600 people. Working in countries such as Uganda, Ethipoia, Kenya to name a few, they face challenges many of us would find daunting in our home environments. Concern Worldwide's Chief Executive ominic MacSorley appreciates the help from Rapid Change: "Partnerships such as this help to ensure that Concern is achieving its mission of having a positive impact on the lives of poor communities right across the world."

Anne says, "It is a privilege to work with people who want to make such a positive difference in the world. We are pleased to be able to offer high end professional coaching where it is needed most".

Feedback from those benefitting has been extremely positive. So much so that Rapid Change has now brought together an extended team of 10 professionally certified coached as well as some coaches in training from across Ireland and the UK to support Concern's in-house management development programme.

Rapid Change Consultancy is a boutique organisational development consultancy which offers Executive Coaching to CEOs, Directors and their top teams.

You can contact Anne at anne@rapidchangeconsultancy.com or 07711 599091.