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Supporting emerging leaders for global change

 
 
 
 
 

Imagine a world where billions of global citizens recognise their own leadership potential and work together to find creative and inclusive solutions to local and global challenges.

WYSE International is a charity that works with emerging leaders from all over the planet who are inspired to make the world a better place. 

We provide leadership education and ongoing coaching support, delivered by highly experienced professionals on a pro bono basis. 

For over 30 years WYSE has worked with thousands of emerging leaders from over 115 countries, supporting them to take their visions into action.

 
 
 
 

International Leadership Programme

Our flagship programme, bringing together 30 young people from across the world.

Experience a twelve day leadership development programme with some of the most creative and inspirational people you are ever likely to meet. You'll learn about leadership in ways you never thought and be challenged to experiment with new perspectives informed by a global community. You will explore how you lead yourself, how you can lead through and with others and what sort of difference you want to make in the world. 

 

Kenya

7th – 18th January 2025

The programme is delivered by our international team of highly experienced leadership development and education professionals. They provide their services on a pro-bono basis, meaning WYSE can offer full tuition scholarships to all selected participants. Along with the coaching which is offered after the programme, this in kind donation of services from the staff team has been valued at over £7500 per participant.

The final cost to participants is £990 to cover food, accommodation and administration.  As part of our efforts to include as many young leaders as possible from diverse backgrounds, WYSE provides a bursary scheme for those in most need to support the costs of their programme fees.   The bursary scheme is highly competitive and only covers a proportion of the £990 programme fee (normally ranging between 20% and 45% of the programme fee)

We also run an Advanced Leadership Programme for WYSE Alumni.

 

WYSE Global Change Makers

Leadership Coaching for the Sustainable Development Goals

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 9 months you will attend an onboarding session, receive 6 one-on-one coaching sessions and attend a celebration event.  WYSE will also provide six 5 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 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. 

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 are currently supporting people working on goals 4, 5, 6, 7, 10, 11 and 13.

 
 

Better Global Future
Online Programme

What kind of future do you want to contribute to?

WYSE believes leadership is an expression of our willingness to engage in the issues and challenges we see around us and finding creative solutions to global and local problems. Over the last 30 years WYSE has worked with thousands of young people from over 110 countries.

This free online leadership programme is for anyone who is concerned about the world and who wants to understand in what kind of role they can play in improving it. The programme will help you feel inspired and hopeful about the future and our ability to contribute to and create it with both local and global perspectives.

 
 

 

Our purpose

Why we created WYSE International

 

Global context

The largest ever generation of young people is now entering into adulthood, inheriting massive challenges but also more opportunities than ever before to connect, cooperate and share their visions of a better world for everyone.

Our vision and approach

We believe a different kind of leadership is needed in the world, one that begins with leaders who take responsibility for leading themselves first, who recognise their unique strengths and who take action that is inspired by their values and sense of purpose.

 

Who WYSE is for 

WYSE is designed for people who care about what is happening in the world and feel inspired to do what they can to make a positive contribution. People come from different cultures and professional backgrounds, united in their call to explore how they can become the most effective leader they can be to make a positive difference in their community. Here are some examples.

 
 
 
 

Alumni stories

Find out about some of our alumni and how they feel WYSE has been useful for them.

Leadership for the Sustainable Development Goals

WYSE’s approach is to invest in individuals who are likely to make a contribution to the world, and help build their capacity to create sustainable and transformational change in their communities. We have worked with hundreds of emerging leaders from over 115 countries, who have gone on to create change at at local, national and international levels, impacting thousands of people. We focus on supporting young people who are committed to lead progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals.

 

Regional Ambassadors

Find out more about the kind of people who attend WYSE programmes by reading about our regional ambassadors who have undertaken WYSE programmes in the past and can be a referral point for any questions you might have. 

 
 
 

Who we are

 

Our programmes are staffed by highly experienced professionals from leadership, psychological, educational, creative and business backgrounds who give their time on a pro bono basis.

WYSE International is an internatioanl charity headquartered in London UK, overseen by a Board of Trustees, with operations undertaken by a Leadership team.

Originally formed in 1988, WYSE International has conducted programmes in 17 countries and worked with emerging leaders from over 115 countries.  We are affiliated with the United Nations.

 
 
 

Support our work

If you have a vision to create real change in the world then support our work by investing in the next generation of emerging leaders.

We also offer partnerships for organisations.

 
 

 Climate Impact Statement

WYSE believes that leadership development and leading towards the issues of the planet are one of the highest priorities faced today. So to that end, WYSE is committed to democratising its leadership offering and where possible aligning it to the UNs Sustainable Development Goals, so that more people get the benefit of developing their leadership capability to make a difference.

Consequently, WYSE is focussing its time and resources on delivering its programmes virtually and scaling to reach more young people and to negate the need for face to face travel and the impact this has on the environment.  Our hope and aim is to scale from supporting approximately 120 young people per year to supporting many thousands by our virtual leadership development offering and our bespoke coaching programme supporting Global Change Makers around the Sustainable Development Goals. We recognise there is still a need for some face to face activities around training trainers and future volunteers but we are committed to face to face only when absolutely necessary.