Enhancing Staff and Partner Efficiency in Uganda with LIFT Facilitator Training

MUCOBADI 

GOAL’s Global Partnership Centre co-sponsored a team from Leading International Futures Together (LIFT) to conduct leadership training for one of GOAL’s local partners in Uganda, MUCOBADI. The LIFT Facilitator Training is one example of how the GPC is enhancing staff and partner efficiency in GOAL’s countries of operation. 

MUCOBADI, founded in 2000, is a Uganda-based civil society organisation and humanitarian development agency. The organisation implements community resilience and long-term development programmes aimed at addressing the socio-economic causes of poverty and inequality. 

MUCOBADI is one of GOAL’s local implementation partners for the Young Africa Works: Markets for Youth programme in Uganda. The programme uses a market systems approach to help 300,000 young Ugandans access dignified and fulfilling work in the agricultural sector. 

LIFT Facilitator Training  

A team from LIFT trained eight participants to become LIFT roundtable facilitators. LIFT is a group action learning approach proven to be highly effective for the improvement of personal leadership skills; piloting in Uganda, this will be subsequently cascaded to other GOAL country programmes. The training participants included GOAL Uganda staff, MUCOBADI staff, NextGen alumnus, and GOAL Global Partnership Centre staff.

The facilitator training covered the basic tenets of leadership, with a specific focus on values that translate into behaviours, leading to better choices, sustainable change, and consequently better leadership at the workplace.  

It equipped participants with the required skills to effectively facilitate LIFT roundtables. Roundtables are a simple 5-step process for small groups, fostering individuals’ reflections on leadership values like listening, positive attitudes, and respect.  

All participants experienced practical facilitation sessions in preparation for the facilitation role that they will undertake as they cascade the LIFT approach to other staff in both GOAL and MUCOBADI.  

The day culminated with participants’ certification as LIFT facilitators, who will direct roundtable discussions with various groups of GOAL Uganda and MUCOBADI staff to enhance understanding and demonstrate leadership behaviours that exemplify the core values of both organisations.  

Participant Voices 

“This training is an eye opener and will allow us to share beyond organisational hierarchy! – Stella Rose Nume, Partnership Specialist for GOAL Uganda

“This training is very important in our daily engagement as an institution. It shapes leadership which is key to developing institutional culture and consequently achieving desired results. As we roll it out, this tool will help staff to reflect on their values” – John Baguma, Project Manager for MUCOBADI

“This has given me an opportunity to reflect on my life goals and choices” – Pedo Lokeris Claire, GOAL NextGen Alumnus 

Pedo Lokeris Claire, GOAL NextGen Alumnus

“This programme will help solve some common challenges at work and in the communities. It calls for the culture of inward looking and allows for self-reflection” – Tonny Okwir, Market Systems Team Leader for GOAL Uganda 

“I appreciate GOAL for this timely training. We have been trying to make the staff appreciate the organisational values. This tool is going to make it very easy for us” – Roseline Alweny, Human Resource Manager for MUCOBADI

Roseline Alweny, Human Resource Manager for MUCOBADI

“The approach will help us understand and appreciate GOAL values. I will transfer the same knowledge to my family” – Samuel Kajwara, Partnership Specialist for GOAL Uganda 

“The training builds a lot of self-reflection. It is the right training for developing values and the perfect training for quality leadership!” – Julius Opio, Programmes and Partnership Manager for MUCOBADI

“This training has changed my perspective to life” – Hebert Okello, GOAL NextGen Alumnus

Hebert Okello, GOAL NextGen Alumnus