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Leveraging Up!
Leverage Common Threads
Among Participants
Peer learning works best when participants have a lot in
common in their roles, functions or issues. What is important to
everyone involved? Is there something at stake, a shared challenge,
opportunity or goal? Multi-organization peer learning groups are
likely to have shared focus areas, like a joint project or a community
population they serve. For peer communities within an organization,
focus on needs or challenges that span departments or center on
organizational strategies.
As you identify the common thread that drives the need to connect
and learn from one another, consider aligning groups around:
• Position or title.
• Level in the organization.
• Experience level.
• Function, duties, and/or responsibilities.
• Specific challenges, industry pressures or initiatives.
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