52 Weeks: Week 10 - Peer Support

Focus Question:  What type of peer support could you benefit from? What are you curious about learning about from your peers? (Knowledge, resources, tricky issues, hacks etc.?)
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Description
Peer support is an often-underutilized component of any learning process inside, and outside, of organizations.

Peer support can take many forms:

Learning partners – Partnerships can be formed with members of the same team or different teams to provide a wider view of the work, role industry and/or organization,  Learning partners may be assigned specific questions that they explore together so they can learn more about each other’s roles, processes, skills etc.  Learning partners can also be used as part of larger training, with partners meeting in between modules to support each other’s implementation of skills.

Job Shadowing – This involves spending time with others and following them through day-to-day operations. Job shadowing provides a “birds-eye view” of how tasks are done.

Action Learning Groups – Groups of peers may come together and work real-time on current challenges and opportunities in an organization.

Peer Coaching – Connected with other learning initiatives, small groups of peers may come together for discussion, sharing and learning about what’s working, what’s possible and what’s challenging with their work and/or their role.
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What else might be possible?

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Activity
Consider the different opportunities you have in place for more peer learning and support.
What are the things you are curious about?

• How people do things? (i.e. organizing, systems, relationships, etc.)
• What people do and what they are responsible for?
• How they approach tricky issues?
• What resources they would recommend?

For more on this topic check out:
PlanDoTrack – Quarterly Planning Section and related questions.
Effective Virtual Conversations – chapters on peer learning.

Wishing you the best, 
​Jennifer

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​Jennifer Britton
Co-host of the Remote Pathways Podcast
Potentials Realized – Coaching, Training and Consulting Services for remote teams, leaders and professionals 
 
Check out the most recent Remote Pathways Podcast Episode, where we explore the people, places and processes of exceptional remote work. You can listen to the latest episode here, or on your favorite podcast player.
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