Peer Partnership, How Do You Implement It?
Introduction
As a means of encouraging employee growth, many companies are turning to peer partnerships. This involves uniting individuals within workgroups in order to create an engaging and collaborative atmosphere. Not only does this help spur individual growth and development, but it also teaches us how to best use emerging trends. Let’s dive deeper into the positive effects of peer partnership.
What is peer partnership?
Peer partnership is about uniting individuals to create an engaging workgroup atmosphere. By encouraging the exchange of experiences, employees can easily explore their own current opportunities and strive for more secure positions within a team or organization. Not only does this help spur individual growth and development at the same time it teaches us how to best serve or client and provide for our employees.
“Individually we are one drop; but together we are an ocean.”
Holding each other accountable
Collaborating is an essential part of reaching your highest potential. Through the structure and consistency that accountability provides in partnerships, mentors and mentees can work together to discover innovative solutions. By holding others accountable we have a better chance at achieving success - both as individuals and as a team. Working together as peers is the key to creating strong partnerships. Regular check-ins give mentors and mentees alike a fantastic opportunity to reach their fullest potential. Plus, it's an awesome chance for everyone involved to collaborate in order brainstorm creative solutions that will be beneficial for all.
Implementing peer partnership
At your organization, trust and mutual understanding are keys to success. With this in mind, why not let current team members be peer partners for new ones? Allow those who have risen through the ranks to pass their knowledge on - it lets employees learn what actually interests them! Management should also keep an eye open so that pairings can be tailored as best as possible; after all, every individual is unique!
“Coming together is a beginning, staying together is progress, and working together is success.”
Conclusion
Partnering those on your team with similar roles can help them achieve great things and push each other to be better. When people have someone to hold them accountable, it's much easier to stay on track and make progress. If you're not sure how to get started we can help. Let's brainstorm some ideas for how you could implement your own peer partnership program.