Developing Strategic Peer Relationships in Your Organization

Overview/Description
Cultivating relationships with your work peers can lead to success for you as an individual and for your organization as a whole. Developing a supportive peer network can provide you with access to a wide variety of expertise and institutional knowledge and it enables you to leverage other people's networks. Because every workplace has its own dynamic, you need to develop a better awareness of your environment. This course explores how you can identify the peers in your organization who are especially important in meeting your goals and it shows you how to develop solid, mutually beneficial relationships with these people.

Target Audience
Individual contributors in an organization who want to develop effective peer relationships throughout their organization, as well as within their own work groups

Expected Duration (hours)
1.0

Lesson Objectives

Developing Strategic Peer Relationships in Your Organization

recognize how you can become more aware of your working environment

recognize which of your colleagues are key peers

evaluate an individual's ability to build strategic peer relationships in a given scenario

describe how to keep your peer relationships healthy