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Empowering future leaders through communities of practice

CLO Magazine

There’s an underutilized resource at your company that can supercharge your leadership development efforts: Communities of practice. Every successful community has emerging leaders at its core. When your sellers set up a chat to discuss tips on closing difficult sales, they have formed a community of practice.

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Communities of Practice in your LMS: A hidden KM tool

TalentLMS

Extend this to the Subject Matter Experts and popular spokes-person through a defined communication framework and you have a community of practice in action! Knowledge in this wiki is “community managed and owned”. The key is to assign responsibility to individuals who will monitor, mentor and manage this system.

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Communities of Practice in your LMS: A hidden KM tool

TalentLMS

Extend this to the Subject Matter Experts and popular spokes-person through a defined communication framework and you have a community of practice in action! Knowledge in this wiki is “community managed and owned”. The key is to assign responsibility to individuals who will monitor, mentor and manage this system.

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The Case for Communities of Practice

Jay Cross's Informal Learning

In his 2001 book Kitchen Confidential , Anthony Bourdain describes how he became a professional chef and how he continues to support the community of professional chefs. Chefs are a community of like-minded individuals who identify with one another, advance the practice of their profession and help new entrants join the industry.

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At the edge

Clark Quinn

Communities of Practice served as a model for this thinking. Instead of courses, the solution connected those with demonstrable skills to mentor those who could benefit. For an internal self-help solution, Allison Anderson developed a community of practice with events, portal, and a networking platform.

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10 Reasons to Join The eLearning Guild

Web Courseworks

If you are a professional instructional designer or online course developer, you probably belong to the community of practice called the eLearning Guild. They have their regular speaker experts and their annual conferences, and they have their industry vendors who help support the community. “Street” Cred.

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Creating Tomorrow’s Life Sciences Sales Leaders: 3 Strategies

PDG

Establish mentoring relationships at the outset by leveraging high-performing managers who are getting ready for their next step professionally; their wealth of knowledge and experiences can be invaluable in the development of new leaders. Establish mentors who update the goals and development plans with candidates. Call to Action.

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