Professional Development Communities of Practice

Community Support

Consider the analogy of an elite athletic team: Its success is underpinned by a high-performance culture built on trusting professional relationships. In the same way, a successful business is built on transparent, trustworthy relationships. Essentially, these organizations have developed professional communities where employees share their skills and knowledge. The result is the transfer of the skills and knowledge that contribute to workplace productivity goals.

A professional community of practice is a programmatic approach to professional development focused on action-based outcomes. This approach facilitates capacity development within the organization and delivers unified business performance standards while minimizing external expenditure.

Given that many large organisations and training institutions are dedicating 10% of their annual budget to professional development it is important to clearly measure the tangible return on investment.

Review our complete article on the important role a professional community of practice can make within your organisation.