E-024 · Theme 2 · Mentoring & Pathways
Peer Mentoring Groups
Use Peer Mentoring Groups to make mentoring and personal development easier to find, choose and sustain.
Developed further: this summary now draws on an initiative-specific internal editorial draft and attributed references. Human review has not started and will open only at the Full-Corpus Review Build.
What could this idea change?
It helps knowledge, confidence and encouragement move between members instead of resting with a few people.
It may suit: Members seeking guidance or a new challenge, and the people offering practical support.
A simple way to start
- Interview likely participants and the relevant club owner to define one shared challenge, what the cohort may decide or test, and what remains outside its authority. Who could lead it: Peer-group coordinator
- Invite an opt-in cohort, check conflicts and access needs privately, and confirm that participants are willing to bring a real current case and act on peer questions. Who could lead it: Peer-group coordinator
- Agree the charter, teach a short case-clinic sequence and let each participant set one measurable practice goal for the six- to eight-week cycle. Who could lead it: Facilitator
- Run two case-clinic sessions in which the case owner describes the challenge, peers ask clarifying and reflective questions before offering options, and the owner chooses one small experiment. Who could lead it: Rotating case owners with facilitator
- Use paired check-ins between sessions to test progress without taking over the work, and escalate any matter beyond the cohort's competence or authority. Who could lead it: Peer partners
What should we look for?
- After 90 days, review Peer Mentoring Groups. Look for suitable matches, regular check-ins and progress against goals chosen by the participating member.
- Participants who bring a real case, choose an experiment and complete at least one peer check-in.
- Experiments completed within the cycle and reviewed against evidence chosen by the case owner.
- Matters outside the group's authority or competence referred to the correct owner without informal decision-making.
- Participants who choose an appropriate next pathway and club-level lessons that receive a named response after the cohort closes.
Before we say yes
- Does it fit a real local need?
- Can people take part safely and fairly?
- Are the facts, permissions and Rotary branding right?
- Who will lead it, and when will we review it?