COMMITTEE SPOTLIGHT
The Facilitator Professional Emphasis Group (PEG)
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he IPI Facilitator Professional Emphasis Group, or PEG, is a place where professional facilitators come
must be an adequate pool of professional, seasoned partnering
together to share their perspectives, knowledge and
facilitators who can act as the change agents for partnering
lessons learned with one another and IPI. Members of the
programs and projects. This is why we want to work to make
PEG include professional partnering facilitators from all
the Professional Partnering Facilitator a profession.
over the US, Canada and Sweden. The purpose of the PEG is to tap into the collective wisdom of the facilitators who
The IPI Facilitator PEG is chaired by Jim Eisenhart, Ventura
participate in hundreds of projects all over the country
Consulting and Sue Dyer, OrgMetrics. The Facilitator PEG
and beyond. So far the PEG has focused on developing
meets every six weeks. All professional facilitators are invited
an IPI Facilitator Code of Ethics and they created the IPI
to participate.
Professional Partnering Facilitator Certification levels and process (see page 6 for more information).
Next up will be the implementation of a Mentor/Protégé process that will marry Senior Certified facilitators with
The professional partnering facilitator is an essential element in the process of developing culture change. There
IPI Launches Collaborative Partnering Orientation Training IPI’s Collaborative Partnering Orientation Training was
aspiring facilitators. And, the development of a Facilitated Dispute Resolution Facilitator certification criteria and process.
the Collaborative Partnering Program elements that are needed/required, based on the risk level of your project. The training will walk you through the Collaborative Partnering Specifications so you can choose the best spec for each project and understand the roles and responsibilities of the project team members and stakeholders. An experiential
born out of the many requests received for an introduction
element is also included where the participants will explore
to IPI’s Collaborative Partnering Model. As more owners
ways they believe increased collaboration could benefit
are adopting the model there was a need to provide an
their projects.
overview to their team members. This half-day orientation
This training can accommodate up to 30 attendees per
training presents a summary of the Collaborative Partnering
class. IPI members’ experiences show that making training
Model. The training is designed to help answer questions
required proves to be highly effective in contributing
that your team will likely have as you begin to implement
significantly to the success of their partnering programs.
the Collaborative Partnering Model. It can also be helpful
For best results you will want to include people from the
if you want to influence others to use the Collaborative
owner, contractor, designer and construction manager.
Partnering Model. You will be armed with a better overall
This will allow for a shared learning experience, aligned
understanding of what the model is, why it is needed, and
expectations, a common vocabulary along with learning
how it works.
about each others’ point of view. To schedule training(s) for
The training includes a review of the vertical and horizontal Collaborative Partnering matrices. These outline
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your organization’s teams, give IPI a call at (925) 447-9100 or email ED@PartneringInstitute.org.
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