Ways we help the leadership group connect and contribute at Buffer

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A few of the things we've done to help The leadership group at Buffer connect and to have them meaningfully contribute beyond their specific role and area:

1. I host a monthly "Leadership Roundtable" with folks in this group. It's an hour long meeting where I choose two current topics to discuss, debate and align around as a group. See § Leadership Roundtables.
2. We set up Slack and Threads (our tool for longer form comms) channels to give this group a space to share ideas and challenges asynchronously with each other.
3. We set up regular (weekly) "Leadership Lounges" for this group to connect in a much more casual setting. These are optional, and the idea is to create a sort of "Teacher's Lounge" environment for catching up on anything in or outside work.