Employee Resource Groups have become a key component of successful diversity and inclusion strategies. ERGs can serve as a tremendous support system to foster respect, drive awareness, and promote inclusion within the workplace. Over the past decade organizations have been able to successfully demonstrate ERG impact on talent sourcing and management, community relations and business impact.
Five Ways to Increase Member Engagement in ERGs
Article
Best Practices
Employee Resource Groups
Leadership
Strategic Planning
An organization should never lose sight of the original purpose of the ERG – to serve its employees. Above all the ERGs should provide resources to the employees they represent including a rich and inclusive network, access to coaching and networking, and opportunities for career advancement. We share five tips for enhancing the effectiveness of your ERG member engagement strategy.
There is no denying that accepting the role to lead an ERG comes with an abundance of work outside your day-to-day responsibilities. Often times ERG chairs can feel as though they are drowning in the work to be done, and do not have a clear understanding of the benefit of taking on such a role. In order to fully maximize your role as an ERG chair it is important to first understand the typical roles and responsibilities of the chair and co-chair positions.
A Step-by-Step Process for Recognzing and Managing Bias
Article
Allies & Champions
Middle Manager Engagement
Provides an overview of how to recognize bias in yourself and several steps to manage those biases for positive impact.
This article talks about the benefit to the organization in recognizing that everyone has biases and the positive impact that it can have on addressing those biases.
A focus on equity means addressing pay and career opportunity gaps and committing the right effort and resources to strategic priorities that purposely focus on providing opportunity to traditionally underrepresented employee groups. Here are some things you can do to foster equity in your own organizations.
10 Ways Leaders Can Support Diversity and Inclusion
Article
Allies & Champions
Inclusion
Leadership
Organizational Culture
This article offers some concrete tips that are designed to engage leaders and managers in diversity and inclusion work and serve as a resource to better enable their success.
The Managing the Challenges and Opportunities of a Multigenerational Workforce Training is designed to help organizations manage the challenges and make the most of the opportunities associated with a multigenerational workforce by leveraging the strengths each generation brings to the table.
