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Employee Resource Groups (ERGs)
Establishing Employee Resource Groups (ERGs), or clusters of voluntary people who share certain characteristics to create a safe space within an organization, is a keystone to fostering an inclusive and supportive work environment. They may be religious, ethnic, lifestyle or gender-based groups, and utilizing and supporting them correctly is a powerful way to drive positive impact within your organization.
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Including Frontline Workers in ERGs May Be the Key to Workplace Development and Progress
Methodology We reached out to 25 Diversity Best Practices members that have frontline workers (in healthcare, hospitality, manufacturing, distribution, and retail) to ask if they include them in employee resource groups (ERGs), what challenges they have faced and overcame, and how they use frontline workers to recruit, retain, and develop talent. Of the 25, 14 […]
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Member Webinar: Native American Heritage Month 2020
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Leadership Development Programs to Advance Diverse Talent
Wells Fargo The company’s Latin Connection Team Member Network has more than 40 chapters throughout the U.S. The network piloted a group mentoring program for 35 mid-level Latino team members called the Emerging Leaders League, which is intended to broaden participants’ understandingof career development and what it takes to succeed at Wells Fargo. The Latino […]
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Employee Resource Groups in Tech
Dell’s ERGs Bringing Collective Voices Together for GreaterImpact When we welcome and empower team members to show up at work as their true selves, the results are amazing. Our Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) help uscreate that sense of inclusion for all. Our award-winning ERGs are communities within Dell Technologies in which team members with common […]
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Linking ERG Roles to the Talent Development Process
The time to recognize and reward ERG leaders and members has never been more important. In recent years, ERGs have been asked to serve as brand ambassadors, diversity strategists, recruiters, event planners and focus groups for policies and features affecting users from theircommunity. Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, companies have called upon their […]
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Member Webinar: National Disability Employment Awareness Month 2020
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Member Webinar: Hispanic Heritage Month 2020
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ERGs for Women
Examples of ERGs for Women Women at Microsoft—W@M—conducts multiple events throughout the year to connect women on our campus to each other and the broader community and to help develop professional skills. For example, W@M brought the Dale Carnegie Skills for Success program to the Microsoft campuses last year. The program used interactive exercises designed […]
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Member Webinar: Virtual Pride Event 2020
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Employee Resource Groups Are Taking a More Collaborative, Intersectional Approach—and It’s Working
Employee Resource Groups (ERGs)
Establishing Employee Resource Groups (ERGs), or clusters of voluntary people who share certain characteristics to create a safe space within an organization, is a keystone to fostering an inclusive and supportive work environment. They may be religious, ethnic, lifestyle or gender-based groups, and utilizing and supporting them correctly is a powerful way to drive positive impact within your organization.