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Curriculum Summary
- History and Evolution of Employee Resource Groups
- Building the Business Case
- Building Success through Leadership
- Logistics and Best Practices for ERGs
- Leadership and Cultural Competencies for Effective ERGs
- Planning for Action
Content
History and Evolution of Employee Resource Groups
- An overall construct for forming and growing impactful ERGs
- History of ERGs
- Type of ERGs
- The ERG lifecycle
Building the ERG Business Case
- Tying to overall organizational business goals and values as well as to the rationale of D&I
- Moving to equity and belonging
- Building the business case for ERGs – value to the ERG members,
value to the company
An overview of the Various ERG Roles and Responsibilities
- Executive and HR leadership
- HR practitioner
- ERG leaders
- Executive sponsors
- HR advisor / liaison
Structure, Mechanics and Best Prac ces of ERGs
- Establishing a charter, structure, communications
- Leadership selections and development
- ERG strategic planning and tying to organizational business goals
- Developing an annual plan
- Goals, metrics, and measurements
Connection with the Larger ERG Eco-System
- Inter-ERG coordination: ERGs across multiple sites, taking ERGs international, etc.
- Intra-ERG coordination: Sharing best practices, joint events, etc.
- Interaction with other corporate diversity initiatives
Guided Action Planning Process