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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