Tag: employee resource groups

February 23, 2023

Employee resource groups (ERGs), also known as affinity groups, are employee-driven groups focused on a shared and often protected characteristic, life experience or interest. These groups have proliferated, with roughly 90 percent of Fortune 500 companies, along with a growing […]

September 13, 2022

September is Suicide Prevention Awareness Month—an effort to destigmatize suicide, educate the public on the importance of mental health care and provide prevention resources to those who need them. For Robert Bogue, the occasion hits close to home. His son, […]

August 15, 2022

Companies face a number of challenges in today’s landscape, including high employee turnover and political polarization. These issues make it difficult to keep the fabric of their company intact and to promote a unified workforce. Both employee retention and unity […]

June 28, 2022

Women are more likely than men to prefer hybrid or remote schedules. Specifically, 1 in 3 women prefer to work fully remotely, and 1 in 2 women desire a hybrid schedule, according to a 2021 report by management consulting company […]

January 5, 2022

If we’re honest with ourselves as corporate leaders, we have to admit we should have better anticipated the workforce challenges of the COVID-19 recovery. Lives and livelihoods have been shaken, and shutdowns have frayed workplace trust. Business goals and employee […]

October 4, 2021

Issues related to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) have been top-of-mind for many organizations over the past several months as the country continues to mourn George Floyd and heal from other racial injustices that have been ever-present in the media […]

June 17, 2021

For this round of our spotlight on diversity and inclusion (D&I) leaders in corporate America, we spoke to Mia Vasser, Culture, Diversity, and Engagement Program Manager with CallRail. Vasser is relatively new to the D&I scene, but she has found […]

June 7, 2021

Steve Pemberton has come a long way since he entered the foster care system as a toddler. The chief HR officer at workplace recognition company, Workhuman, chronicled his life story in a book released in 2012 that was subsequently made […]

February 10, 2020

Does your organization have and promote employee resource groups (ERGs)? If not, you may be asking, what are ERGs?? ERGs are groups that are established so employees can voluntarily meet with others they have something in common with, others they […]

November 19, 2019

Employee resource groups (ERGs) are voluntary, employee-driven networks that empower team members, foster diversity and inclusion, spark connectivity and creativity, and develop a support system around a particular interest that aligns with an organization’s purpose and values. While ERG programs […]

August 9, 2016

Passionate employees are engaged employees, and what enterprise wouldn’t want to tap into that energy? Many enterprises do just that through employee resource groups (ERGs), also called business resource groups (BRGs). Today’s ERGs are not the affinity or networking groups […]