The Employees You’re Not Reaching Are Closer Than You Think
What Inclusion Requires When Your Workforce Isn’t All in One Place The gap between the experiences of corporate and frontline employees is a conversation that many organizations would rather avoid. It’s an expected result of having drastically different kinds of functions and day-to-day roles. Nobody sat down and designed an employee experience that works well […]
The Rhythms That Turned 100 Chapters Into 2,000
What Happens When ERG Leaders Have One Consistent Place to Connect Most organizations with multiple ERGs or Councils have experienced some type of collaboration: two groups co-host an event, share a flyer, split the catering budget. It’s friendly and efficient, but the impact mostly stays at the surface. The groups operate separately but happen to […]
Well-Built Governance Gives ERG Leaders a Running Start
Structure That Lets ERGs Move Faster I spent a good portion of my early career resistant to anything that sounded like governance. Bureaucratic, top-down, designed more to manage people than to support them. For someone who came up valuing creativity and momentum, formal structures felt like the thing that slowed good work down or took […]
Cadence, Content, and Channels — Three Things Every ERG Communicator Should Know
ERG communications are a foundational part of each group’s success. It determines your reach, visibility, and often, directly drives participation. It’s also an area that can feel heavily administrative while being invaluable to the ERG; effort may feel disproportionate to the impact you can see. You’re sending regular updates, maintaining active channels, and producing genuinely […]
The Power of an Engaged Executive Sponsor
Even Senior Leaders Sometimes Underestimate their Impact I’ve met quite a few outstanding executive sponsors in the past two decades, and have heard ERG leaders speak with genuine gratitude and admiration for their sponsors on many occasions. I’ve also seen more moments than I can count in which a small effort or action from a […]
The Measurement Problem Isn’t About Metrics
When Impact Becomes a Burden Instead of a Bridge ERG leaders recognize the tension immediately. It tends to surface in a leadership meeting, during a quarterly review, or sometimes in a well-intentioned comment that sounds entirely reasonable on the surface: “How are we measuring the impact of this work?” It’s a logical question: ERGs […]
Designing Leadership that Lasts
Why ERG continuity is a system problem, not a succession problem. ERG leadership has evolved into a strategic function. The systems supporting it have not. The result is predictable: a core group of leaders carry disproportionate weight—sometimes because others don’t want to take on oversized roles, and often because the work was never designed to […]
Engagement Isn’t Attendance. It’s Access.
Why redesigning access (not adding more events) is the key to sustainable ERG engagement If you lead an ERG, you’ve likely said some version of this out loud — or under your breath: “People really care about what we’re doing… they just don’t show up.” It’s a frustrating place to land. You plan […]
The Power of Intentionality: Designing Human Experiences That Actually Matter
In a world that glorifies speed, efficiency, and scale, meaningful human experiences don’t happen by accident. They happen through intentional choices that honor how people connect, learn, restore, and show up as their fullest selves. This is a principle we hold deeply at the Global ERG Network®. Every detail of the 2025 GEN Conference […]
ERGs and Councils Are Today’s Most Powerful Professional Development Engine
If you lead or support an Employee Resource Group or Inclusion Council, you already know the truth: Your ERG or Council role is the place you grow the most. It pushes you, stretches you, and gives you opportunities your day job sometimes never touches. And yet—the value of that work is still underestimated in […]