ERG Accelerator Programme
Shaping Employee Networks to Become Impactful Change Partners
Programme Overview
Never before has building inclusive cultures in our workplaces mattered more, especially in a polarised world defined by increasing levels of isolation and burnout. Recognising that effective Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) are key enablers to make inclusion at work a reality is paramount.
Our bespoke ERG Accelerator Programme is tailored to address the challenges faced by your ERGs. It is delivered as a collaborative learning experience to equip your ERG leadership with the capabilities to become change enablers, and successfully work in partnership with senior leadership to foster cultures of belonging.
If we are to ensure ERGs are impactful, they must align with the expectations of their members and the organisation’s DE&I priorities. Experience suggests that this can be accomplished by clearly communicating the ERG’s purpose and goals, aligning each ERG’s activities with the corporate DE&I strategy, and lending sufficient organisational support to ERG leaders.
Bitesize Learning
Over the course of the Programme, comprising of 3 x 90-minute virtual workshops, our experienced facilitators draw from their wealth of expansive experience to walk ERG leaders step-by-step to become effective change partners.
We equip ERG leaders with the clarity and confidence in their purpose, roles and responsibilities, guide them in maturing their governance framework, and grow their capacity for action by unlocking their abilities to influence.
Connecting ERG leaders with their Executive sponsors, we bring together these stakeholders to explore what successful partnership looks like in practice and roadmap how they can support one another to deliver strategic alignment.
Fostering inter-ERG collaboration, we encourage making resource-sharing and joint organising the norm, not the exception, to centre an intersectional approach. Defining critical success factors and key metrics is a must if ERGs are to demonstrate their impact.
Is This Programme For You?
This Programme is designed to support ERG leaders in becoming effective change partners. This is about growing their capacity to influence, align with leadership, and ultimately remain member-led in their mission.
Their executive sponsorship also plays a pivotal role in their success, with this Programme facilitating the assessment of current barriers and opportunities for an impactful partnership.
ERGs & Inclusion Impact
ERGs are crucial change partners in supporting your company achieve its mission and align with you values-led purpose.
ERGs offer vital perspectives on the changing expectations of your clients, people, and suppliers; informing innovative product development and ultimately driving market relevance and growth.
ERGs act as important ambassadors for your organisational identity and can set you apart by becoming an employer of choice and community partner.
ERGs at their best offer invaluable leadership development and mentoring opportunities, empowering employees to grow professionally and assume leadership roles within your company.
ERGs are paramount to fostering an engaged and inclusive work environment by accelerating connection, promoting diversity awareness, and advocating for equity.
Impactful Outcomes
On completion of this Programme, your ERGs will have enhanced their capabilities to:
Having defined roles and responsibilities together with a well-led, well-resourced, and well-sponsored approach.
Becoming agents of change in partnership with executive sponsors to deliver inclusive growth.
Ensuring their work is aligned with both organisational and employee expectations.
Facilitating the development and sponsorship of key talent, advancing pay and promotion equity, as well as working together with core operational functions.
Seeing each other as complementary and interdependent, rather than competing and separate, to centre the experiences of multiply-marginalised folks.
Demonstrating their business value by moving beyond activity-based metrics to those focused on sustainable impact-outcomes.