3 Reasons Why Organisations Love Women’s Employee Resource Groups When Talking About Diversity

Have you noticed how popular the women’s employee resource groups are in organisations?

Find out 3 Reasons why Organisations Love Women’s Employee Resource Groups

Here are some key messages from this episode

• Why Gender Equality remains a priority
• Why Women’s Resource Groups are important for Talent Development
• The one group that seems to benefit from Diversity & Inclusion initiatives

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Here are some key takeaways from this episode:

Many organisations still see Diversity & Inclusion in terms of Gender

“Part of the reason is the political and legal pressure to address the problem. In the UK all employers with over 250 employees are required to report their gender pay gap data. That’s a legal requirement”

Women’s employee resource groups are a “pipeline for the pipeline”

“If you have an effective employee resource group, it will have some kind of career development activities, this could be as simple as how to negotiate a pay rise or planning the next 3 years of your career.”

 Women’s employee resource groups are an easy way to include men in the conversation

“It allows men who want to help, to have a place to do so without controlling the agenda and this seems to be really popular. “

Here are some resources so you can go deeper

108 Years: Wait for Gender Equality Gets Longer as Women’s Share of Workforce, Politics Drops

Check out these related episodes of the show

How Male Allies Can Support Women for Gender Equality In The Workplace

Invisible Women: Exposing Data Bias in a World Designed for Men

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