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January 30, 2018

The 3 Big Mistakes That Employee Resource Groups Make On Their Corporate Websites When Promoting Diversity

Today, I want to talk about how employee resource groups are presented on corporate websites and how a number of common practices could be damaging their efforts to become a more inclusive workplace. Organisations are falling over themselves to show that they are committed to diversity and inclusion and one of the ways they achieve this is through representations of their employee resource groups on their websites. A recent research paper exploring the relationship between employee engagement, employee resource groups and corporate websites suggest that the online representations of employee resource groups actually inhibited employee engagement. I want to talk about what this actually means and why this matters to your organisation In todays show I discuss several things including:

In This Episode We Cover

  • The common practices on your company website that may be undermining your efforts to be an inclusive workplace
  • One of the reasons that people in your organisation may have a low opinion of employee resource groups
  • The mixed messages about diversity and inclusion that your organisation may be sending and much much more
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Leaders must establish systems to ensure that everyone shares the same advantages and benefits. These processes will create incentives for inclusive behaviours.

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Leaders must redefine career development relationships to support inclusive performance.
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Leaders must properly socialise people and socialise inclusive ideas by providing an environment for the cultural learning needed for an active role in an inclusive organisation

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