Today I’m talking about Role Models, Employee Resource Groups & The Right People.
Role Models are often portrayed as the solution to many of the challenges that minority groups experience in the workplace. When anyone talks about employee resource groups, sooner or later you’re going to hear the words role model. But what does this actually mean and how can you use role models in your resource group?
In todays show I discuss several things including:
- The biggest mistake that employee resource groups make when working with role models
- The crucial shift in attitude that will transform the way you think about role models and resource groups
- Three tips to enhance the way you work with role models and much much more
Here’s some of what I share in the show:
The Confusion between Role Models, Mentors and Sponsors
I discuss the reasons why people are often confused between role models, mentors and sponsors:
‘The term role model is often conflated with sponsor or mentor and not only does this this lead to confusion; it also means that we are not getting the most out of our role models”
The Attitude Shift that will transform the way you think about role models
“This is an important shift in attitude because it promotes our individual agency, our ability to act as thinking individuals for our best interests and this places us in the driving seat even when we think about role models”
Employee Resource Groups are important for role models
I explain how research has shown how employee resource groups are important for minority groups and their role models:
“One of the most compelling findings of my ongoing research that first appeared in my PhD is that in the absence of developmental relationships, mentors and mentoring functions. Employees want the resource group to act as one”
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Show Notes
Mentoring at Work: Developmental Relationships in Organizational Life
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