During this series, Georgia Thompson will facilitate a discussion around employee-resource groups & how to make them effective. 

This dynamic conversation will uncover the real purpose of employee resource groups and what they should aim to do. We will discuss how to start them and keep them sustainable including reviewing research on women’s networking in construction from Vanda Papafilippou from University of West England.

Vanda will be on hand to answer your queries and help you unblock the blockers! What are you issues? Where do you want to make the biggest impact? Let's discuss and help you make your employee network not only be engaging but help create the strategy for your company.

Please join in the conversation with your real life examples of how to set one up, and get ready to tell us what advice/guidance you would like and what are the fundamentals required to build a successful employee resource group. 

Employee Resource Groups, what is the point?

Wednesday 12th August 2020 @ 5:30pm

What is an Employee Resource Group compared to an Employee Network? 

How they are formed & how to start one. The fundamentals.

Internal vs. external.

Q&A

Employee Resource Groups, how to be effective?

Wednesday 19th August 2020 @ 5:30pm

Making ERGs effective.

Strategies to get senior management support.

How can an ERG influence the direction of business?

How to improve engagement.

Q&A

Women’s Networks in Engineering, do they work?

Wednesday 26th August 2020 @5:30pm

The third and final session will wrap up the previous 2 sessions and explore research undertaken from Vanda Papafilippou from UWE. Diving into her research about women’s network’s in construction.

Providing her opinion and advice for you to kickstart a new or existing group. Her knowledge from her research can be applied to any employee resource group.

Send in any questions you have to info@dversty.co.uk

These webinars will be recorded and used to inform further discussion topics.