ERG PowerTalk: Executive Leadership Insights on Inclusion

Can your ERG help your organization to become more people-friendly? Despite all the rhetoric about people first, most organizations are focused on profits. Unfortunately, without engaged people profits often fail to grow. Join me and my guest, Ervin (Earl) Cobb, Leadership and Business Management Consultant, Speaker, and Bestselling Author, to learn how you can help turn your company into an engag...

Can your ERG help your organization to develop and display more inclusive mental health practices? Join me and my Amsterdam-based guest Vivian Acquah, DEI Coach, Consultant & Strategist, Inclusive Workplace Wellness Advocate, Keynote Speaker, Facilitator, and Trainer, to find out how.

According to our guest for this episode of ERG PowerTalk, inclusion is a set of habits. So how can your ERG help you create more inclusive habits in yourself and others? Join me and my guest Maureen “Mo” Berkner Boyt, Founder & CEO of The Moxie Exchange & Everyday Inclusion | Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, to find out.

The world of work has gone through a complete upheaval. The result has been an unprecedented number of resignations. In this episode of ERG PowerTalk, our guests Lisen Stromberg and Corey Jones of PrismWork discuss how ERGs can help their companies weather the storm and thrive.

Most people can easily spot a polished diamond, but very few can find a diamond in the rough in a pile of stones. Likewise, when most organizations invest in talent, they are investing in already polished diamonds while letting savvier companies whisk away all their unpolished talent. Find out how to recognize and nourish all the talent in your ERGs in this episode of ERG PowerTalk with my guest L...

No one succeeds in their hero's journey all by themselves. In this episode of ERG PowerTalk find out how you can secure those precious guides and sages we all need to win! Join my guest author Michael Dumlao and me for an insightful look at the treasures hidden in plain sight all around you.

Equity is a word that is often used but rarely understood. What does it mean, and how is it the only means to truly create a world where inclusion works for everyone? Here are some clues: Equity is not a feeling or giving someone an advantage over others to make up for some structural deficit. So what is it? To get that answer and more, join my guest author Minal Bopaiah and me for this insight-pa...

Are you an ERG-aholic? That's right, an ERG-aholic. That's my name for the ERG multitasker that seems always to be running in circles, spinning their wheels fast, and not getting too far. You know it's true: ERG multitaskers work themselves to death and often achieve little rewards, and they are seldom appreciated for their efforts. ERG multi-achievers, however, do less and yet achieve much more....

To pay and how to pay ERG leaders? Those are the two questions many companies are asking today? So, what are the facts? What are other companies doing? What are the general trends? Join me and my guest Jes Osrow of the Rise Journey and get some fact-based answers.

How valuable is your ERG to your CEO? How valuable can it be to your CEO? Want to find out? Join me and my guest, Catherine A. Jacobson, President and CEO of Froedtert Health, in this episode of ERG PowerTalk. Learn about the source of your ERGs true power in the eyes of your CEO and how to leverage it.

In this episode, Author, Entrepreneur, and Social Justice Champion Howard Ross shows you how to build inclusive ERG/BRG communities. Communities that fully satisfy our need to be with others like us, without creating an exclusive tribe that keeps us away from enriching diversity.

In this episode, trusted CEO adviser and NYT Bestselling Author Bob Rosen, shows us how to build the internal psychological foundation we need to become a successful 21st-century leader.

In this episode, Joseph Kwon, a Udemy instructor known as the Connection Counselor teaches you how to leverage your role as a resource group leader to practice and develop the executive presence that will propel you into higher leadership roles.

In this episode, Kelly Newman, Lead Facilitator for BlueEQ, teaches you how to be a better more engaging resource group leader and get more out of your life by increasing your emotional intelligence.

In this episode, Amin Venjara an ADP expert on AI discusses what you and your ERGs can do to keep biases from sneaking into your company through your artificial intelligence tools.

In this episode, Historian, Actor, Businessman, and Speaker Sylvester Boyd, shares hidden element of history and how we can leverage true history to remove barriers to the corporate ivory tower.

In this episode, Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor and President of The Relationship Center, Kim Olver, will teach you how to win the hearts and minds of people in your company toward inclusion by leveraging Choice Theory.

In this episode, Dez Thornton, a past President of the Georgia Chapter of the National Speakers Association and a current board member who trains and coaches CEOs, will teach you how to be a more powerful speaker even if you have little time to prepare and practice.

In this episode, bestselling author and organizational development consultancy CEO Moe Carrick talks about why ERGs need to bring everyone on the inclusion journey and how to do it.

In this episode, Julie Kantor, President & CEO of Twomentor will show you how to turn your ERG into a mentorship engine that propels your career and the career of all you members.

In this episode, Adam Shapiro, President of SalesReformSchool will teach you how to turn membership in your ERG which people need into the burning want that will have them signing up.

In this episode, Medical Doctor and peak performance expert Dr. Tharaka Gunarathne (Dr. T), shares his techniques for increasing your performance energy and focus.

ERGs need to be attractive and engaging in order to thrive and grow. In this episode, you will hear two group Chairs, Monifa D. Drayton from Atrium Health and Lynn Pellerano from MassMutual sharing the secrets that have helped them grow robust and highly engaged groups.

In this episode, we will talk with a management practice expert on the advice she gives leaders and department managers, which is also of equal value to informal managers like ERG leaders.

Companies spend billions of dollars a year on unconscious bias training programs in an effort to create greater workplace inclusion. In this episode find out how you and your ERG can provide a vital element of support toward success to these efforts.