From the course: Achieving Employee Resource Group Excellence

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The executive ERG beacon

The executive ERG beacon

Since every employee resource group tends to have an executive sponsor, it was important that we spend some time on some of the more common roles that those sponsors play. That of being a planner or kind of a strategist. We've seen executive sponsors that serve as connectors or brokers for the ERG. We've seen ERG executive sponsors are visible champions and strong advocates for your Employee Resource Group. And then we looked at sponsors who do a good job of connecting ERGs to talented individuals, as well as connecting talented individuals of an organization to an Employee Resource Group.

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