Andy welcomes Yvonne Harris to the podcast to discuss diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) and employee resource groups (ERGs). Yvonne Harris is a DEI leader, corporate social responsibility champion, and human resources expert. Prior to her consulting business, she was with Capgemini North America, a global leader in consulting, technology services, and digital transformation where she held roles in DEI, diversity talent attraction, inclusion brand leader, and as an HR leader for their Houston office.

Yvonne Harris also has a passion for making a positive contribution to issues that impact women and has led her to involvement in a community-wide effort to increase awareness about maternity mortality and to advocate for improvement in women’s healthcare. In this interview, Andy digs into all things ERGs including what they are, how to get the most out of them, the mistakes a lot of organizations make, some of the best practices in setting up and using ERGs, and some examples and topics she’s seen organizations use.

In the bonus content of this interview, which is only available in the Talent Development Think Tank private podcast, Andy talks to her about running her business, some of her challenges, the proudest moment in her career, biggest mistakes, trends she’s following, books she recommends, and her career advice for you.

In this episode, you’ll hear:

1. How Yvonne Harris became involved with DEI and ERGs.
2. What employee resource groups (ERGs) are and why they are important to organizations.
3. How ERGs are being used in talent recruitment and development and as outreach.
4. Why talent development leaders should view ERGs as an effective business partner in what they’re trying to drive.
5. What employee resource groups can do to create development opportunities in an organization and how they connect employees to one another.
6. The mistakes in ERG programs that your organization needs to avoid.
7. The best practices Yvonne Harris has seen in employee resource groups and why they work so well.
8. How the COVID-19 pandemic has affected ERGs with virtual networking and talent development.
9. The most popular employee resource groups Yvonne Harris sees and how you can start your own ERGs.
10. Why you should poll your employees before planning your employee resource groups.

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Connect with Yvonne Harris:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/ynharris/

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