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Unlocking Competitive Advantage: How Employee Resource Groups Build Strategic Relational Capital
In today’s hyper-competitive landscape, business success hinges on more than innovation or scale — it depends on the ability to build unique, hard-to-replicate assets. While technology and operations matter, companies that consistently outperform do so by leveraging a less visible but powerful asset: relational capital. One of the most enduring frameworks for understanding strategic advantage, […]
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Organizational Climate and Culture: An Introduction to Theory, Research, and Practice
In this updated edition, Mark G. Ehrhart, Benjamin Schneider and William H. Macey present a thorough examination of both the history and current status of research in each field, as well as areas for their potential integration. Academics, practitioners, and students will all deepen their understanding of how organizations function and will gain insights into how to improve both organizational research and organizational effectiveness.
Is it time to dig in our heels or flex? What is next for employee resource groups?
On February 5, 2025, Charles Ezell, Acting Director of the U.S. Office of Personnel Management, issued a memo directing agencies to prohibit ERGs that promote unlawful DEIA initiatives, following the revocation of key executive orders. While primarily affecting...
Learn and Connect Series: Discover How Generations and Life Stages Shape ERG Success
Click here for the slides. Session Leader: Theresa Welbourne Join us March 20 from 9a-10:30a PT for our Learn & Connect online meeting exploring the impact of generational differences and life stages on employee experiences and ERG dynamics. Gain actionable...
Rethinking Talent Decisions: A Tale of Complexity, Technology, and Subjectivity
Talent management is a linchpin of organisational triumph in our dynamic and swiftly evolving business world. As a key decision-maker, your capacity to craft astute talent decisions holds the potential to transcend your company from mere mediocrity to unparalleled excellence.
Strategic Leadership is at a Crossroads
Today’s generation of senior executives developed their expertise, and advanced in their careers, in a world that looks very different from where we stand today. This article addresses how things have changed, where they stand today, and what leaders now need to do to enable successful strategy execution in 2025 and beyond.
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Client Case Study: Building Internal Organization Design Capability for an Energy Solutions Company
We recently partnered with a rapidly growing stored energy solutions company to enhance its internal organization design capabilities. This engagement was initiated by the Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO), who, familiar with our renowned organization design...
Client Case Study: Envisioning 2030-Envisioning an R&D Organization Design for a Major Consumer Products Company
We recently concluded a year-long strategic initiative within the R&D function of a leading consumer products company. The project's objective was to envision and design their organization structure for 2030, in alignment with the company's established vision and...
Strategic Employee Resource Group (ERG) Leaders Drive Success and Innovation through the 2024 Center for Effective Organizations (CEO) Awards Program
Center for Effective Organizations (CEO), University of Southern California’s Marshall School of Business Jennifer Sparks-Taylor (213) 740-9814 sparksj@marshall.usc.edu Release Date: January 3, 2025 Strategic Employee Resource Group (ERG) Leaders Drive Success and...
Learn & Connect Series: Strategic Resource Groups Achieving Organizational Goals
Session Leader: Theresa Welbourne Join us as we embark on a transformative journey to professionalize and elevate the field of employee resource groups (ERGs) by developing a new model that enhances their impact within organizations. This is the time to move...
Dynamics of Employee Resource Groups: Leader Experiences Driving Mutual Benefits for Employees and Employers
Employee Resource Groups (ERGs), which bring together employees with shared identity or purpose, have been expanding around the globe. ERGs can be a recruiting and retention tool, providing member benefits of career growth, developing friends and providing expanded purpose at work. Given their popularity, they are of interest for researchers. Thus, we conducted a study […]
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