Avoiding Stereotyping and Tokenism

Relying heavily on ERGs for outreach may inadvertently pigeonhole members as representatives of only their identity groups, leading to tokenism. Overcome this by promoting ERGs as one component of a multifaceted talent strategy, ensuring that outreach efforts highlight diverse skills and experiences beyond demographic markers, and by involving allies and broader organizational leaders to share responsibility.

Relying heavily on ERGs for outreach may inadvertently pigeonhole members as representatives of only their identity groups, leading to tokenism. Overcome this by promoting ERGs as one component of a multifaceted talent strategy, ensuring that outreach efforts highlight diverse skills and experiences beyond demographic markers, and by involving allies and broader organizational leaders to share responsibility.

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