ERG PowerTalk: Executive Leadership Insights on Inclusion
ERG PowerTalk delivers executive-level insights on how to run and leverage employee and business resource groups to drive measurable business results and positive career outcomes from leaders and members. Each episode features experienced thought leaders sharing practical strategies to help ERG and BRG leaders create value for the business, strengthen their groups, and deliver meaningful outcomes for their members.
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June 16, 2026 • 47 mins
Organizations have invested billions of dollars into ERGs, yet many still struggle to demonstrate measurable business value in areas such as revenue growth, customer impact, operational performance, or cost reduction. In this episode, I sit down with Sheryl Miller, Founder of Reboot Global and CEO of the ERG Leaders Summit, to explore how organizations are repositioning ERGs from internal activity centers into business contributors...
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June 9, 2026 • 46 mins
Corporate ERGs are under increasing pressure to prove they contribute more than internal engagement activities and cultural programming. In this episode of ERG PowerTalk, Joe Santana speaks with Greg Jenkins, Founder and Principal of Greg Jenkins Consulting and a former U.S. Army leader with more than 28 years of experience leading teams in highly accountable, mission-focused environments. The discussion explores how ERGs can shift...
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June 2, 2026 • 72 mins
Organizations are spending hundreds of billions of dollars to better understand customers, workforce behavior, and emerging market shifts, while often overlooking the valuable human insights already within their own employee networks. In this episode, futurist economist and business trends analyst Bronwyn Williams shares perspectives drawn from advising multinational organizations, governments, and global institutions on demographi...
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May 26, 2026 • 58 mins
Most ERGs struggle to prove how their work drives revenue, reduces costs, or improves performance, which limits their influence and funding. Paolo Gaudiano, Chief Scientist at Aleria and ARC, brings decades of experience applying data and analytics to measure how workforce conditions impact financial outcomes. In this episode, he explains how shifting from representation metrics to measuring employee experience and its link to prod...
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May 19, 2026 • 53 mins
Critical business decisions are often made without frontline insight, leading to missed revenue, higher costs, and underperforming strategies. Mantej Singh, founder of Belonging Co. and a strategist advising government and corporate leaders, focuses on turning inclusion into measurable operational outcomes. In this episode, he explains how shifting ERGs from filtered, reactive input to independent insight engines enables organizati...
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May 12, 2026 • 34 mins
Organizations continue to overspend on recruiting while missing lower-cost, higher-impact ways to attract qualified talent. Al Kushner, creator of the Link Vantage system and author of The AI LinkedIn Advantage, has helped executives and organizations drive six-figure growth through LinkedIn-based strategies. He explains that the key shift is activating employees and ERGs as visible, credible brand ambassadors to improve recruiting...
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May 5, 2026 • 46 mins
Many ERGs struggle to secure executive attention and funding because their work is not tied to measurable business outcomes such as revenue growth, cost reduction, or market expansion. Arias WebsterBerry, CEO of Ignite Funnels and WebsterBerry Marketing, brings experience helping organizations scale to six- and seven-figure performance through positioning and growth systems. He explains that the critical shift is moving from visibi...
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April 28, 2026 • 55 mins
Many inclusion efforts lose funding and executive attention because they fail to demonstrate measurable impact on revenue, cost, or market performance. David Casey, former Chief Diversity Officer at CVS Health, brings over 25 years of experience scaling ERGs into enterprise-wide drivers of business results. He outlines a shift from internal activity to using ERGs as sources of market insight that improve product performance, custom...
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April 21, 2026 • 47 mins
Most ERGs fail to secure sustained funding and executive attention because their work is not tied to revenue, cost reduction, or measurable business outcomes. Jim Morris, CEO of Jim Morris Consulting, advises Fortune 500 leaders on aligning inclusion efforts with business execution and performance. He outlines a shift from activity-based work to using ERGs as sources of market insight and innovation that drive growth, improve decis...
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April 14, 2026 • 50 mins
Many ERGs struggle to gain the executive support and permission they believe they need to deliver meaningful, high-impact results. Janice Brathwaite, a leader from the original Black Caucus Group at Xerox in the 1960s, brings firsthand experience from the earliest days of ERG predecessors. She explains how these groups built real power and influence without budgets or formal authority by acting with courage, using available resourc...
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April 7, 2026 • 61 mins
Many organizations struggle to secure funding and executive attention because their work is disconnected from the revenue, cost, and market priorities that drive business decisions. Karen Brown, former Global Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer for multiple Fortune 100 companies and founder of Bridge Arrow, has led global strategies that delivered measurable business outcomes. She demonstrates how aligning internal perspectives t...
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March 31, 2026 • 57 mins
Many ERG efforts fail to secure sustained attention and funding because they are not connected to measurable business outcomes. In this episode, Andres Gonzalez, Vice President and Chief Belonging and Community Engagement Officer at Froedtert ThedaCare Health, shares how he repositioned ERGs to drive results across a large healthcare system. He explains how treating employee and community insight as strategic intelligence can impro...
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June 9, 2025 • 54 mins
In this empowering episode of ERG PowerTalk, Dr. Jolander Headley—executive coach, author, and empowerment strategist—joins host Joe Santana to explore how ERG leaders can evolve their leadership for the challenges of the 21st century. Blending spiritual insight with strategic clarity, Dr. Headley emphasizes the importance of emotional intelligence, soul health, and inner healing as keys to leading with authenticity, re...
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June 2, 2025 • 41 mins
In this compelling episode of ERG PowerTalk, guest Kenisha Coon—a nationally recognized DEIB strategist and PhD candidate—joins host Joe Santana to explore how ERGs can become healing-centered spaces for members coping with trauma. Drawing from her deep experience in child welfare, equity, and systems change, Kenisha shares practical tools and insights for recognizing workplace trauma, fostering psychological safety, an...
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May 26, 2025 • 49 mins
What if equity wasn’t just a moral imperative but the key to your company’s competitive edge? In this episode of the ERG PowerTalk Podcast, host Joe Santana speaks with Dr. Kerry Mitchell Brown, a nationally recognized equity strategist and CEO of KMB Consultancy, about how organizations that remove barriers and provide targeted performance support drive up productivity, innovation, and long-term growth. With ...
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May 19, 2025 • 59 mins
How do you prove your ERG’s value in business terms? In this episode of the ERG PowerTalk Podcast, host Joe Santana speaks with Dr. Eric Sandosham, business analytics expert and co-founder of Red & White Consulting Partners LLP, about measuring and demonstrating ERG impact. With experience leading Citi’s analytics team across 14 countries, Dr. Sandosham shares data-driven strategies to quantify ERG contributions, al...
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May 12, 2025 • 46 mins
Can your ERG supercharge your company's outreach to top talent from your community and increase the power of its visibility within your organization? In this episode of the ERG PowerTalk Podcast, host Joe Santana speaks with Jimmy Hall, Co-Founder and COO of CultureHQ, about how ERGs can harness the power of video to amplify their external and internal impact. With experience helping companies like Microsoft, Verizon...
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May 5, 2025 • 44 mins
Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) can be powerful engines of innovation, driving business transformation beyond advocacy. In this episode of the ERG PowerTalk Podcast, host Joe Santana sits down with Dr. Soren Kaplan—Wall Street Journal bestselling author, innovation strategist, and executive consultant—to explore how ERGs can foster creativity, influence company strategy, and create meaningful change. Drawing from his ex...
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