Challenge: Leveraging ERGs to foster employee engagement How many ERGs are active? Which ones are the most popular? Is a core group of employees engaged in multiple groups, or are you reaching employees across the enterprise? Without these insights, HR cannot provide adequate support when and where it’s needed or measure employee engagement and encourage involvement. However, how do you do that, especially if existing ERGs started organically? Foster employee engagement Best Practice: 2 Analyze and measure success There are a variety of success metrics used to measure ERG programs, such as employee retention. While there is not a one-to-one relationship between the two, ERGs should impact attrition. ERG performance can also have a positive impact on employee productivity and absenteeism. Using an ERG platform can help you measure more specific metrics, including informal ERGs. For example, you can track who is attending which groups, and see whether you’ve reached penetration across departments and campuses.