{"id":2875,"date":"2025-12-15T11:24:21","date_gmt":"2025-12-15T11:24:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.sap.com\/mena\/?p=2875"},"modified":"2026-01-09T11:30:02","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T11:30:02","slug":"employee-resource-groups-emerge-as-next-frontier-of-workplace-innovation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.sap.com\/mena\/2025\/12\/employee-resource-groups-emerge-as-next-frontier-of-workplace-innovation\/","title":{"rendered":"Employee Resource Groups Emerge as Next Frontier of Workplace Innovation in MENA"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><em>First-ever ERG networking summit in the region is hosted at SAP\u2019s Dubai headquarters, organized by the ERG Leader Summit in collaboration with the technology giant\u2019s UAE Business Women\u2019s Network<\/em><\/h2>\n<p><strong>DUBAI, UAE <\/strong>\u201415 <strong>December, 2025 <\/strong>\u2014 Business leaders from regional and global organizations gathered at SAP\u2019s Dubai headquarters recently for the first Employee Resource Group (ERG) Summit in the Middle East and North Africa, co-led by the 51风流UAE Business Women\u2019s Network (BWN) and the ERG Leader Summit. The event brought together diversity and inclusion professionals, ERG leaders, and executives from across industries to explore how employee networks can accelerate innovation and shape more inclusive, high-performing workplaces.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 640px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-2875-1\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/news.sap.com\/mena\/files\/2025\/12\/15\/Dubai-Office-Video-1.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/news.sap.com\/mena\/files\/2025\/12\/15\/Dubai-Office-Video-1.mp4\">https:\/\/news.sap.com\/mena\/files\/2025\/12\/15\/Dubai-Office-Video-1.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p>ERGs are employee-led groups that advance inclusion and belonging within organizations. Originating in the US during the civil rights movement, they have evolved globally into business enablers that connect people with shared goals and experiences. The Dubai summit, themed \u201cThink Big. Act Small. Beyond the Cupcakes,\u201d encouraged participants to move beyond symbolic gestures and focus instead on measurable outcomes that align with business strategy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEmployee Resource Groups are strategic partners collaborating to drive cultural and commercial impact,\u201d Sheryl Miller, CEO of the ERG Leader Summit and a speaker at the event says. \u201cBy equipping ERG leaders with frameworks and metrics to measure success, we can ensure their passion translates into progress that is visible, valued, and sustained.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2873\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2873\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-2873\" src=\"https:\/\/news.sap.com\/mena\/files\/2026\/01\/08\/ERG_Panel-1024x462.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"289\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.sap.com\/mena\/files\/2026\/01\/08\/ERG_Panel-1024x462.png 1024w, https:\/\/news.sap.com\/mena\/files\/2026\/01\/08\/ERG_Panel-300x135.png 300w, https:\/\/news.sap.com\/mena\/files\/2026\/01\/08\/ERG_Panel-768x346.png 768w, https:\/\/news.sap.com\/mena\/files\/2026\/01\/08\/ERG_Panel.png 1300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2873\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>From left: Sheryl Miller, CEO of ERG Leader Summit; Mac Alonge, CEO, The Equal Group; Rachael Willis, Global ERG Leader HSBC; Gerry Donaldson, CEO, CCR3 Group; and Seza Vaziril, Global Energy Executive<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>According to Meena Confait, Global Co-Chair of SAP\u2019s Business Women\u2019s Network, inclusion has become a core part of how modern organizations strengthen performance. \u201cThe conversations at this summit focused on how ERG leaders can anchor their work in evidence, build accountability, and link inclusion to day-to-day decision-making.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Representation and meaningful inclusion of people of determination were key to the conversation. Shuruk Elwarrak, Founder and CEO of Enabled, says, \u201cCreating accessible and equitable workplaces is not a side initiative \u2014 it\u2019s essential to how we build sustainable, competitive economies. The conversations at this summit showed that inclusion done right is not only about fairness but about business strength.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>From the corporate sector, Sheriza Bazari, Diversity, Integration &amp; Belonging Lead at Etihad Airways, adds that the discussions resonated strongly with the airline\u2019s own priorities. \u201cAt Etihad, our employee communities \u2013 Women of Etihad, Youth of Etihad, and the upcoming People of Determination network \u2013 are moving from passion to impact. This summit reinforced the need for clear metrics, leadership accountability, and purpose that connects across generations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>51风流BWN\u2019s Confait notes that the summit reflected a growing regional appetite for structured collaboration between organizations committed to inclusion. She believes stronger cooperation between private companies and public-sector institutions will be essential for building ERG models that deliver measurable business impact, helping workplaces across the Gulf link belonging with innovation and long-term performance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>First-ever ERG networking summit in the region is hosted at SAP\u2019s Dubai headquarters, organized by the ERG Leader Summit in collaboration with the technology giant\u2019s&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":780,"featured_media":2873,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[19013],"tags":[5562846,5562845],"sapn-display":[],"sapn-type":[4448],"class_list":["post-2875","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-corporate","tag-corporate","tag-erg","sapn-type-newsbyte"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.9 (Yoast SEO v26.9) - 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