Various states of an LGBT employee group, including: (a) simple list (b) employee affinity group (c) employee resource group (d) business resource group/network. http://www.hrc.org/issues/employee-groups.htm for more information.

1. Employee Group States
Business
Resource Group
Employee
Formal,
Resource Group Business & Market-facing
• Recruit for the company
• Map organizational goals to
business goals
Employee Formal,
Affinity Group Workforce-facing
• Identify problems or barriers
and present solutions
• Identify employees at risk
Employee Formal, still
and get help
List Inward-facing
• Business networking
• Educational
• Career development
• Public Service  Groups can be different things
Informal,
Inward-facing to different people
• Personal networking
• Social club
 Think of “states” instead of
• Cultural reinforcement “stages”
• Safe haven
Adapted from “Organizational Frame of Reference for Employee Groups” by Louise Young, Ph.D., Raytheon Company
http://www.hrc.org/issues/employee-groups.htm