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To create a feeling of belonging, entrepreneurs should create employee-resource groups, nine human-resources and diversity, equity, and inclusion leaders told Insider.
Nine HR and diversity, equity, and inclusion leaders share their advice for small-business owners interested in starting and supporting employee-resource groups at their companies.
"There needs to be a positive outcome for having the ERG group," she said, referring to employee-resource groups.
At KPMG, one-third of employees engage in the company's employee-resource groups, Richards added.