NETWORKS THAT DELIVER

Moving employee networks from activity to impact

NETWORKS THAT DELIVER

Structured, practical leadership support for employee networks that are ready to stop being busy and start being strategic.

Most employee networks are busy.

They run events.
They mark awareness days.
They host panels.

But being busy is not the same as being strategic.

Across the UK, employee networks, sometimes called staff networks, employee resource groups or ERGs, are expected to influence culture, support retention and shape organisational policy. Yet many are volunteer-led, under-resourced and disconnected from business priorities.

They are judged on outcomes they are not structured to deliver.

NETWORKS THAT DELIVER is designed to change that.

The problem we address

Employee networks often struggle with:

  • Unclear purpose or scope

  • Limited authority and inconsistent sponsorship

  • Tension between networks and EDI teams re who is responsible for different EDI work

  • Heavy focus on calendar activity over strategic outcomes

  • Difficulty demonstrating measurable impact

  • Volunteer fatigue and burnout

Without infrastructure, even the most passionate network will plateau.

What this programme does

This programme helps organisations move their employee networks from activity-led to impact-driven.

It strengthens leadership capability, clarifies strategic alignment and builds confidence in influence.

It is funded at organisational level, typically through people, inclusion or leadership budgets, not from event budgets.

What’s included

1) Strategic support day

One strategic support day per organisation, delivered flexibly as two three-hour sessions or equivalent.

This focused intervention helps you:

  • Clarify the role and ambition of employee networks

  • Align network priorities with organisational strategy

  • Define 3 to 5 meaningful impact goals

  • Identify quick wins and structural improvements

  • Create a practical 12 month roadmap

Participants usually include network leads, EDI colleagues and sponsors.

Additional strategic days are available.

2) Monthly leadership forums

Bringing the community together online to focus on real challenges - from securing time and budget to moving from awareness to sustained change.

3) Designing networks that deliver | Full day training

A full day training session, providing the structural backbone many networks are missing. Delivered online, covering:

  • Governance and roles

  • Committee structures

  • Annual planning

  • Sponsor engagement

  • Sustaining volunteer leadership

4) Masterclass series

Four 90 minute masterclasses per year delivered by experienced practitioners, covering (in Year 1):

  • Measuring impact in ways senior leaders take seriously

  • Influencing without formal authority

  • How to get the most out of others (especially when they are volunteers)

  • Becoming a person of influence as an under-represented professional

These sessions build capability, not just knowledge.

Optional - access to speakers and specialist training

Member organisations also receive priority access to On The Level’s high-quality speakers and targeted training that can be delivered internally to strengthen networks and engage the wider workforce.

Investment

Annual organisational membership:

  • £3,500 for one nominated network lead (founding cohort price)
    £1,000 per additional network lead

Membership includes:

  • One strategic support day

  • Monthly leadership forums

  • Network foundations training

  • Four masterclasses

Additional strategic support and training available separately.

Founding cohort

We are inviting a limited number of organisations to join the founding cohort.

Founding members will help shape the programme, influence its development and secure early adopter pricing.

Places are limited.. Email claire@onthelevelconsultancy.com to discuss.