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I can resonate with this since the challenge is so prevalent.
If ERGs or DEI groups are developed without a functional framework, no budget and no stated commitments then exploitation, free labor and resentment will grow. These actions signal a company never intended to be anything more than performative.
Visibility matters since your efforts (initiative) should be considered during salary review (your worth). Your efforts and why they matter are also not your burden to explain/prove - it should be your supervisors responsibility to be curious and understand.
I suggest asking to collaborate with your HR (not let them do it themselves in a silo) to modify your company’s succession planning and performance reviews. The goal is to add a section that prompts your supervisor to acknowledge if their employees participate in ERGs. To avoid checking the box, the section should encourage the supervisor to reach out to the team leads or team members for feedback on your presence in those groups.
I.E. You are wanting to gain a senior position/title, but your company’s project structure does not create opportunities to showcase your leadership abilities in your day to day role. However in your ERG group, you were given the opportunity to lead a team which proved successful and your team respects you (relational skills) - then your supervisor needs to ve aware of this achievement and it can signal that you may be “more ready” for a promotion than they assumed.