Creating an LGBT+ Inclusive Workplace

The Practical Resource Guide for Business Leaders
1. Auflage 2021
ISBN: 978-0-367-67812-8
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 226 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 337 g

Setting out best practices and professional guidance for creating LGBT+ inclusive workplaces, this approachable and easy to follow book guides current and future leaders of all industries toward appropriate and proven ways to create safer working environments, update company policies, enhance continuing education and training, and better support LGBT+ people in the workplace.

Featuring real-life situations and scenarios, a glossary, and further resources, Creating an LGBT+ Inclusive Workplace enables professionals in all aspects of professional roles to integrate foundational concepts into their everyday interactions with staff at all levels as well as within the community to create an overall workplace culture that nurtures a welcoming, inclusive, and affirming environment for all. This book includes postcards from PostSecret as its foreword and more than a dozen exclusive interviews from the world’s top leaders in a variety of industries with world-renowned reputations.

Enabling professionals in a variety of business roles to create an overall workplace culture that nurtures a welcoming, inclusive, and affirming environment for all, this book is an essential resource for independent readers, department teams, and entire corporations.

Zielgruppe

Adult education, Postgraduate, Professional, and Professional Practice & Development

Autoren/Hrsg.

Shane, Kryss

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Management Unternehmensorganisation & Entwicklungsstrategien
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Bereichsspezifisches Management Management: Führung & Motivation
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies: Homosexualität, LGBTQ+
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Unternehmensorganisation, Corporate Responsibility Unternehmenskultur, Corporate Governance
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Bereichsspezifisches Management Personalwesen, Human Resource Management
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Unternehmensorganisation, Corporate Responsibility Unternehmensethik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements; How Big of a Problem Is This?; Preface; Foreword by PostSecret; Introduction; Section I- The Foundation: Terminology and Insights; Safety; Allyship; Why It Matters That You Are an LGBT+ Ally; Who Am I and What Traits Do I Bring to Allyship?; How to Be an Active Ally; Privilege; Intersectionality; Battle Fatigue; Terminology; In Broad Terms; Sexual Orientations; Gender Identity; Additional Useful Terminology; Coming Out; Questions and Answers; Research Your Resources; Safety and medical emergencies on business grounds; Health and wellness concerns at home; Safety emergencies occurring at home; In Closing; Section II: Scenarios: Test Your Knowledge; Scenario 1; Scenario 2; Scenario 3; Scenario 4; Scenario 5; Scenario 6; Scenario 7; Scenario 8; Scenario 9; Scenario 10; Scenario 11; Scenario 12; Scenario 13; Scenario 14; Section III Put Your Knowledge into Practice; Assessing Your Business; First impressions; Hiring Processes; After Being Hired; The Written Rules; Introduction into the Learning Environment; Assessing Your Business; In the Office and Collaborative Spaces; Leadership and Learning Materials; How to Implement Change; In the Meantime/On Your Own; Physical Space; Inclusive Curricula and Printed Training Materials; In Closing; Appendix I: Opposition; Business district leaders (including C-suite and business board members); Business leaders (including supervisors and department heads); Company Employees; Employees’ Families (including parents, children, and other loved ones); Interviews; Lau Viggo Albjerg, GlaxoSmithKline & Colgate; Lauren Banyar Reich, LBR Public Relations; Bill Barretta, The Muppets; Greg DeShields, City of Philadelphia; Richard Gray, City of Fort Lauderdale; Sally Hogshead, CEO How to Fascinate; Kenny Johnson, Philadelphia Phillies; Shelly McNamara, Proctor & Gamble; Brian McNaught, The Godfather of Gay Diversity Training; Jerrie Merritt, Bank of Nevada; Gary Murakami, MGM Resorts International; Alfredo Pedroza, Wells Fargo; Howard Ross, Cook Ross & Udarta; Josh Scott, GracePointe Church; Andrea Shorter, City of San Francisco; Additional Resources; Archives and collections; Arts, literature, and culture; E-journals and Online; Newspapers; Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation; General Resources; History; Legal; Organizations; Religion

Über Autor(innen)

Kryss Shane, MS, MSW, LSW, LMSW (she/her) has been named by The New York Times and many national and international platforms as America's go-to Leading LGBT Expert. She has 25+ years of experience guiding the world's top leaders in business, education, and community via individual, small group, and full-staff trainings. She is known for making each organization's specific Diversity and Inclusion needs become more manageable, approachable, and actionable.