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50% of LGBTQ people in the US are not at work. This is important. What can companies do to promote self-identification? How can companies use this information to support queer employees? Find out here. In the meantime, get your free copy 7-Step Credit Card Debt Reduction Here.
Hear how LGBT+ Self ID helps people at work:
How Out Leadership helps people get out and about at work
Todd Sears is a former investment banker and financial advisor turned equality entrepreneur. He led groundbreaking LGBT+ inclusion initiatives at Merrill Lynch and Credit Suisse before founding Out Leadership in 2011. Todd launched the idea of a “Return on Equality,” and his global leadership initiatives aim to engage senior leaders in LGBT+ opportunities, develop talent, and impact business outcomes.
Today Todd joins us to discuss the recently released LGBT+ Self-ID study, what led Out Leadership to conduct this research and how companies can use the information. He explains what companies need to do to encourage LGBT+ self-identification and offers insights into the pros and cons of coming out in the workplace. Listen to understand what Out Leadership aims to achieve with the LGBT+ Self-ID study and learn how visibility in the queer community improves company culture for other minority groups!
Topics covered to support coming out at work
Out Leadership’s Global LGBT+ Self-Identification Study
- Information campaign for companies around the world
- Creates visibility for invisible minorities
How many in the queer community are not at work?
- 50% of employees in the US and Europe in the closet
- 90% in the closet in China
Which led Out Leadership to do the research
- Business leaders have been given incorrect information about compliance
- Provide best practices, assess legal risks
How companies can use LGBT+ self-identification information
- Create inclusive policies and procedures
- Advocates of discriminatory laws (e.g. IBM in India)
How companies can promote LGBT+ self-identification
- Address privacy concerns
- Explain why it is important (e.g. leadership development)
The pros and cons of coming out at work
- You are more likely to get promoted, happy and engaged
- We still face discrimination in many areas
Todd’s goals for the LGBT+ self-identification campaign
- Improve the numbers about who is at work
- Channel for companies to create support systems
How supporting the queer community helps other minority groups
- Improves company culture in general
- Safe for the gay community = safe for others
Todd’s advice for young professionals
- Reach out to LGBT seniors in a company
- Use the OutNEXT program
Connect with Todd
Resources for coming and going at work
We are David and John Auten-Schneider, the Debt Free Guys and host of the Queer money® Podcast. We help queer people (and allies) live fabulous and non-fabulous broke lives by helping them 1) pay off credit card debt, 2) become part- or full-time entrepreneurs, and 3) save and invest for retirement.