Mentoring
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Where the Margins Meet the Corner Office: Five Leadership Insights From Transgender and Nonbinary Executives
Date Published: Overview This report centers the leadership experiences of transgender and nonbinary executives, offering insight into the challenges, bias, and barriers they navigate in senior roles. Through firsthand perspectives, the research highlights how identity, resilience, and lived experience shape inclusive leadership. The report also outlines practical strategies organizations can use to foster belonging, reduce…
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A Message on Mentoring Month from Our CEO, Erin Uritus
Date Published: Key Insights A Message on Mentoring Month from Our CEO, Erin Uritus Intentional, authentic allyship. It is what will inform and influence the LGBTQ+ experience in 2024. Last year, the global LGBTQ+ community faced many challenges. In the US, more than 500 anti- LGBTQ+ bills were introduced with more than 80 signed into law. In Uganda, extreme…
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Experiences of the Lavender Ceiling: Progress and Continued Challenges Facing Out LGBTQ+ Leaders at Work
Date Published: Overview This report examines the barriers LGBTQ+ leaders face in advancing to senior leadership, shedding light on systemic bias, representation gaps, and the persistent “lavender ceiling” in workplaces. Drawing on survey data and interviews with 132 leaders—83% of whom identify as LGBTQ+ and 17% as allies—the research captures both lived experience and organizational…
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Striving for authenticity LGBT+ views on enduring discrimination and expanding inclusion
Date Published: Overview The IBM report, Striving for Authenticity: LGBT+ Views on Enduring Discrimination and Expanding Inclusion, examines the lived experiences of LGBT+ employees across industries and the barriers that prevent people from showing up authentically at work. The research highlights persistent discrimination, limited leadership representation, and gaps in inclusive workplace policies that continue to…
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In Conversation with Chris Mossiah and Brad Baumoel
Date Published: Key Insights Throughout the year Out & Equal aims to elevate diverse voices, stories, lived experiences, and perspectives—in this blog and across the work we do. In this issue of “In Conversation with…” we sat down with Chris Mossiah (they/them), Executive Director Consumer & Community Banking, and Brad Baumoel (he/him), Global Head of LGBT+…
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Reverse Mentoring: Fostering LGBTQ+ Inclusion
Date Published: Overview This presentation explores how reverse mentoring can advance LGBTI inclusion by pairing senior leaders with junior associates from the LGBTI community. Through open, informal dialogue, the program helps reduce bias, build empathy, and deepen leaders’ understanding of the real workplace experiences facing LGBTI employees. Drawing on Accenture’s journey, the presentation outlines practical…