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How to Secure Your First Board Seat?
A 6-steps Guide for LGBTQ+ Professionals As I have mentioned in my previous post, companies are reckoning with LGBTQ+ representation in the American corporate boardroom. In August, NASDAQ is starting to mandate disclosure of Board Member’s sexual orientation and gender identity for its listed companies. Concretely, it means that companies are going to have to…
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A Non-Elitist Approach to DEI
A Simple Recipe to Empower all LGBTQ+ Employees Personal and professional development of LGBTQ+ staff is a worthy venture. It is not only good business but also sends a clear signal to societies that demand private companies acquire a social license to operate. From internal Employee Resource Group (ERG) to external networking opportunities, a clear…
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Top LGBTQ+ People in Fortune 500 Corporate Boards
33 seats (0.6%) in 31 companies — two have two LGBTQ+ Board members (Cisco and Macy’s) (5%) occupied by 26 out LGBTQ+ people including 13 women, 5 LatinX, 4 POC. This list is the only one keeping continuous track of LGBTQ+ Board representation globally. There has been some movement in LGBTQ+ representation in the Fortune…
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LGBTQ+ Allyship in the Workplace
Creating Room for Belonging Remarks at the European Central Banks System — SSM While there is no hierarchy of discrimination against marginalized communities, there is a singular specificity to the LGBTQ+ experience: early childhood experience of isolation. LGBTQ+ are the only marginalized community I have encountered, which is born outside of its own community. Dalit people…