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For LGBT Workers, Being "Out" Brings Advantages
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleDespite recent progress creating more-welcoming environments for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender employees, fully 48% of LGBT respondents surveyed... -
Is This the Right Time to Come Out?
Motivating people Magazine ArticleThe corporate culture is traditional. The star employee is gay and wants to bring his partner to a company/client function. -
When Steve Becomes Stephanie
Organizational culture Magazine ArticleWhat does a star player’s gender change imply for a traditional company’s culture? -
What Made Same-Sex Marriage Go Viral?
Marketing Digital ArticleFewer rainbow flags and more American flags. -
What “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” Really Costs
Organizational culture Digital ArticleThis post is by Sylvia Ann Hewlett, Karen Sumberg, and Lauren Leader-Chivee. In one of the most unforgettable tag lines of any ad campaign, the U.S. Army promised recruits it would help them “be all that you can be.” Yet by refusing to repeal the 1993 law known as “don’t ask, don’t tell” (DADT), the […] -
Big Business Increasingly Supports Gay Rights
Talent management Digital ArticleWhy alienate an important, influential segment of your customers or talent base? -
Is Transgender on Your Agenda?
Human resource management Digital ArticleAs first days on the job go, Amanda Simpson’s, on Wednesday of this week, was a doozy. Just appointed Senior Technical Advisor to the Department of Commerce Bureau of Industry and Security, Simpson took on the challenge of beefing up homeland, economic, and cyber security just as public concern about our transportation system’s vulnerability to […] -
Crucible: Changing Gender on the Job
Communication Magazine ArticleA Microsoft executive describes her difficult decision to “transition” at work—and the unexpected benefits. -
Why LGBT Employees Need Workplace Allies
Employee retention Digital ArticleOver 40 percent of LGBT workers remain closeted despite the benefits of being out. -
The Cost of Closeted Employees
Organizational culture Digital ArticleThis post was written with Karen Sumberg, a senior vice president at the Center for Work-Life Policy. Erika Karp vividly remembers the secrecy and subterfuge that colored every workday before she told her colleagues that she was a lesbian. “You have to devote a huge amount of psychic energy to being closeted — changing pronouns, […] -
Never Lie About Who You Really Are
Ethics Digital ArticleYour ability to stand up for your truth is a muscle, and the more you exercise it the stronger it gets. -
Why Companies Should Support the DOMA Ruling
Government Digital ArticleLGBT equality is just good business.
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Individual and the Corporation: Kathy Levinson and ETRADE (B)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00Supplements the (A) case. -
Differences at Work: Martin (A)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95In Differences at Work: Martin (A) HBS Case No. 9-408-019 is set in Italy. Martin, a gay man who has not disclosed his sexual orientation at his Italian... -
Differences at Work: Will (B)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00In Differences at Work: Will (B), HBS Case No. 9-408-045, Will describes how decided to respond to the question so that his colleague could tell from... -
Rocking the Boat: How to Effect Change Without Making Trouble
14.95Most people feel at odds with their organizations at one time or another: Managers with families struggle to balance professional and personal responsibilities... -
Differences at Work: Martin (B)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00In Differences at Work: Martin (B) HBS Case No. 408052 Martin leaves the firm partially because of the incident but he does not tell his firm the reason... -
Individual and the Corporation: Kathy Levinson and ETRADE (A)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95Kathy Levinson, the president and COO of ETRADE and a lesbian mother of two children, must decide whether and how to participate in the "No on Knight"... -
Differences at Work: Will (A)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95In Differences at Work: Will (A), HBS Case No. 9-408-013 is set in London. Will, a gay man, must decide how to react to a senior colleague's question...