Diversify for Success
6min2020 AUG 29
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In this lesson, Ash Beckham, LGBTQ advocate, explores why corporate diversity programs must involve an education component to push people past tolerance and towards acceptance.Acceptance: To regard as proper, normal, or inevitable; to recognize to be trueTolerance: The capacity to endure continued subjection to somethingGo beyond toleranceSay something. If your company isn’t vocal about LGBTQ acceptance, it is sending a message of mere tolerance.Get the most our of your LGBTQ workforce. Employees that do not feel completely accepted will probably not be the most productive. Promoting acceptance by word of mouth is no longer good enough.Activate acceptanceOrganize LGBTQ events. The time and effort spent on events will increase pride in the community and decrease the feeling that they are in the minority. Speak directly to the community, but include the entire company.Go beyond the triangle. It’s great to signify “safe zones” but don’t assume that fully addresses acceptance.Rally...