Diversify for Success
7min2020 AUG 29
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A commitment to non-discrimination in hiring and promotion, at least on the surface, is almost universal in business these days. The official communications of every HR department are careful to highlight diversity and inclusion. But the situation on the ground remains very uneven. Advocating for the LGBT workforce, attorney Evan Wolfson suggests that tolerance isn’t enough. Companies need to commit in practice to supporting their most vulnerable minorities and fully integrating them into the life of the company.Go beyond non-discriminationBusinesses have the power to push forward diversity and inclusion in both organizations and the law.Recognize that despite significant progress, LGBT employees still face challenges in the workplace, such as:lack of support from individual bosses or peersinsecurity about coming outsensing unconscious discriminationfeeling unacknowledgedbeing the only LGBT person at the companyStrengthen the businessInclusion is not just something we do for “them...