Go Beyond: Ensure LGBTQ Employees Feel Included

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According to two LGBTQ leaders at Bain & Company, pride means many different things in the queer community.  It means celebrating the individual ways in which we all contribute in the workplace with our distinct backgrounds, experiences, perspectives, and abilities.

That means recognizing that we all do our best work when everyone can show up as, and be celebrated for, their full, authentic selves. This is what constitutes true inclusion. 

Read on to learn about their study and findings.  For example, "That what makes employees feel fully included in an organization is distinct for different groups, and that an intersectional lens that captures a multiplicity of identities enables companies to tailor their inclusion efforts most effectively."

Today in Global Small Business: How a UK Agency Grew From Small to Global

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What's affecting me, my clients, my colleagues and other global small business owners:

• Small business lending by SBA in Cleveland, Ohio falls 9%.
• First Aid Beauty, owned by Proctor and Gamble, kicks off international expansion. 
• Quote of the week: “Think you can, think you can't; either way you'll be right." – Henry Ford
• Chick-fil-A has some issues with international expansion caused by their anti-LGBTQ stance.
• Patrick Reid, CEO of Imagination talks candidly about how the agency grew from a small office in London to 10 countries around the world (video).
• Customer experience is disrupting and changing the supply-chain world from the inside out.