Beyond Allyship: How to Support and Celebrate Your 2S-LGBTQIA+ Employees in the Workplace
Happy Pride Month! Join us for this engaging webinar as we delve into the essential steps HR leaders can take to create an inclusive and supportive workplace environment for 2S-LGBTQIA+ employees. It’s crucial to move beyond mere allyship and truly support and celebrate the diversity within your organization, not only during Pride month, but all year ‘round.
In this webinar, our expert panel will share insights, best practices, and practical strategies to help you foster a culture of inclusivity, understanding, and respect. We’ll explore ways to go beyond policy implementation—and the dreaded “rainbow-washing”—and dive into the meaningful actions and initiatives that make a lasting impact.
You will learn:
- Why going beyond performative allyship is crucial to 2S-LGBTQIA+ employees’ well-being and success (and your organization’s success as well).
- Strategies to ensure your workplace culture reduces harm to and embraces and celebrates employees with diverse identities and orientations.
- Actionable ways to actually support the well-being and success of your 2S-LGBTQIA+ employee communities, including policies and leader education.
Resources:
- [LinkedIn] Lily Zheng, Advice to Leaders on Getting It Right
- [Book] Amy Edmondson, The Fearless Organization
- [Article] Amy Edmondson, Psychological Safety and Learning Behavior in Work Teams
- [Assessment] Harvard University, Project Implicit (Implicit Bias & Association Tests)
- [Article] Pentland, The New Science of Building Great Teams
- [Article] Heath & Wensil, Start With Inclusive Meetings
- [Book] Scott Page, The Diversity Bonus
- [Article] Deloitte, Covering in the Workplace
- [PDF] Slidedeck used during webinar