Out for Undergrad and Out Leadership Launch Out to Succeed 2.0 Research of LGBTQ+ Employee Inclusion
Out for Undergrad and Out Leadership partner in major research project Out to Succeed 2.0 designed to interrogate effective inclusion of LGBTQ+ employees.
NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK, USA, April 1, 2022 /EINPresswire.com/ — Out for Undergrad (O4U) and Out Leadership (OL), two of the nation’s leading organizations supporting lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ+)undergraduate students and corporate employees in reaching their full potential, announce their partnership in the research study Out to Succeed 2.0. This project is the second phase of the largest cohort research study of LGBTQ+ employees in corporate America. Out to Succeed 1.0, published in 2018 by Out Leadership in partnership with PwC was the first study of its kind and asked key questions: What do high potential LGBTQ+ employees want from employers? Are businesses delivering? What more should organizations do to enable LGBTQ+ talent to succeed?
Out to Succeed 2.0 will address similar questions post-COVID and highlight the extent to which a supportive and targeted focus on LGBTQ+ inclusion is a valuable brand differentiator, performance enhancer, and talent draw for businesses.
O4U and OL will share this research broadly with corporate executives and LGBTQ+ students and employees to support them in:
a)Setting the right tone from the top and engaging their communities
b)Creating clear pathways for career progression
c)Standing up and advocating for equality
d)Building and empowering ally networks
e)Creating inclusive communications
f)Level setting expectations for improvements
Todd Sears, Founder & CEO of Out Leadership said, “We’re delighted to partner with O4U to produce Out to Succeed 2.0. I have been a huge admirer of O4U’s unique leadership and career development work with young professionals for many years. Extending the Out to Succeed study to include students and recent graduates early in their career journeys will produce a much richer resource for employers.”
Cindi Love, Executive Director of Out for Undergrad said, “We are so excited to partner with Todd Sears and the Out Leadership team. This research will establish the baseline for understanding and supporting the trajectory for LGBTQ+ employees from the classroom to the boardroom. As this knowledge grows, so can assessment and accountability. Out Leadership and Todd’s team have been raising the bar on LGBTQ+ corporate equity and inclusion for decades in parallel with O4U’s efforts to introduce the world’s highest achieving LGBTQ+ undergraduates to those same corporations for internships and jobs. The intersection of our work has such incredible promise in raising awareness, increasing advocacy and achieving equity and inclusion for all employees, those just starting out and those in the C-Suite and the Boardroom.”
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