A Manager's Guide to Sexual Orientation in the Workplace

Author	Bob Powers
Format	Hardcover
ISBN	9780415912778
Publisher	Routledge
Manufacturer	Routledge

This is a guide to managing sexual orientation in the workplace. It provides managers with knowledge and resources to foster an all-inclusive work environment. Part I of the guide introduces managers to fifteen workers who have experienced being gay, lesbian, bisexual, or heterosexual in the workplace. Part II of the guide provides managers with information on how to select diversity-sensitive employees, define their responsibilities in the workplace, set performance expectations, provide feedback and recognition, and reward success. Part III of the guide provides managers with strategies to effectively communicate the company message of inclusion and openness in the workplace.

For the first time ever, managers have a tool that will enable them to effectively tackle the controversial, and sometimes explosive issues surrounding sexual orientation in the workplace. Cultivated from Bob Powers' 25 years business experience with some of the world's finest organizations, A Manager's Guide to Sexual Orientation in the Workplace provides managers with the knowledge, skills and resources to foster higher productivity and performace through an all-inclusive work environment. In Part I, managers are introduced to fifteen workers who relate their remarkable life histories about being gay, lesbian, bisexual and heterosexual in the workplace. Through real-life situations from corporate America, managers gain knowledge of sexuality issues that influence co-workers, employees, bosses and customers alike. In Part II, managers learn how to select diversity-sensitive employees, define their responsibilities in the workplace, set performance expectations, provide feedback and recognition, and reward success to cultivate the open and inclusive work environment. As workers shift their energies away from "hiding" their sexual orientation, workplace productivity increases to achieve and exceed goals and objectives. In Part III, managers develop strategies to effectively communicate the company message of inclusion and openness in the workplace. Features include: 101 Ways to Make the Workplace More Inclusive A sample diversity policy to foster a productive work environment for diverse groups of employees A resource guide of community organizations, consultants, speakers bureaus and outrach programs in the US and Canada A complete bibliography of source material In this easy-to-read guide, CEOs, human resource directors, and staff managers alike will find the best resource available to successfully manage sexual orientation issues in the workplace and create a highly productive workforce to gain the competitive edge!

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