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New Book: Gay Bosses Outperforming Their Straight CounterpartsPosted on May 31, 2006
That’s the conclusion of a career development expert with a new book about gay leadership in the workplace. He found “job engagement, job satisfaction and workplace morale among employees reporting to white-collar gay men to be upwards of 35% higher than nationally reported statistics.”
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By Jerome Alexander, January 7, 2007 at 8:03 am Link to this comment
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Several years ago I wrote a book on the subject of workplace culture and employee morale. It is as relevant today as it was then. Employee morale is directly linked to the interaction of employees with line managers who are charged with executing the policies and strategies of companies. Unfortunately, many of these managers subvert the good intentions of the organization to meet their own personal goals and agendas at the expense of their peers and subordinates. This management subculture is a direct result of a corporate culture of ignorance, indifference and excuse. Better corporate level leadership is the key. Read more in “160 Degrees of Deviation: The Case for the Corporate Cynic.”
Report thisBy R. A. Earl, June 1, 2006 at 9:47 pm Link to this comment
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A good leader can be either straight or gay or somewhere inbetween. Sexual orientation has nothing to do with it.
That said, many gay people have learned, through highly negative experiences, how painfully unfair it is to be treated as “things” to be manipulated and used/abused. Anyone, gay or straight, who understands and is guided by this fundamental truth is a good bet to be a good boss.
A good boss understands the difference between POWER OVER and POWER WITH.
Power “OVER” people NEVER make good bosses.
Report thisBy Sam, June 1, 2006 at 2:31 pm Link to this comment
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The best boss I ever had was a gay man. It was with an accounting firm right out of college in the early 90’s. The worst was a straight woman who was the most insecure and demanding nutcase I’ve ever encountered. If my past experience is any indicator of others, I’d gladly work for gay vs. straight any day.
Report thisBy Delia, June 1, 2006 at 8:17 am Link to this comment
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Oh yay, more evidence that men are the superior leaders—especially the gay ones!
And as for the “further proof that good-old-boy business practices are no longer effective”? Take a look at our government, Mr. Snyder, and try to say that with a (ahem) straight face.
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