Building LGBTQ+ Belonging in the Workplace

This webcast introduces strategies and practical actions to cultivate a culture of belonging for your LGBTQ+ colleagues in the accounting and finance profession.

We will:

• Discuss how to integrate inclusive practices
• Explore the role of benefits, self-identification options, and employee resource groups in enhancing retention and performance
• Talk about resources such as toolkits to help individuals progress from idle to ally to advocate, along with guidance on self-identification and inclusive benefits

By the end of the session, you will gain strategies to implement across your team and organization in order to foster everyday inclusion for your LGBTQ+ colleagues.

Key Topics

• Everyday inclusivity practices
• Allyship opportunities in the workplace
• Advocacy actions that promote inclusion and belonging in the workplace
• Using ERGs, benefits guides, and self-identification tools effectively

Learning Outcomes

• Recognize common hurdles that LGBTQ+ professionals encounter in organizations and the resources (e.g., employee resource groups, benefits, self identification options) that address them.
• Identify behaviors and responses to everyday scenarios that promote inclusion and belonging in the workplace.
• Distinguish between awareness, allyship, and advocacy roles.

Who Will Benefit

• Leaders responsible for culture, policy, and team effectiveness
• People managers and engagement leaders
• HR/inclusion leads and ERG leads who support accounting and finance populations
• Individual contributors seeking practical allyship techniques for day-to-day work