Study Shows LGBTQ Leadership is Good for Business

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According to a recent study commissioned by the Wisconsin LGBT Chamber of Commerce, businesses with LGBTQ folks in leadership roles perform better than those without queer leaders.

“This study supports what we have been saying for years—having LGBT people in leadership positions, whether it as a CEO, a business owner, a part of senior management, or on the board of directors, is good for a business’ bottom line,” said Jason Rae, chamber president and CEO and one of the report’s authors in a statement. “Simply put, diversity is good for business.”

Eighty-eight companies were polled for the survey, and it overwhelmingly showed that companies with LGBTQ leadership exhibited “organizational performance, social and environmental corporate social responsibility, workforce quality and utilization, as well as high-performance human resource management practices.”

This just confirms what we already knew; being queer is good for business, and business is good!

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Addison Herron-Wheeler

Addison Herron-Wheeler is OUT FRONT's co-publisher and editor-in-chief and friend to dogs everywhere. She enjoys long walks in the darkness away from any sources of sunlight, rainy days, and painfully dry comedy. She also covers cannabis and heavy metal, and is author of Wicked Woman: Women in Metal from the 1960s to Now and Respirator, a short story collection.