Best Practices

Moving Beyond Intention to Impact with Malia Lazu

By / / Best Practices, Courageous Conversations, Events, Racial Equity / 5 minutes of reading

Malia Lazu is an award winning, tenured strategist in diversity & inclusion, sparking economic development and investment in urban entrepreneurship for over twenty years. She is the founder of The Lazu Group & Urban Labs and the author of a new book, From Intention to Impact: A Practical Guide to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.

Lazu joined PIOW’s Jonathan Allen as a panelist at our recent BPL Town Hall addressing the future of LGBTQ+ protections and DEI policy. Today, we are revisiting that conversation and providing new insight into what Lazu defines as ‘the gap between intention and impact.’

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Executive Brief: Actions to Support LGBTQ+ Professionals and DEI in 2024

By / / Best Practices, Events, Leadership, Pride / 1 minute of reading

In October 2023, PIOW hosted a Town Hall at the Boston Public Library discussing the future of LGBTQ+ protections and DEI policy. Following the event, our team is proud to provide an executive summary of the session, downloadable panelist insights, and a full event recording.

Find these resources inside.

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Executive Brief: Maintaining Momentum on Social Justice

By / / Allyship, Best Practices, Events / 1 minute of reading

In April 2023, PIOW held a panel discussion exploring how organizations can maintain momentum on social justice; to sustain LGBTQ+ allyship, opportunities when progress feels slow; and action items leaders can take to affect workplace equality.

Learn more and access an an executive brief + recording inside.

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What the Dylan Mulvaney x Bud Light Campaign Tells Us About Corporate Allyship and Integrity 

By / / Best Practices, Trans Inclusion / 8 minutes of reading

At Pride in the Workplace, some of the most common questions we receive are: How can I be a good ally? How can my company be a good ally? How can we do more? 

Like everything in business and in life, the answer begins with integrity. In recent weeks, Dylan Mulvaney has been brought into an emotional and politically-charged debate on trans rights. In this post, we respond and address the dangers of conditional allyship and corporate rainbow washing.

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3 Signs Your Workplace is Supportive of Rising LGBTQ+ Leaders

By / / Allyship, Best Practices, Events / 6 minutes of reading

PIOW’s Katie Martell sits down with with young LGBTQ+ professionals to discuss LGBTQ+ identity, advocacy, and leadership in the modern workplace. What resulted was an insightful, engaging panel that brought a number of best practices to the surface. Continue reading for a full recording and event highlights you’ll want to bring back to your team.

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The Business Choice to Support Trans Equality: Recommendations for Businesses During Trans Awareness Week 2022

By / / Allyship, Best Practices, Trans Inclusion / 8 minutes of reading

Pride in Our Workplace urges the business community to refocus the conversation on the present need for allyship and protection, calling all businesses to understand their role in the fight against transphobia.

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Coming Out at Work: Indicators of Inclusivity

By / / Allyship, Best Practices, Pride / 3 minutes of reading

In an ideal world, coming out is a personal choice, detached from external pressures or threats of judgment. In reality, there is no guarantee of how a colleague or a workplace will react when an LGBTQ+ professional comes out. Read more to learn how you can begin gauging LGBTQ+ inclusivity in your organization.

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Executive Queeries: LGBTQ+ Pride and Allyship

By / / Allyship, Best Practices, Pride / 2 minutes of reading

Each LGBTQ+ person carries with them their own understanding of LGBTQ+ Pride and Allyship. As our annual “Pride Season” comes to a close, we are pausing to explore these concepts further with the hope that their deeper significance will be felt long after the wave of marketing campaigns and social initiatives end on June 30. We posed the following question to our Board: What do Pride and Allyship mean to you?

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