PIOW Updates

How Introverted LGBTQ+ Employees Can Build Strong Leadership Skills

By / / Leadership, Newsletter, PIOW Updates, Professional Development / 5 minutes of reading

June 15, 2026, By Sandra D. Polster Introverted LGBTQ+ employees often bring steadiness, empathy, and clarity to teams, yet many workplaces still reward the loudest voice in the room. That mismatch can turn everyday moments, speaking up in meetings, handling visibility, and advocating for LGBTQ+ workplace inclusion, into exhausting tests […]

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20 Years of Pride In Our Workplace

By / / Community Spotlight, ERG, Leadership, PIOW Updates / 3 minutes of reading

6/9/26 By John Basile, co-founder   It was 2006 in Boston, and many of us that were working in the Financial Services  and Consulting sectors were working hard to develop our LGBTQ+ employee resources groups within our organizations.  For many years we had  been advocating for domestic partner benefits for same

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Building a Professional Development Plan That Actually Grows With You

By / / Best Practices, Leadership, PIOW Updates, Professional Development / 4 minutes of reading

Image by Freepik By Sandra D. Polster, Dec 15, 2025 Professional development is not a side project; it’s your lifelong design system. For LGBTQ+ professionals navigating shifting industries and identities, a clear development plan can be both armor and amplifier — a way to thrive in environments that may still

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