Cultivate a Trans-Inclusive Workplace

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🗓️ 15 September 2020

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Katina Sawyer, assistant professor at the George Washington University, says transgender workers continue to be overlooked even as organizational diversity initiatives become more widespread. Her research shows that many trans employees experience ongoing discrimination, from microaggression to job loss. Sawyer shares effective formal policies and details the informal ways managers can make their workplaces — physical and virtual — truly welcoming for trans people. Sawyer is the author, along with Christian Thoroughgood and Jennica Webster, of the HBR article "Creating a Trans-Inclusive Workplace."

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0:00.0	How do you navigate gender in your workplace?
0:04.0	HBR's fan favorite podcast Women at Work is back with personal stories, the newest research,
0:09.6	and practical advice on navigating divorce, disability, and career failures.
0:14.0	Listen for free to H.B.
0:16.0	Women at Work wherever you get your podcasts. Welcome to the HBR Ideacast from Harvard Business Review. I'm Kurt Nikit.
0:37.0	I'm Kurt Nikit. Many organizations are increasingly focused on in in
0:48.0	in in in in
0:51.0	that's thanks to a growing realization in research and in practice that people only reach their full
0:54.7	potential at work when they can feel authentic and engaged and that includes transgender
1:00.1	workers.
1:01.1	Nine out of ten Fortune 500 companies have included gender identity as part of their
1:06.2	non-discrimination policies for their US workforces, but that's policy and not always lived
1:12.2	reality.
1:13.2	According to one study, nearly half of transgender employees in the US
1:17.5	experienced discriminatory behavior on a daily basis at work,
1:21.8	ranging from targeted negative remarks to just being ignored.
1:26.8	Our guest today researches this issue to understand the barriers that keep even well-meaning
1:31.3	managers and leaders from making their organizations welcome
1:34.6	for transgender employees.
1:36.7	And she's here to explain how to overcome those barriers.
1:40.3	Katina Sawyer is a management professor at the George Washington University and she wrote with Christian Thoroughgood and Genica Webster, the HBR article creating a trans-inclusive workplace.
1:52.0	And a quick note, we spoke with Katina early on a trans inclusive workplace.
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