NEW YORK CITY, NY – On Wednesday, December 6th, Todd Sears, Founder and CEO of Out Leadership, the premier global LGBTQ+ organization harnessing the power of business to drive equality, will discuss the state of LGBTQ+ access and equality and empowering Out leaders at the world’s most successful businesses.
“Despite what the vocal minority of politicians are saying and doing around the country, most of the world’s businesses are embracing LGBTQ+ equality moving in the opposite direction,” said Todd Sears, Founder and CEO of Out Leadership. “These companies realize these are important policies that are good for business benefiting their overall profitability and likelihood of long-term success in an increasingly competitive global marketplace. They understand these efforts and actions are not only imperative, but paramount to their bottom lines.”
Out Leadership Founder & CEO Todd Sears will join the Chen Institute for Global Real Estate Finance and co-hosts at the NYU Stern School of Business for a fireside chat, moderated by Sam Chandan, PhD, Founding Director of the Chen Institute.
WHAT: Empowering Out Leaders at the World’s Largest Companies
WHO: Todd Sears, Founder and CEO of Out Leadership
WHEN: Wednesday, December 6, 2023 at 4:30PM ET
WHERE: NYU Stern School of Business, Henry Kaufman Management Center
This fireside chat is open to the public and the media. Advance registration is required: bit.ly/ChenOutLeadership
Todd will discuss the latest developments at the intersection of LGBTQ+ equality and business, and how Out Leadership has partnered with over 100 of the world’s largest companies to advance LGBTQ+ equality initiatives worldwide.
Some of the data and research Todd will discuss includes:
- ERG research and survey data with UK’s Nexus
- The largest ever global talent survey — Out to Succeed 2.0
Critical developments around CSR in the Return on Equality ESG report
The best and worst states in the 2023 State LGBTQ+ Business Climate Index
The groundbreaking board diversity report, 2023 OutOurom: Progress & Possibility
Sears recently joined The Lean to the Left podcast to discuss the state of LGBTQ+ affairs here in the United States and around the world.
Media interested in interviews about these topics and/or attending the address at the NYU Stern School of Business, please contact: Kristofer Eisenla at kristofer@lunaeisenla.com