The G Quotient

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The G Quotient identifies a management phenomenon that will change the way people view their professional roles in the workplace. Based on a landmark five-year study, The G Quotient redefines successful leadership for all managers. Organizations and working units under the leadership of white-collar gay males are collectively experiencing 35 percent higher levels of employee engagement, job satisfaction, and workplace morale in addition to reporting greater employer loyalty and individual productivity. It is proof that today's employees are responding to a new type of organizational leader.

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Kirk Snyder

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According to Snyder, whose book compiles the results of a five-yearresearch project covering over 2,000 organizations and 3,500professionals, openly gay male managers and executives offer aspecific and effective model of leadership that he calls the Gquotient, which accounts for a 25 to 30 percent higher level of jobsatisfaction and workplace morale among employees of gay managers.Snyder believes the gay experience teaches these managers to "placea greater emphasis on the individual value of their employees," andidentifies seven qualities that gay executives bring to theworkplace: inclusion, creativity, adaptability, connectivity,communication, intuition and collaboration. Snyder is perceptiveand detailed in analyzing his research and discussing it with aslew of today's top gay business leaders, including a statesenator, a college president, and top executives at Disney, PepsiCoand Morgan Stanley. Novel managing strategies, including "focusingon the process of work rather than the final product," "placingvalue on experiential learning" and "seeing inspiration as amanageable commodity," make this a practical business primer aswell as a landmark study; managers looking for a fresh approachshould pick this title up, as should those interested in the risingprofile of gays in America. (Publishers Weekly Annex (starred review), June 2006) Snyder (Rossier Sch. of Education, Univ. of Southern California;Lavender Road To Success: The Career Guide for the Gay Community)here explores not only what it means to be a gay male executive butwhat it's like to work for such an individual. His provocativestudy clearly and impressively shows that employees working for gaybosses have higher rates of satisfaction, job commitment, andproductivity. The secret? Snyder calls it The GQuotient, which measures seven components of executiveleadership: "inclusion, creativity, adaptability, connectivity,communication, intuition and collaboration." While these arecertainly not new business principles, they are apparently moreconsistently and creatively applied by the executives in Snyder'sstudy. Snyder argues that "G Quotient leaders understand and valuethemselves," implying that they are better able to understand andvalue their employees. He even includes a few employeetestimonials. While in no way implying that heterosexual malebosses do not also motivate their employees, Snyder's researchstrongly suggests that they might learn a thing or two aboutleadership from their gay colleagues. While some may find this aquestionable subject for a business book, Snyder treats thematerial sensibly and seriously. Highly recommended for librarieswith gay/lesbian studies or larger business collections. --Richard Drezen, Washington Post News Research, New York(Library Journal, June 2006)The G Quotient--Named to Harvard BusinessReview's 2006 Reading List "The G Quotient is a clarion call to all leaderswanting to successfully lead others and build winningtwenty-first-century organizations. It is a call to authenticity,to presence, and to leading by being fully human." --Andrew Fenniman, principal, The Exetor Group, LLC "The G Quotient is for any executive, regardlessof gender or sexual orientation, because Snyder's insights willhelp to improve everyone's leadership skills. It's amust-read not only for those interested in diversity issues butalso for anyone who seeks to understand the secret of successfulexecutive leadership in today's rapidly changing workplace." --Kevin Jennings, founder and executive director, GLSEN
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