Intention/Impact and Sexual Orientation

WILL Interactive

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34% of the over 8 million LGBTQ+ workers in the U.S. have left a job due to unfair treatment in their workplace. It is not enough to hire diversely, organizations should evolve workplace culture to make it a place of Belonging – a measurable factor in individual and team performance and critical for organizational success. Understanding the dynamics of Intention vs Impact is an important first step.

The award-winning A Brighter Tomorrow training series proves that high-impact training can be as entertaining as it is effective. Using WILL's Choose Your Own Journey® methodology and streaming-quality scenarios, the Brighter Tomorrow series is the simply the best training available to improve workplace culture.

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Episode Summary

When new-employee Rob mentions that he’s recently become engaged, Makai surprises Rob with an engagement party elaborately decorated to celebrate a bride and groom. Rob, who is gay, was already worried about fitting in at the company based on previous workplace experiences. He must decide if he's going to focus on their hurtful assumptions or prioritize their good intentions.

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Issues Addressed

Sexual and gender diversity
Tolerance vs belonging
Intention vs. impact
Receive good intentions positively – it doesn't mean you give people a pass for bad behavior, it means you start from a place of positivity
If your positive intentions result in a negative impact – focus on the impact and apologize (the right way)

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