Why Gay Men Make the Bt Boss | GQ

Contents:

• WHY GAY MEN MAKE THE BT BOSS
• YEP, HE’S GAY
• WHAT I LEARNED WHEN MY FIRST BOSS HARASSED ME FOR BEG GAY
• SUPREME COURT L WORKERS N'T BE FIRED FOR BEG GAY OR TRANSGENR
• IS MY HBAND GAY? SIGNS OF A GAY HBAND

WHY GAY MEN MAKE THE BT BOSS

And while ’s not nclive, evince suggts that one of the reasons Ollanr-Krane is so effective is that he’s part of a new breed—gay managers—who uld be beg Ameri’s most sirable the Edors of DetailsIn The G Quotient: Why Gay Executiv Are Excellg as Lears... And What Every Manager Needs to Know, thor and USC bs-school profsor Kirk Snyr argu that gay boss embody a style of personalized attentn that allows high-matenance Gen Xers and Yers to maximize their performance. “Gay executiv tend to look at how each dividual brgs unique abili, and they see their job as figurg out how bt to take advantage of those skills, “ he fact, durg Snyr’s five-year study of Amerin executiv, he stumbled on some startlg fdgs: Gay male boss produce 35 to 60 percent higher levels of employee engagement, satisfactn, and morale than straight boss.

YEP, HE’S GAY

And the Saratoga Instute, a group that measur the effectivens of HR partments, found that a study of 20, 000 workers who had qu their jobs, the primary motivator for jumpg ship was their supervisors’ what mak gay boss different? “Gay people are nstantly havg to dodge and weave and asss how and where they’re gog as they grow up, “ says Snyr.

“ In other words, your boss is ol wh your leavg a ltle early one day a week to pick up your kid om school, or happy to offer a learng experience that helps you close a ccial executiv note that the reflectn and ndidns required for g out mean that by the time they get to the workplace, gay men are often secure their inty and don’t feel the need to abe people orr to boost their ego. “I thk ’s really important that you give people the opportuny to have self-rpect, even if that means helpg them leave a job the way they want to, “ he this kd of empathetic management style is both gay and straight benefg employe.

PR firm, he approached his gay manager, Jason Smh. “It’s fely surprisg to me that I have a 38-year-old gay male my life who is such a huge fluence.

WHAT I LEARNED WHEN MY FIRST BOSS HARASSED ME FOR BEG GAY

“Matthew Kle says that workg for a gay boss has tght him that emotnally hont don’t equate to weak the workplace.

“But beg gay don’t give you a monopoly on management skills. “The only managers that succeed are on that have energy and are outgog and terted, “ says Richard Laermer, the gay CEO of a New York–based PR firm and -thor of Punk Marketg: Get Off Your Ass and Jo the Revolutn. “If that’s a gay thg, then mazel tov, but I know the same number of straight managers who are emotnal and rg.

“ And one gay vice print at a fancial firm says his learship tras e om his life history, not om anythg related to his sexual orientatn. “I feel like I spend my life explag that what I’m sayg or dog has nothg to do wh the fact that I’m gay.

SUPREME COURT L WORKERS N'T BE FIRED FOR BEG GAY OR TRANSGENR

“That said, if your new boss happens to be gay, chanc are you’ll be happier and more fulfilled your job.

IS MY HBAND GAY? SIGNS OF A GAY HBAND

Adult populatn intified as lbian, gay, bisexual, or transgenr. Not All of Us Use LabelsSome folks have “Comg Out” parti and ll themselv gay, lbian, bisexual, or anythg else they’d like!

You’re eher straight or you’re gay, you’re eher a woman or a man—but the tth is there’s so much more beyond that. This has to be said pot blank, though: The (pretty mon) qutn “I’m not gay, but if I was, would you want to hook up wh me? Go to askgaybros.

My boss mak me unfortable after he found out I’m gay.