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26 ‘‘ I believe my role is to facilitate the LGBT community to blossom and grow so when there are issues that they bring forward, I will help them address them by shaping them into the right format to be discussed. Last year we ran an LGBT Across Europe Forum. I hosted that for the two days because I wanted to spend the time to understand what was on their mind, the issues that they faced, and what help they needed to remove those obstacles and get to the next level. David Cornick, Vice President of Business Partners & Mid-Market for NE Europe, IBM
➜ TIP Help your staff become straight allies too by coaching them on how they can make a difference Developing open and constructive relationships with gay colleagues can help straight allies to grow in confidence and allay anxieties about ‘getting it wrong’. I think everyone’s always a bit scared that they’ll mess up. Certainly it took me a little while to get over this fear of saying the wrong thing. When I took on the role of LGB executive sponsor I said ‘look I’m really scared I’m going to get stuff wrong, use the wrong words and offend people.’ But my colleague on the staff network said ‘I know you, I know you right to your soul, and if you say something wrong it’s because you just didn’t know.’ So I was reassured that I couldn’t mess up, and having that in mind made me bolder and more confident. Once you’ve got over that, it’s a lot easier to have those conversations with people. I’ve realised that you can always ask forgiveness and people are very good at knowing when it’s genuine. Amanda McKenzie, Executive Committee member and Chief of Marketing & Communications, Aviva SENIOR MANAGERS 27
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