The 20/20 Perspective

Inclusive Leadership with the Gay Leadership Dude, Dr. Steve Yacovelli

Episode Summary

The Gay Leadership Dude wasn't born with strategies for LGBTQ+ professionals to be the kings or queens of their jungles. Dr. Steve Yacovelli became a consciously inclusive leader after many failure experiences with unconscious bias in the workplace.

Episode Notes

Are you a consciously inclusive leader? Chances are you've probably heard the terms "Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion," read an article about D&I, or been invited to your organization's training efforts around being inclusive. This is all great, BUT do you really understand where YOU stand in being a consciously inclusive human?

In this episode, we have a lively conversation with Dr. Steve Yacovelli, "The Gay Leadership Dude," about:

And so much more! We learned a thing or two during this juicy conversation and you will too!

More about Dr. Steve Yacovelli:

Dr. Steve Yacovelli (“The Gay Leadership Dude™”) is the Owner & Principal of  TopDog Learning Group, LLC – a learning and development, leadership, change management, and diversity and inclusion consulting firm based in Orlando, FL, USA, with affiliates across the globe.

Steve and TopDog have had the pleasure of working with some great client-partners who they consider to be members of their “pack.” He’s worked with Fortune 500 greats like The Walt Disney Company and Bayer to amazing not-for-profits like The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and The American Library Association; large universities like The Ohio State University and The University of Central Florida, to small entrepreneurial rock stars like International Training & Development and GovMojo, Inc. Steve and TopDog have thoroughly enjoyed helping their client-partners grow, develop, expand, and be successful with their corporate learning, change management, diversity and inclusion, and leadership consulting goodness.

With over twenty-five years’ experience in leadership, strategy, organizational learning, and communication, Steve is a rare breed of professional that understands the power of using academic theory and applying it to the corporate setting to achieve business results.

Oh, and he’s quite fond of dogs, too.

Learn more about Dr. Yacovelli and Top Dog Learning at www.topdoglearning.biz

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