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Author Browne, John, 1948- author.

Title The glass closet : why coming out is good business / John Browne.

Publication Info. New York, NY : Harper Business, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2014]
©2014

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 Middletown, Russell Library - Adult Nonfiction  331.53 BRO    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  331.53 BROWNE    Check Shelf
Edition First U.S. edition.
Description 240 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-234) and index.
Summary Exposing the culture of homophobia that still runs rampant in corporations around the world, the former CEO of BP draws on his own experiences to reveal why self-disclosure is best for employees despite the risk.
Contents Hide-and-seek : Growing up ; Career ; Coming down ; Starting again ; Reflection -- Beauty and bigotry : Beauty ; Blame ; Bigotry ; Television ; Worlds apart -- Deeply hidden : The costs of hiding ; Professional hiding -- Phantoms and fears : At the tops of corporations ; Hidden biases ; Explicit biases ; Less and less fear -- Coming out is good business : Hidden costs ; Hidden stigmas ; Markets -- The benefits of coming out : 'Isn't that unfortunate?' ; 'We all struggle differently' ; Poster child for diversity ; Transgender taboo ; Not everyone is heterosexual ; Even in Japan ; Stereotypes -- Opinion formers and icons : Politics ; Sport ; Law ; Icons -- Shattering the glass : Active leadership ; LGBT resource groups ; Straight allies ; Goals and measurement ; Individual responsibility ; Role models and their stories ; Working in conservative countries ; The future -- Beyond the closet : Liberation.
Subject Browne, John, 1948-
British Petroleum Company.
Browne, John, 1948- (OCoLC)fst01577206
British Petroleum Company. (OCoLC)fst00543244
Homosexuality in the workplace.
Gay executives -- Great Britain -- Biography.
Gay executives. (OCoLC)fst01740395
Homosexuality in the workplace. (OCoLC)fst00959834
Great Britain. (OCoLC)fst01204623
Genre/Form Autobiographies.
Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
ISBN 9780062316974
0062316974
Standard No. 99960586771
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