PRIDE LEADERSHIP: 

Strategies for the LGBTQ+ Leader to be the King or Queen of their Jungle

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As a member of the LGBTQ+ Community, did you know that you naturally have some amazing leadership skills inside you, based upon your experience, that you may not be capitalizing on?

Now, it’s not to say that our straight brothers and sisters don’t have the potential to be rock star leaders, but—through many of our shared experiences being LGBTQ+ folks—we’ve had the opportunity to truly develop such skills as leveraging empathy, shaping our culture, being courageous, and being authentic. These skills are some of the most sought-after leadership competencies in the workplace today … and they’re already inside you, dear LGBTQ+ professional!

Based upon over twenty-five years’ experience in the leadership development, change management, and diversity and inclusion consulting space, Dr. Steve Yacovelli identifies the six leadership traits—being authentic, leading with courage, having empathy, effective communication, building relationships, and influencing organizational culture—that can greatly increase any LGBTQ+ Leader’s effectiveness, and ways in which you as an LGBTQ+ Leader can increase your own leadership potential through cultivating these six leadership competencies.

Whether you’re a seasoned senior executive or a just-starting-out shiny new leader, Pride Leadership is your stop to hone your natural LGBTQ+ leadership awesomeness, gather a few kernels of wisdom to immediately apply in your workplace, and amp up your leadership-self to be just that much better-er.

In short: you’ll be a more effective, impactful, and inclusive leader after reading this book. Oh, and you’ll have a good time learning along the way, too!

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WHAT ARE  PEOPLE SAYING  ABOUT
"PRIDE LEADERSHIP"?

"Under the Obama Administration the Federal Government was tasked to develop ways to be more inclusive to the LGBTQ+ communities. … We encouraged entrepreneurs to tap into their greatest resource … “Leadership,” and we would connect them to powerful networks to help them succeed, scale and grow. Pride Leadership, by Dr. Steve Yacovelli will serve America’s LGBTQ+ entrepreneurs very well. Pride Leadership is the perfect handbook for all leaders to follow."
— Eugene Cornelius, Jr.
Senior Director for Strategic Alliances International Council for Small Business (ICSB)
"There are a lot of 'leadership books' out there today, but none come to mind that speak directly to an LGBTQ Leader. In Pride Leadership, Steve not only speaks straight to our community (so to speak), but does so with empathy, passion, and practical wisdom. An enjoyable yet thoughtful read, I highly recommend this for any LGBTQ person wishing to 
amp up their leadership game."
— Gina Duncan
Director of Transgender Equality
Equality Florida Institute
"For nearly two decades NGLCC has been the business voice of the LGBT community, helping empower and elevate our business leaders worldwide. Pride Leadership: Strategies for LGBTQ+ Professionals to be the King or Queen of their Jungle, by NGLCC-certified business owner Dr. Steve Yacovelli, speaks to the importance of fostering the next generation of leaders in our community to ensure our social and economic progress continues moving forward toward opportunity and inclusion for all."
— Justin Nelson (he/him)
President & Co-Founder
National LGBT Chamber of Commerce
"Exploring leadership from a queer (LGBTQ+) perspective can be a challenge. There aren’t many role models when you’re an “outsider” or an insider within a marginalized group. The gifts our communities’ experience can bring to leadership are not well-articulated in the mainstream, but Steve Yacovelli has the chops to put all the pieces together. Read, then go forth and LEAD!"
— Jamison Green, Ph.D.
President, Transgender Strategies Consulting, LLC; author of Becoming a Visible Man
"You have to see it to be it. Yet far too many LGBTQ+ entrepreneurs, executives, and employees alike are hard-pressed to identify out and proud possibility models crushing it in business. Pride Leadership offers the elixir guaranteed to encourage more rainbow family members to step out of their closets and onto their leadership thrones. Treat yourself to a healthy dose of professional development you can take with you on your next road trip, and enjoy the transformation."
— Rhodes Perry (he/him)
award-winning author of Belonging at Work and Imagine Belonging
& founder of the Belonging Circle℠
"An accessible and essential read. Leadership in action. Pride Leadership is filled with resonant examples and exercises to teach profound lessons—to and about ourselves. Pride Leadership will teach you to think like an inclusive leader."
— Ingrid Thorp
Co-Founder of Thorp, LLC,
a business management strategist specializing in Human Resources, Organizational & Leadership Development
"Thoughtful, helpful, and wickedly enjoyable. If you lead any team, business, or organization, you’ll get a lot out of Steve’s insights found in Pride Leadership. Plus, it’s pretty darn fun to read."
— Casey Nicholaw
Tony Award-winning Broadway director/choreographer
"The experience of being in the LGBTQ community has been such an unexpected professional gift, in that I have gained so many skills through my efforts to be authentic, to connect with others, and to bring my full self to every interaction. At a time when so many are still closeted at work, this book provides encouragement and inspiration that identity can be a powerful engine of our success!"
— Jennifer Brown
Founder and CEO, Jennifer Brown Consulting
and author of Inclusion: Diversity, the New Workplace, and the Will to Change and How to be an Inclusive Leader
"Being an inclusive leader is so important, more now than ever before. For an LGBTQ+ Leader, understanding your power and influence in leveraging empathy, being authentic, managing relationships and the other competencies Steve shares in Pride Leadership are great revelations for emerging leaders, and good practical reminders for experienced leaders. I highly recommend this fun, informative, 
and engaging read for any LGBTQ+ Leader."
— Jon G. Muñoz
Vice President, Global Diversity & Inclusion
Hilton

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 ABOUT THE AUTHOR 

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

Steve and TopDog has had the pleasure of working with some great client-partners who we consider to be members of our “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. We have thoroughly enjoyed helping our client-partners grow, develop, expand, and be successful with our 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.

OTHER BOOKS BY DR. STEVE

Pride Leadership: 
A Leader's Workbook

Companion workbook to go along with "Pride Leadership" to record thoughts and experiences and maximize your leadership potential. Great tool for self-development and to apply the concepts of "Pride Leadership" to the next level.

Overcoming Poopy e-Learning: How to Effectively Evaluate "e"

The first of the "Overcoming Poopy e-Learning" Series, follow the story of Pearl White and the 7 Dorks as she learns strategies to evaluate existing e-learning content to be more effective.

Will They Like It or Use It?

Dr. Steve's doctoral research on developing an instrument to measure attitudes toward e-learning and computer competence. A must-read page turner for insomniacs (and and the academic set interested in how to measure people's attitudes toward online learning).

"I'M INSANELY PROUD OF 'PRIDE LEADERSHIP' ... MY NOT-SO-HIDDEN AGENDA IS TO HELP MOVE LGBTQ+ & ALLY LEADERS TO THE NEXT LEVEL." 

~ Dr. Steve "The Gay Leadership Dude®" Yacovelli