Blog Archive MBA News Stanford GSB Launches Program for LGBT Leaders

Blog Archive MBA News Stanford GSB Launches Program for LGBT Leaders The Stanford Graduate School of Business (GSB) will soon launch a first-of-its-kind boot camp designed to promote career advancement among lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) business leaders, the school announced recently. The Stanford LGBT Executive Leadership Program, created by GSB Lecturer Thomas Wurster and Professor Sarah Soule, came to fruition after Thomas and Soule wanted to see the GSB help LGBT professionals advance in their careers. “Companies are moving quickly to build out diversity in their leadership teams, but we’ve seen relatively few senior executives who are LGBT and out,” Wurster commented to the Wall Street Journal. The program will take place over the course of a week in July, at a cost of around $12K, and will involve approximately 50 participantsâ€"who would ideally, according to the program directors, have approximately a decade of professional experience and five years of managerial experience. Participants will take part in leadership assessments and a management training course, in addition to instruction in such topics as leadership and design thinking. Interested parties can apply individually, or alternatively companies can nominate suitable employees. Share ThisTweet News Stanford University (Stanford Graduate School of Business)