Pride Month🌈 is a time to celebrate—and to reflect on how we show up for the LGBTQ+ community in our workplaces. Today, through my Like A Boss Podcast, I want to share a story about transgender rights in practice and the massively positive impact it had on an organization's culture. 💕

Several years ago, a valued employee at a company I work with came out as transgender and began their transition. Leadership leaned in. They reached out to me to conduct comprehensive harassment prevention trainings, focused on LGBTQ+ issues—covering respectful pronoun usage, legal protections, and everyday allyship. Then they took a less conventional step - a step that sent a very loud and unambiguously clear message of inclusion.🫂

With the employee's full consent, the company invited their therapist—a clinician specializing in gender ...