Weekly Round-Up: Inclusive Workplaces for LGBTQ Employees, Why SAP is Embracing Flexible Work, 27 Quotes to Inspire You, Why Poor Leadership Causes Turnover, Leadership Insights & Tips

Welcome to my weekly round-up of the best-of-the-best recent leadership and communication blog posts. 

This Week's Round-Up of Leadership and Communication Blogs:

• Creating Inclusive Workplaces for LGBTQ Employees
  By The Together Forward @Work Task Force via SHRM (@SHRM)
  
  Get resources and guidance to assist your company in helping this community navigate the workplace.
  
  “Promoting diversity and inclusion within an organization has become essential not only to employers, but also to their employees, customers and clients. While there has been a lot of focus on being inclusive of women and people of color, employers and their HR professionals are also increasing their efforts to build workplaces that incorporate the LGBTQ community...”
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• Why SAP is Embracing Flexible Work for its 100K Employees
  By Kathryn Mayer (@mayereditor via @HRExecMag), Human Resource Executive
  
  Find out what SAP learned from regularly surveying their employees through the pandemic and why they're embracing flexible work for its 100K+ employees.
  
  “The employee surveys have fueled important feedback and resulted in companywide changes, such as implementing a mental health day. Now, employee feedback about the popularity of working from home has resulted in another change: a flexible working policy for all of its 100,000 workers going forward...”
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• 27 Quotes to Inspire Your Next Victory
  By Skip Prichard (@SkipPrichard)
  
  Everybody loves an inspiring quote - here are 27 Skip put together to inspire your next big win.
  
  “It may seem overly simple, but reading positive quotes is one way that I boost my spirits and confidence. And it makes sense, doesn’t it? If you want to be victorious, read quotes about victory. Here are a few quotes to inspire your next big win...”
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• The Hidden Way Poor Leadership Causes Turnover
  By Kelly Tyler Byrnes (@KellyTyler via @Forbes), Forbes
  
  Kelly details 3 recent examples of poor leadership behaviors that show how incompetence at the higher levels contributes to turnover.
  
  “Three recent examples of mind-boggling leadership behaviors show how incompetence at the higher levels contributes to turnover. You can practically set your watch by it: I predict that within six months, key employees will exit these three companies...”
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• June 2021 Leadership Development Carnival
  By Lead Change Group (@leadchangegroup)
  
  Get strategies, insights and tips from over 30 global leadership experts in one spot.
  
  “Welcome to the June 2021 Leadership Development Carnival! We’re excited to share posts from leadership experts from around the globe on the topics of communication, development, engagement, motivation, productivity, team building, and more…”
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What were some of the best resources you’ve read this week?

—David Grossman