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April 4th, 11th, and 18th

How to Manage, Motivate, and Mentor the Gen Y Workforce is a new 3-part online professional development series I'm presenting in April 2012.  I'm very excited to be working with both The New York Times and USC on this special project.  Designed for anyone who manages Gen Y employees as well as HR professionals and corporate leaders seeking to gain a competitive advantage in the changing world of work, I invite you to join us for what will be three practical, interactive, and lively sessions! 

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PUBLISHING REVIEWS/HONORS (The G Quotient)

  • Harvard Business Review named The G Quotient to it's prestigious recommended reading list.
  • Recogized as one of the best business management books of the year by strategy + business.
  • The subject of a feature story in TIME Magazine, titled, Come Out, Move Up, by Andrea Sachs. 
  • Featured as a cover story for Details Magazine.

strategy+business: “Mr. Snyder’s evidence seems to show clear correlations between the gay experience and the development of what others have called emotional intelligence, and his arguments for a casual connection are persuasive.” Winter 2006

Library Journal:
”Highly recommended…Snyder treats the material sensible and seriously. His provocative study clearly and impressively shows that employees working for gay bosses have higher rates of satisfaction, job commitment, and productivity.”
June 15, 2006
(Richard Drezen, Washington Post News Research) 

PlanetOut:
“Snyder’s book does a fine job of drilling into the traits common to successful LGBT leaders… Snyder has done a lot of homework, and draws us into specific case studies at real companies, with real people.” November 2006

Publisher’s Weekly:
“Snyder is perceptive and detailed.” “Novel managing strategies make this a practical business primer as well as a landmark study. Managers looking for a fresh approach should pick this title up, as should those interested in the rising profile of gays in America.”
June 5, 2006 (starred review) 

Fast Company:
“USC B-School professor Kirk Snyder discovered that employees of gay white-collar males aren’t just happier with their jobs than other workers, they’re also more loyal and productive. Snyder explains why, offering seven management principles for everyone.”
June 2006

 

Snyder, Kirk, Lavender Road to Success: The Career Guide for the Gay Community (2003, Ten Speed Press/Crown)

Based on a groundbreaking two-year study of more than 300 gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender alumni from the University of Southern California, Lavender Road to Success is the first career guide written specifically for the gay community.  Honored as one of the best books of the year as a top ten editors’ pick by Amazon.com and by Insight Out Books as one of the best books of the year.