- Published: 1 September 2015
- ISBN: 9780753555330
- Imprint: WH Allen
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 256
- RRP: $39.99
The Glass Closet
Why Coming Out is Good Business
- Published: 1 September 2015
- ISBN: 9780753555330
- Imprint: WH Allen
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 256
- RRP: $39.99
Lord Browne has written a book of unfl inching honesty and lasting social value. In it he says, ‘You will do more to better the world when you can be authentic.’ It took much of his remarkable career for him to reach that conclusion; but in doing so, he makes it infi nitely easier for others to follow.
Sir Martin Sorrell, CEO WPP
This is a brave book. It takes a subject hardly ever discussed in global business, gay rights, and blows apart misconceptions.
Martha Lane Fox, Founder lastminute.com
Despite much progress in recent years, gay rights issues around the world remain a serious problem. The Glass Closet by John Browne is a brave and fascinating book that shows how businesses can lead the way in promoting gay rights and why being yourself is best for business and for you.
Sir Richard Branson, Chairman Virgin Group
How many of your people are living a double life? How many are wasting energy and emotion keeping their closet closed? Business leaders are used to shaping their worlds, to making a diff erence. This is one place we can, and should.
Peter Sands, CEO Standard Chartered
Personal and instructive, The Glass Closet provides a compelling roadmap to what, as a society and as individuals, we can achieve if LGBT men and women are completely free from prejudice and anxiety because of who they are.
Lloyd Blankfein, Chairman and CEO Goldman Sachs
A courageous and salutary reminder that despite huge progress we still have a long way to go to create the kind of tolerant and inclusive society of which business – as this book powerfully argues – must be a driving force.
Paul Polman, CEO Unilever
This is essential reading for anybody interested in diversity in the workplace
Andrew Clark, The Times
Browne makes a strong case for companies to go on the front foot and promote openness
Sunday Times