Based on a landmark five-year study, The G Quotient redefines successful leadership for all managers. Organizations and working units under the leadership of white-collar gay males are collectively experiencing 35 percent higher levels of employee engagement, job satisfaction, and workplace morale in addition to reporting greater employee loyalty and individual productivity. It is proof that today’s employees are responding to a new type of organizational leader.

The term "G Quotient" represents seven unique leadership principles that explain why organizations and working units under the management of gay executives are more harmonious, interconnected, and successful. The G Quotient examines these unique principles, which any manager, regardless of gender or sexual orientation, can use to become the leader everyone wants to work for and the leader everyone wants to hire. The principles of G Quotient leadership are creating positive organizational benefits that engage and motivate employees, encourage creativity and innovation, foster greater professional connection, increase organizational communication, capitalize on business intuition, and utilize inclusiveness as a commodity.

G Quotient leaders featured in this book range from high-ranking executives from global corporations such as IBM, Morgan Stanley, and PepsiCo to top officials at world-class colleges and universities, including the University of Southern California and the University of California's Office of the President. Other featured leaders represent managers working in the public sector in addition to independent businesses. From a college president to a state senator to senior partners and CEOs, The G Quotient addresses all facets of this new type of successful leadership across a diverse spectrum of companies and organizations.