When Robert Morrice, Barclays chairman and CEO Asia Pacific worked in London, he had a colleague who most people in his office suspected was gay but had difficulty coming out of the closet.
“What I found worrying is that I could see he wasn’t fulfilling his potential,” Morrice told delegates at the inaugural Out on the Street’ event held on Thursday at the Conrad Hotel in Hong Kong. “People that are not comfortable coming out can function at 30% below their productivity level because they don’t bring their full self to work.”
Upon reflection, Morrice now thinks that if his colleague felt he had more straight allies...
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