This week in the cafe I am speaking with Dr. Dominic Longo. Dr. Longo and I approach two topics this episode, the impact religion has on inclusion, and the development of LGTBQ+ leadership. 

 Dominic Longo, Ph.D., draws on his diverse professional background in leading Flourishing Gays as a social enterprise. His greatest passion is fostering the holistic development and transformation of individuals, communities, and organizations to foster human flourishing.

He founded Flourishing Gays to unlock human potential through executive coaching, leadership development, and organizational consulting. At the heart of Flourishing Gays is a leadership development program customized for highly accomplished men in the LGBTQ+ community. 

Dominic also serves small- and medium-sized organizations that aim to weave diversity, equity, and inclusion into the fabric of their culture – both to reflect their values and enable outstanding business performance. He works with organizational clients to build organizational development programs customized to their unique needs.

Besides Flourishing Gays, Dominic has co-founded two other LGBTQ organizations. While at McKinsey & Company, Dominic founded GLAM Allies, the employee resource group for allies of LGBTQ colleagues. More recently, Dominic teamed up with another Boston College alum to found an LGBTQ alumni association, which recently received official recognition as an affiliate of the University.

As a management consultant at McKinsey, Dominic became expert in business strategy as it intersects with leadership development, capability building, cultural transformation, and organizational development. He managed teams and led projects for private and public sector clients, including Fortune 500 companies, major non-profits, and government agencies in multiple countries. In his corporate career, Dominic has also managed international marketing, Middle East sales, and business development functions for a global equipment manufacturer. He holds a Professional Certified Coach credential from ICF, the largest guild of professional coaches globally. 

As a scholar, Dominic has been a tenure-track professor and director of a center for Muslim-Christian dialogue, where he integrated leadership development into inter-religious dialogue programming for undergraduate students, faculty, and staff. His doctorate from Harvard University is in Arabic and Islamic Studies, and he has distinctive expertise in queer comparative Christian-Islamic theology. Dr. Longo’s book Spiritual Grammar, published by Fordham University Press, has recently been released in paperback. Besides teaching inclusive leadership development at the MBA level, he has taught university courses in Arabic, Islamic Studies, Christian theology, Western intellectual history, Arab political history, and Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies. 

He holds four university degrees, from Harvard and Boston College, and is also an alum of a year-long advanced Arabic program at the American University in Cairo. Dominic is a native of Omaha, Nebraska and a citizen of Italy and the United States. 

Link to site https://www.flourishinggays.com/ 
Connect with Dominic dominic@flourishinggays.com 

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