Step into flourishing. Open yourself up, connect more profoundly, and lead more effectively.
We bring queer perspectives to leadership development for organizational leaders, founders, creatives, and executives of all genders and sexual orientations. Flourishing Gays offerings foster improved professional effectiveness, personal growth and holistic fulfillment.
Our programs for LGBTQ+ professionals draw on their distinctive experiences in their personal and professional lives to address their specific leadership challenges and unlock their unique strengths. Whether you are straight or LGBTQ+, we meet you where you are and companion you through a process of becoming yourself more fully.
Our Programs & Services
Join the growing Queer Flourishing community for connection, support, and inspiration at this critical moment in history.
Whether you’re part of the LGBTQ+ community or a supportive ally, join us to explore enriching content that celebrates flourishing for all.
Testimonials
“Through Flourishing Gays, the empowerment that I received and that I embraced makes me a different person.”
“Es un viaje introspectivo y un viaje del que sales enriquecido.”
Summer 2020 cohort of Heroes Journey
Diego Gómez Pickering
Barcelona, Spain
Former Ambassador of Mexico to the United Kingdom
“If you’re ready to interact with a group of people who are all incredibly well accomplished, let your barriers down, let them have an opinion on you in a dynamic and constructive way, and you’re willing to learn, this can be of significant value.”
Summer 2020 cohort of Heroes Journey
Adrian Ohmer
Michigan, USA
Investment Director at a major philanthropic institution Clinical Professor of Law (Adjunct) at a public university
“The wholeness that it brought I don’t think I could have gotten through any other group.”
Autumn 2020 cohort of Heroes Journey
Jim Brown
San Francisco Bay Area, USA
Public policy and government relations expert. Attorney. Legislative & regulatory advocate. Member, Board of Directors, San Francisco LGBT Center
“It was an inviting and inclusive and safe space to talk about things that I didn’t even realize had an impact on … what I was up to in the world.”
Summer 2020 cohort of Heroes Journey
Kevin Kuchar
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
CEO, CYM Media
Our View of Leadership development:
Development takes time.
Practice embeds new ways of being, thinking, and acting.
The real work happens beneath the surface
A community of practice is invaluable for inspiration, accountability, and support
Our Credo
- Flourishing is what we all are made for.
- Courageous authenticity is at the heart of effective leadership.
- Everyone is weird and wonderful.