MGK Consulting offers a specific service to assist organizations in integrating sexual orientation into their workplace diversity initiative. Mark Kaplan, President of MGK Consulting LLC, did pioneering work to help Fortune 1000 companies address this emerging workplace issue in the early 1990s. Mark has written chapters on sexual orientation as a diversity issue in the following books: The Promise of Diversity (Katz, Miller, Seashore, Katz and The Diversity Factor: Capturing the Competitive Advantage of a Changing Workforce (Cross). He also was guest editor for The Diversity Factor magazine that focused on sexual orientation issues in organizations (Fall 2000).

MGK Consulting has provided the following services incorporating sexual orientation to more than two dozen Fortune 1000 companies :

• Needs assessment to uncover the often invisible impact of sexual orientation issues, including interviews and focus groups.
• Consulting to diversity practitioners, diversity councils, and HR staff to successfully incorporate issues of sexual orientation into organization policies and practices.
• Coaching of senior leaders to increase their awareness and skill to successfully lead organization change.
• Design and deliver training to all levels of staff, enhancing awareness and skill developing to create a more inclusive climate consistent with company policies.