Session Description

Like it or not, everyone brings hundreds, if not thousands, of biases into every situation.

For the most part these biases are unconscious. In the workplace, unconscious bias can lead to favoritism and in some cases discrimination, when making decisions on who to hire, fire, promote or pay at a certain level.

It’s important, therefore, to ensure that those within the organization who are responsible for making employment-related decisions are properly trained to recognize what unconscious biases they may personally have and how to overcome them.

In this full day workshop, you will explore the concept that there is nothing more fundamental to performance than how people see and treat each other as human beings and how unconscious bias can impact that significantly.

• Identify your own biases – conscious and unconscious
• Understand the most common types of unconscious bias and where they may show up in decision making
• Identify strategies to keep bias from affecting decisions

• Lecture
• Discussion
• Individual reflection, paired and group discussion