Avoiding Unconscious Bias

Unconscious bias: social stereotypes about groups of people that individuals form without realizing it. While we can’t completely eliminate our unconscious biases, we can learn to become aware of them and make a habit of challenging them. This collection of content will show you how.

“It is never too late to give up your prejudices”

― Henry David Thoreau

Podcast with Julie Kratz
Promoting gender equality within the workplace, empowering women to express confidence and helping them build a winning career game plan and pivot to the next level.

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We all have bias; it's a human condition. But HR professionals and their organizations can mitigate the effects of implicit bias, beginning with the employer's recruiting and hiring process and continuing through the employee's growth within the organization, said Eric Ellis, a speaker at the Society for Human Resource Management's (SHRM's) Talent virtual conference.

Excerpt from SHRM article on Try These Strategies to Reduce Implicit Bias in Your Workplace

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Video by Valerie Alexander
The human brain is a remarkable achievement in evolution. Unfortunately, the brain activity that kept the human species alive for millions of years is the same brain activity that keeps us from achieving equality today. Author, speaker and CEO, Valerie Alexander, explains how the human brain instinctively reacts when encountering the unexpected, like saber-toothed tigers or female tech execs, and proposes that if we have the courage to examine our own behavior when faced with the unfamiliar, we can take control of our expectations, and by doing so, change the world.