Choose the Best Candidate, Not the Most Obvious One
When you make a decision about your own career, you want to consider the most important factors and make the best choice. If you are a hiring manager, you must also make decisions about other people’s careers. Taking on this level of responsibility requires you to understand and guard against your own biases. After all, […]
Employee Resource Groups: What You Need to Know
Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) are typically designed to help employees connect with one another. There are many other benefits for companies and employees.
Unconscious Bias: Break out in 3 simple steps
If you have ever taken an Implicit Association Test (see post: Our Brains Are Biased), you may have been surprised by your own unconscious bias. I know the first time I took one of these tests, I was pretty taken aback. Want to learn more? Check out our self-paced online courses to learn how to overcome […]
Our Brains Are Biased: Understanding Unconscious Bias
Author’s note: This article is adapted from my book, Network Beyond Bias. You may not know it, but unconscious bias affects you before your brain even knows what’s happening! Don’t believe me? Imagine you’re driving late at night down a fairly deserted highway. You look up into your rearview mirror and see a police cruiser […]