Disrupt Unconscious Bias And Improve Your Workplace Culture

Create a better work environment through understanding, recognizing, and addressing unconscious bias.

What you'll learn
Explore the definitions and origins of unconscious bias
Deepen awareness about how unconscious bias is challenging
Recognize the types and forms of bias
Discover how biases show up in the workplace and in everyday interactions
Implement best practices and strategies to address and prevent bias
Continue ongoing efforts through action-planning
Requirements
Be ready to consider different perspectives and viewpoints
Be prepared for note-taking and reflective exercises
Come forward with an open mind to explore challenging scenarios
Description
Unconscious bias is a widespread phenomenon impacting all organizations in every industry. This issue is top of mind for every workplace committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). If you are a manager you are probably looking for ways to address bias immediately and effectively. If you are an employee at a company, you’re likely wanting to learn more about how to navigate bias or prevent it in your own work. Any student who takes this course will be exposed to the latest concepts of unconscious bias and how to apply it effectively to your own environment, which in turn will impact greater societal change.As a DEI practitioner, author, and consultant with over 20 years of experience, I share ideas and best practices from my client work with a wide range of organizations. These tools and strategies are effective in addressing bias in a practical and straightforward way. You will see shifts in how you perceive situations and interact with others, as well as a new look at how to reduce bias in workplace processes. In this course you will see how our decisions, behaviors, and communication with others create greater impact.In this course, you will:Develop awareness of how unconscious bias is formedIdentify the types and forms of biasExplore strategies to mitigate and interrupt biasGain knowledge about models for responding to instances of biasPlan for how to recover from situations where bias may occurIn this course you will work on the following activities to help you reflect on unconscious bias in the workplace and develop strategies for detecting and overcoming it:Goal-settingScenario observation & analysisReflection exercisesGlossary of types of biasBias detection practiceBias recovery checklistPartner accountability worksheetAction planningReview of additional resources for further learningTaking this course, “Disrupt Unconscious Bias and Improve Your Workplace Culture”, is an important step in the journey of creating awareness of bias in our perceptions and interactions with others, as well as within organizational processes. By reducing bias, we can positively impact the workplace - and ultimately transform society overall.Let’s get started!

Overview

Section 1: Introduction

Lecture 1 Welcome!

Lecture 2 What is Unconscious Bias?

Lecture 3 Reflection: Your goals for this course

Lecture 4 Course objectives

Section 2: Unconscious Bias in action

Lecture 5 Scenario: Unconscious Bias at work

Lecture 6 Who is involved in bias?

Section 3: Foundations

Lecture 7 Unconscious Bias defined

Lecture 8 How does Unconscious Bias form?

Lecture 9 Bias is more than we think

Lecture 10 Effects of bias

Section 4: Types and forms of bias

Lecture 11 Introduction to types and forms of bias

Lecture 12 Affinity bias

Lecture 13 Confirmation bias

Lecture 14 Attribution bias

Lecture 15 Activity: Explore types of bias

Lecture 16 Microaggressions

Lecture 17 Cultural fit

Lecture 18 Strategy: Disrupt bias with P.E.N.N.

Section 5: Unconscious Bias in the workplace

Lecture 19 Introduction to Unconscious Bias in the workplace

Lecture 20 Bias in workplace processes

Lecture 21 Organizational culture and systemic bias

Lecture 22 Strategy: Review workplaces processes and interactions

Section 6: Strategies for mitigating bias

Lecture 23 Mitigating bias

Lecture 24 Activity: Prevention

Lecture 25 Detection and bias stressors

Lecture 26 Responding to bias

Lecture 27 Recovering from bias

Section 7: Conclusion

Lecture 28 Course summary

Lecture 29 Action planning for the future

Any individual or employee seeking an overview of unconscious bias and practical activities to readily apply their learning to the workplace.,Entry to mid-level managers focused on leading effectively, increasing awareness of how bias operates within organizations, and how to mitigate it.,HR leaders looking to support fellow employees with skills, strategies, and tools that can be put into practice immediately.