Unconcious Bias & Mindfulness
This program aims to sensitize leaders and employees on beliefs and mindsets on following themes: Gender, Cultural, Generational, Disability, LGBTQ+, and work styles. By challenging mindsets we help employees understand their role in building an inclusive workplace. We promote participation, encourage accountability and create a space to explore perceptions and attitudes around the following:
- Diversity & Inclusion – What’s it got to do with me?
- Addressing Unconscious biases
- Challenging stereotypes &Existing beliefs
Learning outcomes:
- Improving diversity targets in all areas of attraction and retention
- Enhancing awareness via Research insights and best practice sharing
- Understanding Inclusion and the cost of Exclusion
- Understanding of various kinds of Unconscious Bias
- Awareness of the power of assumption, association and preference
- Appreciation what drives ideas of cultural ‘fit’ in an organisation
- The practical tools they need to design person specifications and selection criteria that are fair, clear and avoid adverse impact
- Greater confidence in managing their own bias in selection interviews or decision-making
- The ability to identify unconscious bias in others and challenge it
Approach: Case Study, Role Plays, Videos and Simulated Activities
Who Should Attend: Customised programs for Leaders, Hiring teams, Managers leading teams
Duration: 1 Day
Maximum class size: 20