What you'll learn:
- Understand the meaning and significance of unconscious bias, and how it can affect workplace interactions and decisions.
- Recognize common types of unconscious bias, such as affinity bias and confirmation bias.
- Develop awareness of microaggressions and their impact on workplace culture and relationships.
- Develop practical strategies to overcome unconscious biases and avoid microaggressions in the workplace.
- Gain practical communication skills and easily applicable tools for avoiding bias, engaging in leUnderstand how to develop community agreements to foster trust.
- Develop a personal action plan to apply learning from the training in the workplace
Led by two experts with over 25 years each in fostering inclusive attitudes and workplaces, this training is designed to give you an understanding of unconscious bias and tools that can be used both to counter your own bias concepts and interrupt patterns of bias you might observe. By the end of this course you'll be able to better recognize and counteract the effects of interpersonal unconscious bias. The goal is to make a meaningful difference in adressing bias both in your live and in your workplace.
Specifically, this training will help you:
1. understand the meaning and significance of unconscious bias
2. recognize common types of unconscious bias such as affinity bias and confirmation bias
3. develop awareness of microaggressions and their impact on workplace culture
4. identify personal biases and their potential to impact relationships and decisions
5. develop practical strategies to overcome unconscious bias
6. understand how to create community agreements and foster trust
7. examine the role of language and communication in promoting inclusivity
8. gain practical communication skills and tools like the spark method and
9. develop a personal action plan to apply your learning
Join us in this journey to build a more inclusive and equitable workplace where everyone can thrive.
