Unconscious Bias Training

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Unconscious Bias Training
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What is unconscious bias?

• Our tradition paradigm has generally assumed that
  patterns of discriminatory behaviour are
  conscious that people who know better do the
  right thing, and those who dont cause bias, but
  what if, more times than not, people make choices
  that discriminate against one group and in favour
  of another, without even realizing that they are
  doing it. Interestingly we do this more often
  than we think we do and this is called
  UNCONSIOUS BIAS.

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• We are hard-wired to making unconscious
  decisions about others based on what feels safe,
  likeable, valuable, and competent versus logical
  judgment.

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Learning Points

• Unconscious bias training is based on pervasive
  cultural stereotypes. These run the gamut from
  seemingly positive ideas like Asians being better
  at math to more obviously unfair ones like women
  being less competent than men

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• Unconscious biases can gives some people an
  unfair advantage and puts others at a
  disadvantage. Its often responsible for
  dissatisfaction in the workplace
• Unconscious bias is just thatunconscious often
  we are not aware of it playing out in our lives.

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Some examples of where unconscious biases play
out in life

• Less than 15 of American men are over six foot
  tall, yet almost 60 of corporate CEOs are over
  six foot tall. Less than 4 of American men are
  over six foot, two inches tall, yet more than 36
  of corporate CEOs are over six foot, two inches
  tall.

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• Why does this happen? Clearly corporate boards do
  not, when conducting a CEO search, send out a
  message to get us a tall guy, and yet the
  numbers speak for themselves. It seems not only
  unfair, but patently absurd to choose a CEO
  because of height, just like it is unfair and
  absurd to give employees lower performance
  evaluations solely because they are overweight.

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• At Tatva Leadership we work with organisations to
  raise this awareness in individuals groups. Our
  workshops challenge mind-sets and help employees
  understand their role in building an inclusive
  workplace with a special focus on attracting
  retaining gender. They aim to hold a mirror,
  invite participation, encourage accountability
  and create a space to explore perceptions and
  attitudes influenced by the unconscious bias.

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• Tatvã Leadership and Management
• Services Pvt. Ltd.
• Office No. 306, 3rd Floor,
• Regent Plaza5,
• Baner Pashan Link Road
• Baner,
• Pune 411045
• http//tatvaleadership.com/

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