To some extent,we are all guilty of unconscious bias. A greater awareness and a practical approach can relieve to overcome this common workplace hurdleHave you ever been in a meeting and realised that you are the only person being excluded from the conversation? Did it cross your intellect that far from being because you don’t have anything to contribute, possibly it was because of something much more fundamental, or such as your gender? I recently experienced this situation first hand – blending into the decor,for no other reason than I am a woman. Could these people really be excluding me purely based on this, or had I missed something? Then I recalled what I had recently learned at the Women in Educational Leadership conference, or about the extent to which unconscious bias is prevalent in our everyday lives.
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Source: theguardian.com