HBR IdeaCast   /     718: A New Way to Combat Bias at Work

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Joan Williams, professor and the founding director of the Center for WorkLife Law at the University of California’s Hastings College of the Law, says that it's extremely difficult for organizations to rid their workforces of the unconscious biases that can prevent women and minorities from advancing. But it's not so hard for individual managers to interrupt bias within their own teams. She offers specific suggestions for how bosses can shift their approach in four areas: hiring, meetings, assignments, and reviews/promotions. Leaders who employ these practices, she argues, are able to embrace and reap the advantages of diversity, even in the absence of larger organizational directives. Williams is the author of the HBR article "How the Best Bosses Interrupt Bias on Their Teams."

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Duration
1602
Publishing date
2020-01-14 09:15
Link
https://hbr.org/ideacast/2020/01/a-new-way-to-combat-bias-at-work.html
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  Harvard Business Review
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https://audio.hbr.org/ideacast/20200110153448-718_ANewWaytoCombatBiasatWork.mp3
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