Live Educational Webinar
Understanding Our Unconscious Biases
Price: FREE
Jun. 13, 2018 Wednesday
12:00 PM - 01:00 PM (Pacific)
1 Hour
Free Live Webinar
- Free CPE
- Non-sponsored Events mean you never listen to a 3rd party sales pitch – it’s all just great education
- Expert-instructor-led learning with live Q&A
- Based on a great course on Illumeo
ArLyne Diamond Owner-President, Diamond Associates
What are our biases and how do we acquire them? How do they serve us and how do they harm us? All these questions and more will be answered in this practical webinar.
When our biases are unconscious they may lead to bad decisions and discrimination. Once we uncover them we have a better chance of controlling them.
We’ve all been taught that we can’t discriminate in hiring, promoting, etc. BUT, most of us do discriminate without knowing it. I can recall working with a Vice-President of Human Relations who hired someone because they went to the same college. They didn’t know each other at school – the bias, clearly unconscious was because “like likes like.”
I offer you this example because bias is not merely about racial, religious or political prejudice, but it includes many other types that we will discuss and help you uncover.
Finally, we will offer suggestions as to how you can uncover and control your own biases.
When our biases are unconscious they may lead to bad decisions and discrimination. Once we uncover them we have a better chance of controlling them.
We’ve all been taught that we can’t discriminate in hiring, promoting, etc. BUT, most of us do discriminate without knowing it. I can recall working with a Vice-President of Human Relations who hired someone because they went to the same college. They didn’t know each other at school – the bias, clearly unconscious was because “like likes like.”
I offer you this example because bias is not merely about racial, religious or political prejudice, but it includes many other types that we will discuss and help you uncover.
Finally, we will offer suggestions as to how you can uncover and control your own biases.
Learning Objectives
During this event you will:
Explore a range of biases common to us all
Identify which biases pertain to them
Discover ways to bring those biases to the surface
Explore ways to avoid reacting from their own biases
Speakers
ArLyne Diamond
Owner-President, Diamond Associates
ArLyne Diamond, Ph.D. is an internationally recognized Leadership, Management, Professional Development and O-D consultant specializing in people and processes in the workplace. Multifaceted, Dr. Diamond has extensive experience in a wide range of disciplines (business, education, management, marketing, business ownership, psychology – and some economics and law as well.) This enables her to see things from a variety of angles and to cleave to the essence of a problem quickly, offering her clients creative and practical solutions.
As the President and Founder of her consulting firm, Diamond Associates, which was established in 1981, Dr. Diamond’s clients range from boards of directors and upper management to support staff in many industries, both public and private. This includes small business and professional practices, corporations, associations, service/charity organizations and government agencies (including police and fire.) She works with individuals, teams and large groups. Dr. Diamond trains Boards of Directors and teaches several courses to board members and those striving for board appointments.
Moderated by Jennifer Robbins
Illumeo Webinar Manager
Jennifer is a marketing specialist and the webinar manager for Illumeo. She has been a part of more than 200 webinar presentations, supporting our expert presenters and Illumeo users alike. When she’s not moderating webinars, she’s creating and managing marketing content.
