Mitigating Bias in the Workplace

There are many kinds of bias that negatively affect the workplace. In this course, you will explore biases that hinder leadership, identify the causes of systemic bias and their effects on workplace culture, learn how to recover from bias, and create a more inclusive workplace.

In this course, you’ll learn how to avoid pitfalls like showing preference for candidates who have a similar background and unfair ratings during reviews. We’ll also show you how to identify human resources processes and leadership practices that result in unfair outcomes, so that you’ll implement proactive, equitable solutions instead.

We’re often unaware of our biases. This course on Mitigating Bias teaches you how to identify bias in hiring and leading employees, eliminate systemic bias in work culture, reactively and proactively respond to bias, and build a diverse, equitable, and inclusive work environment.

Addressing and overcoming biases will create a workplace that delivers compelling results for everyone involved.

Learning Objectives:

• Understand and overcome hiring bias
• Explore bias between leaders and employees
• Define systemic bias
• Understand how to move forward from bias