Interrupting Unconscious Bias at Work
Build a more inclusive workplace culture
Learn how and why human brains process and categorize information to promote bias and use this information to begin to identify your own biased tendencies within workplace environments. You will explore the impact of these biases on individuals and teams, apply strategies to interrupt these tendencies, so that you may work toward building an inclusive workplace culture.
This program is designed for: Managers/supervisors; Human resources personnel; and/or people in customer or client-facing roles
Program Details
Program Format: Online, self-guided
Cost: $30
Length of Program: 2 hours
Time Limit: 180 days (this indicates the amount of time you have to complete the course once you have completed Registration & Payment)
What You’ll Learn
When you've completed "Interrupting Unconscious Bias at Work," you will be able to:
- Explain how the brain processes and categorizes information.
- Describe how bias impacts individuals, teams, and organizations.
- Identify some of your own biases.
- Identify when bias is present in workplace situations/settings.
- Implement methods of bias mitigation.
Topics Covered
This program will include:
- Defining Unconscious bias
- Neuroscience of bias
- Awareness of one's own biases
- The impact of bias
- Examples of unconscious bias manifesting in the workplace
- Strategies for interrupting unconscious bias in ourselves
Program Author
Kris Donnelly
Kris Donnelly is the Founding Director of the Professional Internship Program for Dougherty Family College at the University of St. Thomas. Kris spent 20 years as a sales and marketing executive in magazine publishing before shifting over to work in education and workforce development with an emphasis on equity and inclusion. Kris graduated summa cum laude from the University of St. Thomas with a degree in International Business and Spanish and became a double Tommie when she completed her Executive MBA. She is on the board of directors for YMCA Camp Widjiwagan, the Workforce Work Group for the Central Corridor Anchor Partnership and is a member of the Leadership Saint Paul Class of 2018. Kris lives in Minneapolis with her husband, children, and cats.
Program Details
Program Format: Online, self-guided
Cost: $30
Length of Program: 2 hours
Time Limit: 180 days (this indicates the amount of time you have to complete the course once you have completed Registration & Payment)
What You’ll Learn
When you've completed "Interrupting Unconscious Bias at Work," you will be able to:
- Explain how the brain processes and categorizes information.
- Describe how bias impacts individuals, teams, and organizations.
- Identify some of your own biases.
- Identify when bias is present in workplace situations/settings.
- Implement methods of bias mitigation.
Topics Covered
This program will include:
- Defining Unconscious bias
- Neuroscience of bias
- Awareness of one's own biases
- The impact of bias
- Examples of unconscious bias manifesting in the workplace
- Strategies for interrupting unconscious bias in ourselves
Program Author
Kris Donnelly
Kris Donnelly is the Founding Director of the Professional Internship Program for Dougherty Family College at the University of St. Thomas. Kris spent 20 years as a sales and marketing executive in magazine publishing before shifting over to work in education and workforce development with an emphasis on equity and inclusion. Kris graduated summa cum laude from the University of St. Thomas with a degree in International Business and Spanish and became a double Tommie when she completed her Executive MBA. She is on the board of directors for YMCA Camp Widjiwagan, the Workforce Work Group for the Central Corridor Anchor Partnership and is a member of the Leadership Saint Paul Class of 2018. Kris lives in Minneapolis with her husband, children, and cats.
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