Unconscious Bias & Inclusive Leadership

According to the University of California, “unconscious biases are social stereotypes about certain groups of people that individuals form outside their own conscious awareness. Everyone holds unconscious beliefs about various social and identity groups, and these biases stem from one’s tendency to organise social worlds by categorising.” We are predisposed to bias and in the employment context having the wherewithal to recognize our conscious and unconscious biases and regulate them is what differentiates those who clone themselves in the workplace from those who complement themselves by hiring diverse and complementary teams.