Addressing Unconscious Bias to Protect Your Company From Legal Risk On-Site Training

This LIVE, instructor-led course explains unconscious bias - what it is, why it happens and where it shows up in typical employment contexts.

Course Description/Agenda

HRCI and SHRM Certified

From an organizational standpoint, unconscious bias has potentially serious HR and legal implications. Bias of any kind can lead to discrimination and harassment or, at least, to alienating individuals or populations within the company. Engagement and productivity can suffer and - if you don’t address bias - employees will leave in droves.

This LIVE, instructor-led course explains unconscious bias - what it is, why it happens and where it shows up in typical employment contexts. You’ll discuss how unconscious bias poses legal risks for your company, how you can prevent it or apply measures to correct it and how you can create a plan for making your organization a more inclusive place to work.

What You Wil Learn

Identify unconscious bias in typical employment contexts
Understand legal ramifications of unconscious bias in the workplace
Eliminate bias from organizational policies and procedures
Improve recruiting and screening tactics
Recognize and address discrimination and harassment in the workplace
Lead your organization from unconscious bias to harmonious inclusion

Workshop Agenda

Program time: 5 hours

What Is Unconscious Bias?

The errors in thinking that lead to unconscious bias
How explicit and implicit stereotypes inform beliefs
Unconscious bias’s effect on empathy
How HR influences the organizational impact of unconscious bias

The Role of Unconscious Bias in Typical Employment Contexts

Identifying bias within organizational policies and procedures
Overcoming unconscious bias when recruiting and screening applicants
Adapting performance management approaches to avoid subjectivity
The relationship between unconscious bias and disparate impact
Uncovering organizational unconscious bias through metrics

Unconscious Bias and the Law

Recognizing and addressing microaggressions
Common leadership mistakes that leave your organization legally vulnerable
Criteria that identify when unconscious bias is harassment
Differentiating between legal and illegal conduct
Avoiding liability with prevention and correction

Promoting a Connected Culture

Build a respectful, inclusive culture where every employee can excel
Overcoming unconscious bias hurdles to achieve inclusion
Beyond compliance - examining the benefits of diversity and inclusion
Revamping policies and training to address unconscious bias
HR’s role in ensuring inclusion for individuals within the organization

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