Who is this for?
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HR professionals and diversity officers
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Managers and team leaders
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Business owners and executives
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Employees at all levels seeking to understand unconscious bias
What will they gain?
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Awareness of unconscious bias and its impact
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Techniques to identify and mitigate personal biases
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Strategies for creating an unbiased workplace culture
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Skills to support diversity and inclusion initiatives
What To Expect From this DSTC workshop
Workshop Details
Workshop Title: Understanding Unconscious Bias
Duration 1 to 2 days
Course Leaders: 1 facilitator
Number of Participants: max 12-15​
Professional Role Play Actors -Highly Recommended
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Learning Outcomes:
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Understand unconscious bias: Gain a clear understanding of what unconscious bias is and how it affects workplace dynamics.
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Recognize personal biases: Learn techniques to identify and acknowledge your own unconscious biases.
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Mitigate the impact of bias: Develop strategies to reduce the impact of unconscious biases on decision-making and behavior.
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Foster an unbiased workplace culture: Understand how to create and support policies and practices that promote fairness and inclusion.
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Support diversity initiatives: Learn how to actively support and drive diversity and inclusion initiatives within your organization.
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Enhance self-awareness and reflection: Improve self-awareness through reflection and feedback, leading to personal growth and development.
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Address bias in others: Gain skills to recognize and address unconscious bias in colleagues and team members effectively.
Workshop Overview
Participants will explore the concept of unconscious bias, how it manifests in the workplace, and its impact on decision-making and interactions. The workshop will provide practical tools and strategies to identify and address unconscious biases, fostering a more inclusive and equitable workplace. The workshop will incorporate the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) questionnaires, delivered by certified MBTI practitioners, to help participants understand their own biases and those of others. Through interactive exercises, role-plays with professional business actors, and discussions, participants will learn to recognize and mitigate biases in themselves and others.
Post workshop
Access to training resource members area for self-directed learning with follow-up coaching emails for 6 weeks after the workshop. This will include on-the-job exercises and suggested self-directed learning to ensure maximum retention of learning.