Unconscious Bias Training - Online Course
This online Unconscious Bias training course explains the impact of unconscious bias on people and organisations.
The online course describes what unconscious bias is and how it can have a negative impact on the quality of your decisions and behaviour at work. It describes the different kinds of bias and what steps you can take to reduce the impact of bias at work and in your life in general. It also highlights the importance for organisations to design processes that prevent unconscious bias having a negative effect in the workplace.
What is unconscious bias?
Unconscious biases are associations that you hold subconsciously, and they affect the way you think and feel about others around you. Very often those associations will not be accurate or fair about the specific people you meet and work with.
Unconscious bias affects everyone. It is influenced by your background, personal experiences, societal stereotypes and cultural context. Unconscious bias can influence your attitudes and behaviours towards other people. Also, it can influence decision making in the workplace and contribute to inequality during recruitment, appraisals and promotions.
What are the learning outcomes for the Unconscious Bias course?
After completing the course you will be able to:
Define unconscious bias.
Outline how stereotypes can affect behaviour.
Describe the impact on businesses of unconscious bias.
Define, and give examples of, different types of bias.
Identify ways to reduce bias.
Introduction to Unconscious Bias
The first topic is about stereotypes and behaviour. It identifies the ways in which unconscious bias can impact your decisions. It describes how bias affects some groups more than others. Finally the topic describes the impact that unconscious bias can have on a business.
Bias: affinity, name, conformity and confirmation
The second topic describes four types of bias - affinity, name, conformity and confirmation.
Bias: performance, attribution, likeability and maternal
The third topic describes four more types of bias - performance, attribution, likeability and maternal.
Three effects - halo, horns and contrast
Topic 4 describes three effects that increase bias - the halo, horns and contrast effects.
Moving Forward
The final topic discusses the limitations of unconscious bias training. Then it identifies ways you can reduce your own bias. It also identifies ways that an organisation can reduce the impact of bias.