Meeting/Event Information

Topic: Uncovering and Mitigating Unconscious Bias

In this workshop, participants will learn about unconscious bias and how it affects their workplace relationships and decision-making.  Research on decision-making reveals that when individuals are highly aware of their decision-making process, they can see how non-determinant data influences their thinking. This awareness improves decision-making by giving people access to develop a more extensive set of choices to reach their intended outcomes.

You will come to understand the unconscious influences that are limiting the scope of your decision-making. You will learn and practice techniques designed to reduce bias and help you make better choices.

Learning Objectives

Through this workshop, participants will:

• Learn how priming bias works.
• See how bias can affect their choices at work.
• Conduct a personal social network analysis.
• Develop new practices and skills to minimize bias in business decisions.

Presented by: Lorne Epstein, SHRM-SCP, MSOD

Lorne Epstein, SHRM-SCP, MSOD, is a social scientist, keynote, and Vistage speaker who consults with senior leaders on methods to improve the ROI of decision-making by reducing biases. Over 11,000 professionals have taken his workshops. He has been quoted in Forbes, Cosmopolitan, Christian Science Monitor, and other publications. His 2021 Bias Impact report has been downloaded over 1000 times. Lorne has been leading experiential workshops since 1993 and has been an HR professional since 1996. As a leader in Talent Acquisition, he built recruiting teams in the U.S., India, and Brazil. His research focuses on improving decision-making and reducing the impacts of unconscious bias in the workplace. His book, You're Hired! Interview Skills to Get the Job has been downloaded over a half-million times worldwide. He is a Lifetime Charter Member of the Association of Talent Acquisition Professionals.