Maternal Bias Maternal bias starts early: as soon as a woman gets engaged, the assumption is made that she is going to want to start having children. Even the women who have decided against having children are penalized, as the assumption has already been made. All genders fall into bias traps, but maternal bias towards women …
Affinity Bias Affinity bias means that we prefer people like us and dislike people who are not like us. Studies show this impacts who mentors choose as their mentees and even determines how much time hiring managers give to candidates. It’s a heuristic that’s persisted in a world where we are plagued by decisions. If …
Performance Bias Think about the process you use right now to evaluate your team’s performance or assess candidates for open roles in your team right now. Is it crystal clear how to make an assessment and record relevant information? When the structure for evaluating performance contains ambiguity, we are more likely to rely on gender, race and …