Presented By: LSA Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Unconscious Bias in Everyday Life
Latisha Cunningham / Jennifer Eshelman
Please Note: This is an event for LSA staff only.
You will learn to:
- Examine your own background and identities to interact more authentically with co-workers, customers and the community
- Discuss how the brain functions, and relate how unconscious bias is a natural function of the human mind
- Identify patterns of unconscious bias that influence decision-making processes
- Confront internal biases and practice conscious awareness
- Practice strategies to create transformational and systemic change in the workplace
You will benefit by:
- Raising self-awareness, sparking conversation with others and initiating new actions
- Enhancing your professional and personal effectiveness on and off the job
- Positively influencing personal and organizational decisions
- Creating stronger and more positive work relationships with others
Audience:
LSA staff members who would like to examine how unconscious bias can affect their perceptions, decisions, and interactions
If you have any questions or if accommodations are needed to access the facility or the content of the presentation, please contact Jessica McCuaig (jmccuaig@umich.edu) at least one week in advance of the session.
Please note: This session has a maximum of 70 participants and requires a minimum of 12 participants to be run. If fewer than 12 people have registered the day before the session is scheduled, the session will be cancelled. We will send out notice of cancellation 24 hours in advance. We will let you know when another session on the same topic has been scheduled.
You will learn to:
- Examine your own background and identities to interact more authentically with co-workers, customers and the community
- Discuss how the brain functions, and relate how unconscious bias is a natural function of the human mind
- Identify patterns of unconscious bias that influence decision-making processes
- Confront internal biases and practice conscious awareness
- Practice strategies to create transformational and systemic change in the workplace
You will benefit by:
- Raising self-awareness, sparking conversation with others and initiating new actions
- Enhancing your professional and personal effectiveness on and off the job
- Positively influencing personal and organizational decisions
- Creating stronger and more positive work relationships with others
Audience:
LSA staff members who would like to examine how unconscious bias can affect their perceptions, decisions, and interactions
If you have any questions or if accommodations are needed to access the facility or the content of the presentation, please contact Jessica McCuaig (jmccuaig@umich.edu) at least one week in advance of the session.
Please note: This session has a maximum of 70 participants and requires a minimum of 12 participants to be run. If fewer than 12 people have registered the day before the session is scheduled, the session will be cancelled. We will send out notice of cancellation 24 hours in advance. We will let you know when another session on the same topic has been scheduled.
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