How Unconscious Bias Impacts Leadership - with Avelia Stewart

In this episode, Christine Lamothe interviews Avelia Stewart about how unconscious bias impacts leadership. Avelia serves as the Diversity and Inclusion Lead at Western Financial Group. 

Key takeaways from this episode:

Unconscious bias is very prevalent, and most times happens without people being aware of it. These biases can impact who is hired or who is promoted.  

To combat unconscious bias, leaders need to be able to identify biases, assess which biases impact them and their organization. Implement structures that can help to minimize biases. Example structures include recruitment processes or tools, and promotion processes or tools. Accountability is also critical. Hold each other accountable. Call bias out when you see it. Create opportunities for discussion and dialogue around these biases.