Seemingly, Unconscious Bias (UB) training has become a partisan football, for some seen negatively as synonymous with political correctness and being ‘woke’. In fact, well-designed and non-judgemental UB training simply draws attention to the uncontroversial reality that we are all programmed to be biased and that certain behaviours flow from this. In the workplace this means implications for inclusion, effective decision-making, productivity, innovation and engagement.
At Marshalls we know that our clients are only interested in one thing, and that is to be the best where equality, diversity and inclusion are concerned. It’s not about jumping on bandwagons and our UB training is designed to reflect this positive intent in a practical way. We’re not persuaded by and we don’t advocate individual implicit bias testing because the jury is still out regarding validity and whether taking a test actually changes behaviour. But we do believe in learning, which:
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