Podcasts Business Onward Nation Episode 733: Proactive strategies to address gender bias, with Al Harris

Episode 733: Proactive strategies to address gender bias, with Al Harris

Published: April 25, 2018, 8 a.m.

Al Harris was a founding partner of the Chicago law firm of Ungaretti & Harris, which in 2015, merged with the national law firm of Nixon Peabody. At Ungaretti & Harris, he served for many years as managing partner and then as a member of its Executive and Compensation Committees. Al is co-author with his wife, Andie Kramer, of the book Breaking Through Bias: Communication Techniques for Women to Succeed at Work, which was named one of the best business books of 2016 by Women@Work. He is also the co-author of over 150 articles and blog posts on promoting diversity and overcoming stereotypes and biases.

What you'll learn about in this episode:
  • Why Al and his wife Andie were committed to writing \u201cBreaking Through Bias\u201d
  • How many well intentioned businesses often times have unconscious biases
  • The importance of overcoming the affinity bias
  • How the negative bias pigeonholes women
  • How the agentic bias affects women in the workplace
  • Why every business must assume that some level of gender bias is occurring within their organization
  • The best way to try to reduce gender bias within your company
  • The importance of being careful when making decisions that affect people\u2019s careers
  • The value of having two different individuals perform evaluations
  • Why when making career affecting decisions you should compare individuals against each other
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