How can individuals and organizations reduce unconscious bias?
A good place to start is by slowing down — decisions are more likely to be affected by unconscious biases when they are made quickly or under stress. Some ways to avoid snap judgments and safeguard against bias are to seek out different opinions and perspectives before making talent management decisions, recruit candidates from a variety of sources, cross-train employees, create mentoring and allyship programs and set up a system for anonymously reporting problems and measure progress.