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Ep #248: Thinking at the Speed of Bias with Sara Taylor

Have you ever wondered how much of your decision-making as a leader is being driven by forces you’re not even aware of? As a woman leader, you’re all too familiar with bias in the workplace. You’ve encountered it, you’ve worked hard to try to overcome it, and you’ve made conscious choices to intervene and try to create a more equitable workplace for all. But here’s the shocking truth:  Despite our best intentions, only about 2% of individuals truly understand bias well enough to create lasting, positive change. As my guest, Sara Taylor, put it during our interview: “If so many of us have that positive intent… why aren’t we making progress?” Sara is the President and Founder of deepSEE Consulting and the author of Thinking At The Speed Of Bias: How To Shift Our Unconscious Filters. And in this episode of Women Changing Leadership with Stacy Mayer, Sara and I dive into the unconscious mind and how it shapes our biases in ways even we—educated, inclusive women leaders—don’t realize. We explore the hidden filters that influence your decisions, drive your actions, and, in some cases, hold you back from becoming the effective, conscious leader you strive to be.

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