An introduction to unconscious bias – from industry experts

79% of HR professionals believe that unconscious bias exists in recruitment and succession planning decisions. But what is unconscious bias? Unconscious biases are social stereotypes about certain groups of people that individuals form outside of their own conscious awareness. Types of unconscious bias include gender bias, confirmation bias and affinity bias. Unconscious bias has a role in almost every aspect of the modern workplace and if left unchecked, unconscious biases can lead to a loss of talent and innovation and it can breed a culture of discrimination in your workplace. Join Marcelo Souza and Graeme Doyle in the first of our series of short, 30-min webinars, where they will discuss the definition and types of unconscious bias, as well as providing the latest industry insights into the implications of leaving this unchecked. Graeme will provide expert insights into confirmation bias within recruitment and leadership. This webinar is for HR professionals, leaders and managers looking to improve their diversity and inclusion strategy by addressing unconscious bias in the workplace. Marcelo Souza is Country Manager at Thomas International Brazil. He actively takes care of more than a seven hundred clients, supporting in the most diverse areas of HR, from strategic to operational. He is a certified trainer in all psychometric tools at Thomas International, having conducted dozens of training sessions for our personality, aptitude, behavioural and emotional intelligence assessments. Graeme Doyle is Managing Director and one of the four owners of The Logistics Partnership, a specialist supply chain recruitment business comprising of TLP Recruitment and MVP Recruitment Solutions which together, provide talent consultation and recruitment services from the warehouse to the boardroom across the supply chain. He has publications in the International Journal of Applied Logistics as well as The International Symposium on Production and Supply Chain Management.