Unconscious Bias in Everyday Life

This session is dedicated exclusively to LSA staff

You will learn to:
* Examine your own background and identities to interact more authentically with co-workers, customers and the community
* Discuss how the brain functions, and relate how unconscious bias is a natural function of the human mind
* Identify patterns of unconscious bias that influence decision-making processes
* Confront internal biases and practice conscious awareness
* Practice strategies to create transformational and systemic change in the workplace

You will benefit by:
* Raising self-awareness, sparking conversation with others and initiating new actions
* Enhancing your professional and personal effectiveness on and off the job
* Positively influencing personal and organizational decisions
* Creating stronger and more positive work relationships with others

Audience:
LSA staff members who would like to examine how unconscious bias can affect their perceptions, decisions, and interactions

Please note:
This session has a maximum of 70 participants and requires a minimum of 12 participants to be run. If fewer than 12 people have registered the day before the session is scheduled, the session will be cancelled. We will send out notice of cancellation 24 hours in advance. We will let you know when another session on the same topic has been scheduled.

If you have any questions or if accommodations are needed to access the facility or the content of the presentation, please contact Jessica McCuaig (jmccuaig@umich.edu) as soon as possible.