Unconscious bias is something that affects everyone at some point. It’s something that can be controlled and challenged within yourself. What exactly is unconscious bias, how does it affect our decision-making process, and how do we deal with it? This is especially important in the work place because you don’t want your decision making to be affected by your bias and your leadership skills will suffer if not dealt with correctly.
According to Dr. Renee Navarro, bias is “a prejudice in favor of or against one thing, person, or group compared with another usually in a way that’s considered to be unfair. Biases may be help by an individual group, institution and can have negative or positive consequences” (Unconscious Bias). There are two types of biases: Conscious and Unconscious bias. “Unconscious biases are social stereotypes about certain groups of people that individuals from outside their own conscious awareness” and that everyone has these unconscious beliefs about social groups.
