How To #BreakTheBias At Work On International Women’s Day, And Every Day

International Women’s Day is March 8, 2022 and this year’s theme is #BreakTheBias. We all have biases—it’s part of being human. Our collective biases can show up in the cultures and systems that contribute to gender inequities.

“Gender bias and gender stereotypes are so deeply entrenched in our culture that people of all genders fall into gender pitfalls,” says Rachel Thomas, co-founder & CEO of LeanIn.Org and OptionB.Org. “For example, most of us tend to underestimate women's performance and are more likely to challenge women's competence—even in their area of expertise. The research on feedback during performance reviews finds that women are more likely to be criticized for their personal style as compared to men. When you take all of that together, the result is that women are less likely to get tapped for that first critical promotion up into manager, which means at every other level there are fewer women to promote. Even today with some of the progress that we've seen over the last couple years around women's representation in leadership, only one in four C-suite leaders is a woman and only one in 25 C-suite leaders is a woman of color.”

Here are some common biases that show up for women at work, and ideas on how to break the bias...

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