Member seminar: Unconscious bias in the workplace

At the Member Seminar of The Institute for Research and Education Employed Mom led by Mr.Sc. Diana Kobas Dešković, MBA, we talked about unconscious bias.

The most known are gender, race or age biases. According to The EU directive about the balance of private and business life for the real equality of men and women, fathers of newborn children will have 10 mandatory days for childcare. National legislations have 2-3 years to adjust. We also completed the Harvad Implicit Test of our personal bias map, and the conclusion of the seminar was:     

• We are all inclined to bias.   

Did you know?     

• Gender-balanced companies achieve better business results, with an average of 53% higher return on equity (ROE) and 41% higher return on sales (ROS). (Catalyst - 2007).     
• Family-responsible management models make employees more engaged, with revenues up to 43% and work efficiency up to 20%. (Visser, WI. 2012 family Freindly enterprise, The Guardian)     
• 9.6% increase in EU GDP per capita by 2025 due to improvement in gender equality (Economic Case for Gender Equality in EU, 2017, EIGE)