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Talent Management & Hiring

All Levels

Creating Fair & Consistent Talent Practices

Train HR teams to reduce bias and promote fair, inclusive talent practices that improve hiring, development, and promotion decisions.

Formats offered

  • In-person or virtual workshop

  • In-person or virtual keynote

  • Self-paced in Surface Learning

When talent practices are fair, organizations make better decisions and people from all backgrounds have a fair opportunity to be hired, developed, and promoted. Unconscious bias is a significant barrier that can stand in the way, undermining both effective decision-making and inclusion. Paradigm’s training on creating fair, inclusive talent practices is designed for HR teams that want to promote more objective decisions across the talent lifecycle.

Training Includes:

  • Research

  • Self Reflection

  • Discussions

  • Activities

  • Action Planning

Learning Objectives

  • What unconscious bias is and how it affects individuals and organizations.

  • How unconscious bias influences talent practices, from hiring and onboarding to performance management and promotions.

  • Identify areas of the talent lifecycle where bias may emerge.

  • Mitigate bias using evidence-based strategies to promote more objective, inclusive, and equitable decisions.

High-Level Outline

Introduction

Discuss the science of unconscious bias, and share how bias undermines efforts to build effective, inclusive talent practices.

Selection

Discuss the ways in which bias limits objectivity and impacts decision-making throughout the hiring process. | Share and brainstorm strategies to manage bias in hiring.

Development

Consider how bias affects onboarding and learning & development. | Share and brainstorm strategies for managing bias to set all employees up for success.

Advancement

Explore how bias affects performance management and promotion processes. | Share and brainstorm strategies for managing bias and removing barriers to advancement.

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