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Half Day | Max. 20 Participants
Workshop Outcomes
- To understand what unconscious bias is, its background and why it occurs
- To understand and explain the negative impact unconscious bias has on wellbeing and an organisation's culture
- To increase self awareness around unconscious bias by exploring a variety of tools
- To explore the experience of unconscious bias through a case study, through team discussion and feedback, allowing team members to view unconscious bias from the personal, group, and organisational level
- To have practical experience of some of the tools that can reduce unconscious bias
- To create a personal plan of action to reduce unconscious bias
Topics Covered
- The background and origin of unconscious bias and why it occurs
- Unconscious bias impact, culture, diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging
- We explore a variety of tools that can help to increase self awareness in relation to biased assumptions
- Case study analysis, personal, and team reflection
- Practice of mindfulness, compassion exercises, and empathy-building exercises
- Creating a personal action plan to reduce unconscious bias
Location
- Willing to work remote
- Willing to work interstate
- Willing to work internationally
How can this workshop be delivered?
- Face to Face
- Virtual
Overview
In this interactive half-day workshop we explore the origins and mechanisms of unconscious bias, what it serves to do, and the downsides of this process.
We look at unconscious bias through the lens of a case study, allowing teams to discuss and formulate their own points of view on this topic. We also review effective tools to address and reduce unconscious bias in the workplace, including mindfulness practices, compassion exercises, and empathy-building exercises, with practical application of these tools during the workshop.
Participants walk away with a better understanding of their own biases and how these might impact them in their working life, as well as formulating a plan and action steps to help them reduce unconscious bias in their workplace.
Workshop Outcomes
- To understand what unconscious bias is, its background and why it occurs
- To understand and explain the negative impact unconscious bias has on wellbeing and an organisation's culture
- To increase self awareness around unconscious bias by exploring a variety of tools
- To explore the experience of unconscious bias through a case study, through team discussion and feedback, allowing team members to view unconscious bias from the personal, group, and organisational level
- To have practical experience of some of the tools that can reduce unconscious bias
- To create a personal plan of action to reduce unconscious bias
Topics Covered
- The background and origin of unconscious bias and why it occurs
- Unconscious bias impact, culture, diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging
- We explore a variety of tools that can help to increase self awareness in relation to biased assumptions
- Case study analysis, personal, and team reflection
- Practice of mindfulness, compassion exercises, and empathy-building exercises
- Creating a personal action plan to reduce unconscious bias
Who is this workshop for
This workshop suits any team member, from general staff to leadership, as part of a proactive wellbeing strategy. It is especially useful for cohorts who work in roles which make them more likely to experience or perpetrate unconscious bias, such as those who work with specific genders, age groups or ethnicities.
Handouts/materials provided
A worksheet and resources will be provided.
What to bring
Bring a pencil and paper, and an open mind
Facilitator
About the facilitator
Ruth Kent is a sought after coach, consultant and facilitator in the workplace wellbeing space. Through her consultation and strategic development, she provides tailored programs and workshops in health and wellness for long-term behaviour change and support to both teams and leadership.
Her purpose is to educate, empower and energise in mindbody wellbeing.
She founded her business in 2014 to help people become mindfully aware of their health and wellbeing so that they can live and perform at their best. In her work she shares the latest evidence-based, woo-woo-free research in a down-to-earth and inspiring way.
With a lifelong passion for health and wellbeing, Ruth first learned to meditate at the age of 15, at a time when meditation was far from the mainstream. This motivated her to dive in and learn more about her own mind as well as get a better understanding of others and their unique health and wellbeing behaviours.
As well as almost 30 years of personal meditation experience and more than 20 years working in education, Ruth has extensive qualifications in the wellness industry, including:
- B.A. (Psychology/Art History)
- Post Graduate Diploma in International Public Health
- 500+ hours of yoga teacher training
- Level 3 wellness coaching
- MTT Master’s in Biomedical Meditation Therapy and Allied Health.
Ruth has consulted with and provided wellbeing workshops and coaching to many national and international organisations, including, but not limited to, Cochlear Ltd., Australian Ethical Investment, ANZ Bank, The University of Adelaide, Commonwealth Bank, and Cushman & Wakefield. She has also worked with some of Australia’s top celebrities and media brands to collaborate in memorable wellbeing-based campaigns and events.
Whether it is a full-day wellbeing retreat or an online lunch-and-learn, Ruth uses her extensive facilitation experience and her in-depth wellbeing and coaching knowledge to provide practical strategies that are easy to implement for both individuals and teams.
In her workshops she aims to always leave participants with plenty of tools to add to their own wellbeing toolkits. Ruth has also created a number of digital products which she shares with her participants.
She lives in Brisbane and loves escaping to the coast or mountains with her husband and her two loud and lively kids.
Based in:
About the facilitator
Ruth Kent is a sought after coach, consultant and facilitator in the workplace wellbeing space. Through her consultation and strategic development, she provides tailored programs and workshops in health and wellness for long-term behaviour change and support to both teams and leadership.
Her purpose is to educate, empower and energise in mindbody wellbeing.
She founded her business in 2014 to help people become mindfully aware of their health and wellbeing so that they can live and perform at their best. In her work she shares the latest evidence-based, woo-woo-free research in a down-to-earth and inspiring way.
With a lifelong passion for health and wellbeing, Ruth first learned to meditate at the age of 15, at a time when meditation was far from the mainstream. This motivated her to dive in and learn more about her own mind as well as get a better understanding of others and their unique health and wellbeing behaviours.
As well as almost 30 years of personal meditation experience and more than 20 years working in education, Ruth has extensive qualifications in the wellness industry, including:
- B.A. (Psychology/Art History)
- Post Graduate Diploma in International Public Health
- 500+ hours of yoga teacher training
- Level 3 wellness coaching
- MTT Master’s in Biomedical Meditation Therapy and Allied Health.
Ruth has consulted with and provided wellbeing workshops and coaching to many national and international organisations, including, but not limited to, Cochlear Ltd., Australian Ethical Investment, ANZ Bank, The University of Adelaide, Commonwealth Bank, and Cushman & Wakefield. She has also worked with some of Australia’s top celebrities and media brands to collaborate in memorable wellbeing-based campaigns and events.
Whether it is a full-day wellbeing retreat or an online lunch-and-learn, Ruth uses her extensive facilitation experience and her in-depth wellbeing and coaching knowledge to provide practical strategies that are easy to implement for both individuals and teams.
In her workshops she aims to always leave participants with plenty of tools to add to their own wellbeing toolkits. Ruth has also created a number of digital products which she shares with her participants.
She lives in Brisbane and loves escaping to the coast or mountains with her husband and her two loud and lively kids.
Based in:
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