“Worryingly, more than 60% of respondents felt that bias remains present at their organisations. What’s worse, whether they’ve simply witnessed or personally experienced it, one in three react by ignoring the bias.” This article stresses the critical difference in taking actionable and measurable steps to combat and reduce racial bias, versus a basic overarching pledge to ’embrace diversity’ for the sake of outward appearance.
Why leaders fail to tackle racial bias
68% said bias negatively impacted their productivity 84% said it affected their happiness, confidence and well-being 70% believed it impacted how engaged they were at work Worryingly, more than 60% of respondents felt that bias remains present at their organisations. What’s worse, whether they’ve simply witnessed or personally experienced it, one in three react by ignoring the bias.
