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Action Step -The Path Forward: The Alliance’s Flex Success Framework™
The Alliance’s Action Steps are designed to assist organizations with implementing practical strategies and policies related to diversity and flexibility. Members can access full versions of all of the Alliance’s Action Steps in the Member Resource Center.
THE PATH FORWARD: THE ALLIANCE’S FLEX SUCCESS FRAMEWORK™
A successful flexible work program requires strong buy-in, thoughtful implementation, and regular monitoring. It also needs to be adaptable – evolving with the organization as the needs of its people and clients change. Whether your organization needs to create a flexibility program from scratch, expand its existing program, or pinpoint issues within the current program, the Alliance’s Flex Success Framework™ provides a five-step road map to achieve your organization’s objectives. Read on for details about each step…
Action Step – Reducing Bias In Evaluations: Action Steps to Limit the Influence of Bias (Part 2)
The Alliance’s Action Steps are designed to assist organizations with implementing practical strategies and policies related to diversity and flexibility. Members can access full versions of all of the Alliance’s Action Steps in the Member Resource Center.
REDUCING BIAS IN EVALUATIONS:
ACTION STEPS TO LIMIT THE INFLUENCE OF BIAS (PART 2)
In Part I of this Action Step, we laid out the many ways that unconscious bias can affect evaluations by typically leading to more positive evaluations for white males and more negative evaluations for white females and attorneys of color. These effects explain, in part, the uneven playing field lawyers face and raises obvious concerns for a process we count on to be fair and impartial. So what do we do about it?
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Action Step -Reducing Bias In Evaluations: How and Why Bias Affects Performance Reviews (Part 1)
The Alliance’s Action Steps are designed to assist organizations with implementing practical strategies and policies related to diversity and flexibility. Members can access full versions of all of the Alliance’s Action Steps in the Member Resource Center.
REDUCING BIAS IN EVALUATIONS:
HOW AND WHY BIAS AFFECTS PERFORMANCE REVIEWS (PART 1)
Most firms believe their evaluation system is fair. Most of those firms are wrong.
Research has shown that unconscious bias skews evaluations, despite the evaluators’ best efforts to be fair and impartial. A recent study even suggests the more we believe we are fair and impartial, the less likely we are actually to be so…