Workers' Trash-Talk Goes Down When Leadership Diversity Goes Up
- Perceptions of bias lead workers to criticize on social media
- ‘There are steps you can take to create positive culture’
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As part of an effort to stamp out prejudice at work -- and its legal consequences -- companies have invested lots of time and money training managers to be more sensitive, less biased and more culturally aware.
There might be a better way. A new survey from the Center for Talent Innovation suggests that employees are less likely to perceive bias when top jobs are held by people from varied demographic backgrounds. In the same way, employees who had sponsors -- people who make you visible to leaders in the company -- were 90 percent less likely to perceive bias in the actions of their employers.