07th July 2020
On Demand Video: Removing gender bias from performance feedback | Denise Reed Lamoreaux
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Yesterday marked day 2 of our month-long Summer Series: 25 minute daily talks all throughout July. This session features Denise Reed Lamoreaux, Global Chief Diversity Officer, Atos (past North American award winner).
A few things Denise mentioned really stuck out for me:
- Women receive far less specific performance feedback than men and the feedback is rarely tied to business goals
- Research consistently shows that managers give men higher performance ratings than women even when their qualifications and behaviors are identical
- Women’s performance reviews have 2.4 times as many references to team accomplishments rather than individual results compared to men
- Women are interrupted 5 times more than men in meetings
But how do you remove this gender bias? Denise’s talk gave advice such as:
- How to choose your words wisely – the words to use and the words to avoid
- How to make sure you are giving specific, actional feedback
- How to make sure feedback is equitable
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