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Published on Nov 27, 2015

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In order to power other leaders, we must uncover our leadership bias.

Leadership Bias

  • Subtle tendency to only look for leaders like us.
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Your leadership bias can restrict emerging leaders

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Four questions to help you uncover your bias.

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1. Who is your leadership hero?

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Write down their qualities that you admire.

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Share them with another person.

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These qualities tell you what you look for in possible leaders.

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These qualities also reveal how you may overlook because they don't fit your expectations.

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2. Do you tell yourself that you don't have any biases?

If you do, you just revealed you bias. No one is free of bias.

3. Do you have younger leaders in your life that you listen to?

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If yes, where do you seek younger leadership's perspectives?

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We can learn much about our own biases by listening to younger leaders' perspectives.

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4. To what degree do you invite younger leaders into your decision making?

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Older leaders often assume that younger leaders lack wisdom that comes with age.

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30 year old eyes often see culture better than 50 or 60 year old eyes.

What do you think? Is leadership bias a big deal?

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How have you learned to deal with your biases?

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Harvard-based Implicit Associations Test
https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/takeatest.html

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