Promotions are one of the most bias-prone activities managers engage in. Use promotion bias checks to improve outcomes and make things fairer!
Join the DZone community and get the full member experience. Perhaps the easiest way to reduce bias in promotions is to use a promotion bias spreadsheet. You can use this spreadsheet in promotion decision meetings to show, in real-time, who is getting promoted. This can help highlight bias, and result in better decision-making. To start with, you need a spreadsheet you can use during the promotion review meeting. Here’s how to set it up:
Add a column for under-represented minorities (URM). Yes or No. The most important thing is that it should be easy to review during the meeting who is being promoted, based on factors like level, tenure, and URM status.
