3-day Virtual Seminar

Is It Bias or a Performance Issue? How to Prevent Inequity in Evaluations and Promotions, Train Your Eye, Document Clearly, Lead Fairly

Overview

Performance reviews aren't just check-ins they're high-stakes decisions that shape promotions, pay, and opportunities. But too often, bias conscious or unconscious seeps into evaluations, documentation, and feedback, especially when it comes to employees of color, women, older workers, and remote staff.

In this powerful 60-minute session, HR executive and leadership coach Sable Ryan unpacks the hidden ways bias shows up in performance discussions and how to stop it. You'll learn how to document, write, and coach employees in an equitable, defensible performance manner that protects you and your organization.

Whether you're a manager, HR leader, or compliance professional, this session will provide practical tools to recognize coded language, correct inconsistent standards, and create reviews that stand up to scrutiny.

Areas Covered in the Session

• Identify the top 5 performance bias patterns (e.g., affinity bias, role bias, age bias) and how they manifest in real evaluations
• Apply practical strategies to de-bias feedback and documentation, using structured questions and language checks
• Improve legal defensibility by aligning evaluation processes with equitable, consistent, and documented standards

Who Will Benefit

• HR Managers
  
• DEI Officers
• Compliance Professionals
• Department Heads
• Employee Relations Specialists
• Legal & Risk Teams