50 Ways to Fight Bias Fight bias at your organization
Learn how to bring 50 Ways to your company
Join members of the Lean In team for a free training to learn how to bring 50 Ways to Fight Bias to your organization.
Our 90-minute virtual training will walk you through the program materials, give you an understanding of the program concepts, and provide tips for answering frequently asked questions.
50 Ways to Fight Bias can help you create a workplace where all women feel included and valued
Designed to be flexible and tailored to suit your organization’s needs, this free program features over 50 cards that highlight specific instances of the biases women often experience at work. With the cards organized into sets curated for different audiences and translated into 6 languages, we make it easy to run a workshop tailored to your needs.
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Challenging bias is good for companies
For 10 years, Lean In and McKinsey & Company have studied the state of women in corporate America. Our findings are stark: women face a “broken rung” at the first critical promotion to manager, and they’re more likely to have their abilities and leadership potential questioned.
Bring 50 Ways to your Global offices! 50 Ways to Fight Bias is available in 6 additional languages! We have everything you need to get started in your global offices. Join the thousands of other organizations using 50 Ways, including Amazon, PayPal, Walmart, and the Wharton MBA Program. Get started today!
Check out the translated program materialsWe know it works
The program has been used by thousands of organizations, including Amazon, PayPal, Walmart, and the Wharton MBA Program. And it works.
95% of program participants are more committed to challenging bias
96% of managers feel better equipped to talk about bias with their teams
90% of program participants say they know what to do when they see women face bias at work
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How companies can use this program
Explore some options for bringing the program to your company below, including recommendations on specific sets of cards that will resonate with participants.
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Engage Your Employees
Host a workshop for employees
For large gatherings—either in-person or virtual—select a set of cards and use our Moderator Guide to walk everyone through the activity. Break participants into smaller groups or virtual breakout rooms to discuss the situations and brainstorm solutions together. 95% of employees who participate in a workshop are more committed to challenging bias.
Recommended Format
- Use our bias fundamentals starter set to run an introductory session for all employees.
- Use our set on the experiences of women of color to educate employees about the biases women of color face at work and the concrete steps colleagues can take to interrupt bias and practice allyship.
- Use our set on mentorship and sponsorship to educate employees on how bias can affect workplace relationships, including mentorship, sponsorship, networking opportunities, and access to senior leaders.
Integrate into existing programming
Use 50 Ways to facilitate conversations about bias within your existing programming. This could be a new employee training or monthly all-hands meetings.
Recommended Format
- Use our company culture set to help employees set inclusive norms, approach coworkers with empathy, and push back on acts of bias.
- Use our set on bias in virtual workplaces to help employees understand and combat the effects of bias in remote work environments.
Incorporate into everyday workplace activities
For common workplace gatherings like weekly meetings or team lunches, use the situations or videos individually. For example, discuss one situation in each weekly team meeting or watch the videos together over lunch.
Recommended Format
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Train your managers and senior leaders
Host a workshop for managers
Managers play a critical role in creating inclusive team cultures—yet only a third of managers challenge bias when it happens. Lead managers through the program to help them understand how they can challenge bias—and then ask them to bring the program to their teams. 96% of managers who have participated in 50 Ways feel more equipped to discuss challenging bias with their teams.
Recommended Format
- Use our manager set to provide managers with concrete steps for fighting bias and creating an inclusive team culture.
Host a workshop for senior leaders
Senior leaders play a key role in creating inclusive company policies, programs, and cultures where fighting bias is a norm. Lead senior leaders through the program to help them understand how they can build a more inclusive workplace.
Recommended Format
- Use our senior leader set to help senior leaders understand how they can fight bias by shifting company policies, programs, and culture.
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Integrate into your hiring and reviews/promotions process
Use before hiring and promotions
Research shows bias often affects staffing decisions. 50 Ways can be used to remind stakeholders of how to avoid common pitfalls in the hiring and reviews/promotions processes.
Recommended Format
- Use our set on addressing the “broken rung”—or the promotion gap women experience at the first step up to management.
- Use our hiring set to educate interviewers, recruiters, and hiring managers on how to recognize and reduce bias in the hiring process.
- Use our reviews and promotions set to train evaluators on reducing bias in reviews and promotions—an area where biased assessments can have a big impact on women’s careers.
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Facilitate small group discussions
Run a small group discussion
For small group gatherings, lead participants through a set of cards and discuss the situations and recommendations together. You can do this in one session or over the course of a series.
Recommended Format
- Use one of our curated card sets that are relevant to your small group.
Running 50 Ways in another language?
We have everything you need to run a successful workshop in Arabic, French, German, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish.
You’re in good company
We’ve helped hundreds of leaders create organizations where everyone is empowered and supported. Companies of all sizes use our programs.
Hear what companies have to say
“When I introduced the 50 Ways to Fight Bias program to my sales team, I was blown away by the level of engagement and the quality of conversations from all levels within the department.”
Ready to get started?
We make it easy to get started – choose one of the options below and we’ll take you rest of the way
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