InPower Update: Cracking the Code: 🆘 Strategies for Overcoming Unconscious Bias
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Excerpt from InPower Coaching Newsletter - Sent November 2, 2023
It doesn't matter who you are or how you present, we all have unconscious biases working for us, against us and in us. The latest research shows how insidious this can be. Here are some InPower strategies for reducing the ways implicit bias can hold you back. ~ Dana Theus
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