How do stereotypes and bias affect your leadership abilities?

Many companies have leadership programmes; however, very few have a scheme as intense as Leadership DNA.

Designed off the back of Facebook’s Sheryl Sandberg recent book decrying sexism in the workplace, two female executives decided to created something which encouraged exploration of the often unspoken aspects of personal leadership.

Emma Thomas, Head of Sales at Block and Brokers  and Amanda Childs, Head of Business & Customer Excellence at Siemens Financial Services in the UK, believe that unconscious bias is holding back innovative companies.

“Through general conversation the two of us realised that there was a need to create an open dialogue on many of the topics raised within Sheryl Sandberg’s book, particularly the aspect of unconscious bias (how your background, personal experiences, societal stereotypes and cultural context impact your decisions and actions without you realising), which affects everyone,” Thomas told Business Grapevine.