• Untraining Bias with Sarah Cusick

  • Nov 11 2024
  • Length: 45 mins
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Untraining Bias with Sarah Cusick

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  • In this episode of Untrained, hosts Iris and Whitney welcome Sarah Cusick, founder of Meeting House and expert in executive coaching with a DEI lens. Sarah brings her extensive experience from her roles at the Atlantic, the Obama Foundation, and Teach for America to discuss the nuances of belonging and bias in professional settings. We sat down with her to learn more about her work with corporate executives UNTRAINING unconscious bias in the workplace. We share with you in this episode what that looks like in her coaching and the tools and strategies that anyone can practice.

    Episode Highlights:
    • We explore how women in male-dominated spaces can navigate leadership transitions up the ladder
    • Sarah shares a reframe around "executive presence" vs "leadership presence"
    • We explore the difference between true belonging and pseudo-inclusion
    • Sarah shares her experience working with leaders to recognize and address unconscious bias and its impact
    • Sarah shares how bias can affect opportunity distribution and career advancement
    • We explore research around how we can intentionally feed our brain more diversity of dialects, stories, etc to give it more data which can reduce unconscious bias
    • We discuss the value of self-awareness in leadership development
    About Sarah Cusick

    Sarah Cusick provides executive coaching and consulting with a DEI lens. She has held senior roles in diversity, equity, inclusion, and learning development at prestigious organizations. Sarah is a Professionally Certified Coach (PCC) and has presented at Columbia University's International Coaching Conference on cultural competency for coaches and leaders.
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