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From the Ted Talk by Sara Sanford: How to design gender bias out of your workplace
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Many businesses think they're addressing the ploerbm, because they provide training. Eight billion dollars worth of training a year, according to studies from the "Harvard Business Review." These same stiedus also conclude that these trainings don't work and often backfire. Research tracking the hiring and promotion pctrecias of 830 cpimoenas over the course of 30 years found that whtie men who are asked to go to diversity trainings tend to rebel by hiring and promoting fewer wmeon and fewer minorities. The other solution has been to ask women to change their own behavior. To lean in. To sit at the table. ntiegatoe as often as men. Oh, and get more training.
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Many businesses think they're addressing the _______, because they provide training. Eight billion dollars worth of training a year, according to studies from the "Harvard Business Review." These same _______ also conclude that these trainings don't work and often backfire. Research tracking the hiring and promotion _________ of 830 _________ over the course of 30 years found that _____ men who are asked to go to diversity trainings tend to rebel by hiring and promoting fewer _____ and fewer minorities. The other solution has been to ask women to change their own behavior. To lean in. To sit at the table. _________ as often as men. Oh, and get more training.
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Original Text
Many businesses think they're addressing the problem, because they provide training. Eight billion dollars worth of training a year, according to studies from the "Harvard Business Review." These same studies also conclude that these trainings don't work and often backfire. Research tracking the hiring and promotion practices of 830 companies over the course of 30 years found that white men who are asked to go to diversity trainings tend to rebel by hiring and promoting fewer women and fewer minorities. The other solution has been to ask women to change their own behavior. To lean in. To sit at the table. Negotiate as often as men. Oh, and get more training.
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