Al Harris was a founding partner of the Chicago law firm of Ungaretti & Harris, which in 2015, merged with the national law firm of Nixon Peabody. At Ungaretti & Harris, he served for many years as managing partner and then as a member of its Executive and Compensation Committees. Al is co-author with his wife, Andie Kramer, of the book Breaking Through Bias: Communication Techniques for Women to Succeed at Work, which was named one of the best business books of 2016 by Women@Work. He is also the co-author of over 150 articles and blog posts on promoting diversity and overcoming stereotypes and biases.

What you'll learn about in this episode:

• Why Al and his wife Andie were committed to writing “Breaking Through Bias”
• How many well intentioned businesses often times have unconscious biases
• The importance of overcoming the affinity bias
• How the negative bias pigeonholes women
• How the agentic bias affects women in the workplace
• Why every business must assume that some level of gender bias is occurring within their organization
• The best way to try to reduce gender bias within your company
• The importance of being careful when making decisions that affect people’s careers
• The value of having two different individuals perform evaluations
• Why when making career affecting decisions you should compare individuals against each other

Ways to contact Al:

• Website: www.andieandal.com
• Email: [email protected]
• Twitter: @AndieandAl