Our Unconscious Bias and Microaggressions: Creating culture self-awareness in you and your world
Louria Lindauer delivered this excellent session on “Our Unconscious Bias and Microaggressions: Creating culture self-awareness in you and your world” at IIL’s 2021 International Project Management Day Online Conference.
Everyone is unique, and we all see and interact differently with the world around us. Our upbringings, our relationships, our communities, and the culture that we are a part of are just some of the elements that influence our worldview and our own cultural bubble.
Most people have some understanding of unconscious bias, but the term “microaggression” may be less known to some. When heading into this presentation, it is relevant to keep in mind that due to our cultural bubbles, we all hold unconscious biases within us and that many of us have displayed microaggressions towards others. What is also true is that, most likely, everyone has been on the receiving end of such behavior whether you realize it or not.
This session will set you up to become more aware of your own (and others’) unconscious biases and microaggressions through words, thoughts, and impact – and how You can take action. Examining the communities where we live and the organizations where we work, we will discover how to recognize and handle the intentional and unintentional biases that prevail all around us to help contribute and create a safer personal and work environment.
We will learn:
• What is unconscious bias?
• What is a microaggression and is it really micro?
• Where do unconscious bias and microaggressions come from?
• Cultural self-awareness starts with you and your world
• Microaggression Giver: Being responsible for your impact
• Microaggression Receiver: When to talk about it or walk away?
BIO:
For the past 25 years, Louria has empowered and created “People First Environments”, where talents are celebrated and voices matter. As an international Executive Agile & Leadership Coach she utilizes her mastery of coaching, facilitation, teaching and mentoring to breathe life into ‘just surviving’ organizations to thriving.
Louria Lindauer creates pathways for people to see beyond their failures to discover and live their purpose with courage and immense passion! Additionally, she has lived every role in agile organization from software engineer, marketing to organizational change and strategy coach. Therefore, allowing her the understanding and empathy to reach, hear, guide and inspire others to their victory and live beyond their failures.
Success Agility, her company, creates the know-how to change chaos into sustainable customized solutions for non-profits, small to fortune 500 companies. Louria’s unique diverse experience allows her insights into the mindset and skillset of the vertical slice (team, program and executive level) of an organization to co-create sustainable culture change, shared vision, streamlined processes, and increased employee engagement in an ever-changing environment.
Louria fell in love with coaching when she took her first agile coaching course which lead her to co-active coaching and becoming a Co-Active Leadership Faculty. Coupled with her passion and ability to lead with courage, love, big laughter, play, faith, connection, creativity, and making the impossible possible. Overall, Louria is fiercely committed to unleashing greatness, success and happiness in business and people’s lives.
Superpowers:
• Funny, Courageous and Speak the Truth – the Elephant in the Room! Not afraid to tell the Emperor he has no clothes
• Loves and Excels at Brainstorming Innovative Ideas & Strategic Creative Solutions
• Spark Brilliant and Productive Conversations with Powerful Questions & Perspectives
• High Intuition and Emotional Intelligence to see beyond the words and to the true “why” of the person or group
• Remote Working, Master Facilitator, Agile Coaching & Mentoring
• Plus, Authentic, Competitive, Empathetic, go-getter with high Emotional Intelligence
• She sees beyond the impossible to THE POSSIBLE!
