• The Master Bias Interrupters Bibliography includes decades of studies from experimental social psychology, industrial-organizational psychology, sociology, and behavioral economics.

Begin by reading the Bias Interrupters for Hiring and Recruitment Toolkit.

Additional tools include:

• Identifying and Interrupting Bias in Hiring Guide: Empower anyone involved in the hiring process to spot and interrupt bias by distributing this handout prior to resume review and interviews.
• Sample Memo to Distribute to Candidates Prior to the Interview: Some people feel more comfortable with self-promotion than others. Partly it depends on how you were raised: Asian Americans, first-generation professionals, and women are often raised with a modesty mandate.  To counter this, your company should send candidates a document explaining what qualities the company seeks— before they show up for the interview. This document should list self- confidence if it is highly valued.  The memo should say explicitly that undue modesty will not be helpful and that the candidates’ assignment is to make the best case possible for themselves.

Begin by reading the Bias Interrupters for Performance Evaluation Toolkit and the Performance Evaluation Check-List. 

Additonal tools include:

• Identifying Bias in Performance Evaluations Guide : Empower your employees to spot and interrupt bias by distributing this handout to read prior to writing their reviews.

• Writing an Effective Self-Evaluation Guide :  The modesty mandate can affect evaluations that include a self- appraisal. To counter this, give employees explicit guidance on what the company would like to see in a self- evaluation. Clear instructions will encourage people from elite backgrounds to explain what justifies their confidence and will help ensure that first-gen professionals are not hobbled by modesty. It will also help other groups affected by the modesty mandate, like women and Asian American men.

Begin by reading the Bias Interrupters for Assignments Toolkit, which provides step-by-step guidance for how to identify the career-enhancing opportunities in your organization and how to implement Bias Interrupters to equalize access to it.

Additional tools include:

• Identifying Bias in Assignments Guide
• Assignment Typology Guide
• Office Housework Survey
• Responses to Common Pushback

Begin by reading the Bias Interrupters for Meetings Toolkit.

Additional tools include:

• Identifying Bias in Meetings Guide
• Bias in Meetings Survey

The White Paper: Keeping Diversity Metrics While Controlling for Legal Risk and an accompanying article in the Harvard Business Review Magazine (March/April 2022) will be available soon.