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Mitigating Bias in Performance Reviews: 10 Strategies for Fair and Accurate Employee Feedback

Performance reviews are an essential component of many organizations’ human resource management processes. They provide employees with feedback on their performance, help identify opportunities for improvement, and inform decision-making around promotions, bonuses, and, in some cases, terminations.  

But performance reviews are not immune to bias; when left unchecked, bias can lead to unfair and inaccurate evaluations that can negatively impact both employee and employer.  

In this blog post, we will share how to identify different types of bias that might be present and explore some strategies for mitigating bias in performance reviews. 

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DEI Blog Series: How Flexible Working Hours Promotes DEI in the Workplace

 

This is the ninth of 10 installations of Envol’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Series!   

Our goal is to support organization leaders in taking real action to advance DEI within their teams, throughout their business, and in their communities.  

Today, let’s dive into the importance of offering flexible work hours, what this can look like in practice, and how it benefits your entire team. Read More »DEI Blog Series: How Flexible Working Hours Promotes DEI in the Workplace

DEI Blog Series: 5 Organizational Policies to Advance DEI

 

This is the sixth of 10 installations of Envol’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Series!  

Our goal is to support organization leaders in taking real action to advance DEI within their teams, throughout their business, and in their communities.  

Today, we’re talking about how organizational policies advance DEI in the workplace and 5 examples of policies that you can create or review with a DEI lens to get you started. 

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DEI Blog Series: How Bias Impacts Recruitment and What You Can Do About It

This is the fifth of 10 installations of Envol’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Series! 

Our goal is to support organization leaders in taking real action to advance DEI within their teams, throughout their business, and in their communities.  

Today, we’re talking about unconscious bias, why it’s important, how unconscious bias impacts recruitment practices, and 3 tips to help mitigate unconscious bias within your organization’s recruitment process. 

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DEI Blog Series: Creating an Equal Opportunity Employer (EEO) Statement

This is the second of 10 installations of Envol’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Series!

Our goal is to support organization leaders in taking real action to advance DEI within their teams, throughout their business, and in their communities.

Let’s talk about why Equal Opportunity Employer (EEO) statements matter, how to create one, and where you should use it!

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DEI Blog Series: 10 Ways to Use Pronouns in your Business to Promote Inclusion

This is the first of 10 installations of Envol’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Series! 

Our goal is to support organization leaders in taking real action to advance DEI within their teams, throughout their business, and in their communities. 

Let’s jump right into 10 ways that you can integrate the use of pronouns into your business today!

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BC’s Current COVID Regulations: What You Need to Know

We are all slowly but surely adapting to a “new normal” and learning to coexist with COVID-19; however, this is your friendly reminder that it isn’t gone just yet. COVID is still actively circulating around the world, and it will likely be around for a while. 

As employers and employees, we have a responsibility to keep others in our workplace safe. When an employee has a confirmed case of COVID-19, there are workplace regulations in place to mitigate the chances of the virus being passed on to a colleague. 

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The Right to Disconnect: What it Means for Ontario Employers

Are you an Ontario-based employer who’s reaching out to your employees after work hours with a last-minute, time-sensitive request? Are you giving your employees a quick call to update them on the status of an important project after their workday ends? 

In this blog post, we will discuss Ontario’s right to disconnect legislation, why it matters, and what you need to know as an employer. 

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Self-Awareness, Reflection, and Learning

For many of us, learning something new can feel scary.  

We engage in subconscious learning and problem-solving daily, yet it can feel intimidating to consciously broach a new learning opportunity. 

In this blog post, we will highlight the power that comes from leaning on gratitude and self-reflection to guide our learning journeys compassionately. Ultimately, this approach helps us to foster a growth mindset that empowers learning from within. 

Before we explore solutions, let’s take a moment to appreciate some common challenges associated with learning.  

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